NEW ZEALAND VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,492	57	10	+ 10,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,175	7	920	+ 3,255
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,045	8	769	+ 3,277
Stroke	4	3,630	3	2,378	+ 1,252
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,424	1	5,095	- 1,671
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,345	37	81	+ 2,264
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,743	16	458	+ 1,285
Kidney Disease	8	1,729	17	432	+ 1,297
Suicide	9	1,531	15	528	+ 1,002
Hypertension	10	1,325	20	327	+ 998
Liver Disease	11	1,241	32	158	+ 1,083
Lung Disease	12	1,199	5	1,815	- 615
Tuberculosis	13	1,160	52	17	+ 1,143
Low Birth Weight	14	1,057	38	78	+ 978
Cervical Cancer	15	975	41	61	+ 914
Violence	16	963	42	57	+ 905
Other Injuries	17	862	28	218	+ 644
Birth Trauma	18	755	54	15	+ 740
Congenital Anomalies	19	728	30	176	+ 552
Asthma	20	678	36	91	+ 587
Maternal Conditions	21	525	63	5	+ 520
Malnutrition	22	480	55	14	+ 466
Meningitis	23	442	59	9	+ 433
Inflammatory/Heart	24	425	23	313	+ 112
Drownings	25	394	44	54	+ 340
Fires	26	379	53	17	+ 362
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	347	2	3,032	- 2,684
Endocrine Disorders	28	336	21	325	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	231	39	70	+ 160
Epilepsy	30	207	43	55	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	31	204	9	739	- 535
Falls	32	187	11	627	- 440
Pertussis	33	176	65	1	+ 175
Poisonings	34	170	58	9	+ 161
Breast Cancer	35	167	10	737	- 570
Lymphomas	36	141	13	608	- 467
Liver Cancer	37	133	24	288	- 155
Drug Use	38	122	40	69	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	119	35	113	+ 6
Skin Disease	40	115	34	118	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	108	19	353	- 245
Skin Cancers	42	90	12	612	- 521
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	85	6	1,495	- 1,410
Oesophagus Cancer	44	84	25	279	- 195
Syphilis	45	79	70	0	+ 79
Lung Cancers	46	75	4	1,873	- 1,798
Leukemia	47	74	18	391	- 317
Alcohol	48	73	45	51	+ 21
Schistosomiasis	49	58	77	0	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	50	52	33	145	- 93
Oral Cancer	51	46	31	164	- 117
Ovary Cancer	52	45	29	207	- 162
Stomach Cancer	53	31	22	323	- 292
Appendicitis	54	30	62	6	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	55	27	26	267	- 239
Pancreas Cancer	56	27	14	543	- 515
Hepatitis B	57	27	56	14	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	22	46	47	- 25
Encephalitis	59	22	66	1	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	60	19	64	4	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	61	18	27	245	- 227
Tetanus	62	17	69	0	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	47	43	- 37
Measles	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	48	30	- 28
Ascariasis	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	83	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Swaziland

New Zealand

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.