NICARAGUA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,574	35	139	+ 13,435
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,401	7	1,152	+ 4,250
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,233	4	2,068	+ 3,166
Stroke	4	4,696	3	2,225	+ 2,472
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,429	1	5,843	- 1,414
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,034	36	122	+ 2,912
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,255	8	1,109	+ 1,146
Kidney Disease	8	2,236	2	3,533	- 1,297
Suicide	9	1,980	19	285	+ 1,696
Hypertension	10	1,714	9	1,103	+ 610
Liver Disease	11	1,605	6	1,203	+ 402
Lung Disease	12	1,552	5	1,570	- 18
Tuberculosis	13	1,501	37	115	+ 1,386
Low Birth Weight	14	1,367	13	490	+ 877
Cervical Cancer	15	1,261	16	374	+ 887
Violence	16	1,245	10	619	+ 627
Other Injuries	17	1,115	17	358	+ 758
Birth Trauma	18	977	25	198	+ 779
Congenital Anomalies	19	941	11	571	+ 370
Asthma	20	877	38	105	+ 772
Maternal Conditions	21	679	39	88	+ 591
Malnutrition	22	621	30	163	+ 458
Meningitis	23	572	51	29	+ 543
Inflammatory/Heart	24	550	34	139	+ 410
Drownings	25	510	32	157	+ 353
Fires	26	491	57	16	+ 474
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	449	33	149	+ 300
Endocrine Disorders	28	435	28	164	+ 271
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	298	40	85	+ 213
Epilepsy	30	268	41	74	+ 194
Prostate Cancer	31	264	15	386	- 122
Falls	32	242	22	276	- 34
Pertussis	33	227	67	3	+ 224
Poisonings	34	220	55	18	+ 202
Breast Cancer	35	216	20	283	- 67
Lymphomas	36	182	29	164	+ 19
Liver Cancer	37	172	12	509	- 337
Drug Use	38	157	46	50	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	154	54	20	+ 134
Skin Disease	40	148	31	162	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	41	140	42	67	+ 73
Skin Cancers	42	117	45	59	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	109	18	315	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	44	108	47	42	+ 67
Syphilis	45	102	60	9	+ 93
Lung Cancers	46	97	23	274	- 176
Leukemia	47	96	24	227	- 131
Alcohol	48	94	21	279	- 185
Schistosomiasis	49	75	84	0	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	50	67	48	39	+ 28
Oral Cancer	51	60	43	64	- 4
Ovary Cancer	52	58	44	61	- 3
Stomach Cancer	53	40	14	478	- 438
Appendicitis	54	39	49	32	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	55	35	52	28	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	56	35	27	178	- 142
Hepatitis B	57	35	62	5	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	29	50	31	- 2
Encephalitis	59	28	58	10	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	24	72	1	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	61	23	26	192	- 169
Tetanus	62	22	79	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	61	7	+ 2
Measles	64	4	78	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	2	69	1	+ 1
Malaria	67	2	83	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	77	0	+ 1
War	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	84	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Swaziland

Nicaragua

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.