NIGER VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	53,553	30	1,048	+ 52,505
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,309	1	21,093	+ 216
Diabetes Mellitus	3	20,646	17	2,630	+ 18,016
Stroke	4	18,528	5	8,717	+ 9,811
Coronary Heart Disease	5	17,474	6	8,229	+ 9,245
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	11,970	3	16,030	- 4,060
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,895	8	5,946	+ 2,949
Kidney Disease	8	8,823	16	2,732	+ 6,091
Suicide	9	7,813	27	1,227	+ 6,586
Hypertension	10	6,761	25	1,356	+ 5,405
Liver Disease	11	6,334	11	4,116	+ 2,218
Lung Disease	12	6,122	20	2,172	+ 3,949
Tuberculosis	13	5,921	13	3,703	+ 2,218
Low Birth Weight	14	5,393	4	9,560	- 4,166
Cervical Cancer	15	4,974	38	487	+ 4,488
Violence	16	4,914	19	2,244	+ 2,670
Other Injuries	17	4,400	12	3,826	+ 575
Birth Trauma	18	3,853	7	8,030	- 4,177
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,713	10	4,346	- 632
Asthma	20	3,461	22	1,902	+ 1,559
Maternal Conditions	21	2,680	14	3,317	- 637
Malnutrition	22	2,449	21	2,170	+ 279
Meningitis	23	2,255	9	5,237	- 2,982
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,169	34	769	+ 1,400
Drownings	25	2,012	24	1,581	+ 432
Fires	26	1,936	28	1,120	+ 816
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,772	32	858	+ 914
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,716	23	1,806	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,177	31	1,044	+ 132
Epilepsy	30	1,058	36	676	+ 381
Prostate Cancer	31	1,040	57	128	+ 912
Falls	32	954	26	1,297	- 343
Pertussis	33	898	15	2,858	- 1,960
Poisonings	34	868	33	771	+ 96
Breast Cancer	35	854	29	1,075	- 222
Lymphomas	36	719	43	350	+ 369
Liver Cancer	37	679	35	745	- 66
Drug Use	38	621	58	126	+ 495
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	606	39	467	+ 139
Skin Disease	40	585	52	213	+ 372
Parkinson's Disease	41	552	47	275	+ 277
Skin Cancers	42	460	45	287	+ 173
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	432	37	522	- 90
Oesophagus Cancer	44	428	55	132	+ 296
Syphilis	45	403	62	110	+ 294
Lung Cancers	46	384	67	42	+ 342
Leukemia	47	377	48	258	+ 120
Alcohol	48	371	60	120	+ 251
Schistosomiasis	49	296	50	237	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	50	265	64	86	+ 179
Oral Cancer	51	237	49	242	- 5
Ovary Cancer	52	229	40	425	- 195
Stomach Cancer	53	158	44	300	- 142
Appendicitis	54	153	56	128	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	55	140	53	161	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	56	140	54	138	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	137	46	279	- 142
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	114	70	18	+ 96
Encephalitis	59	112	61	112	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	96	63	94	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	91	68	24	+ 67
Tetanus	62	85	42	372	- 287
Multiple Sclerosis	63	35	69	22	+ 12
Measles	64	15	18	2,414	- 2,399
Hepatitis C	65	8	66	46	- 37
Ascariasis	66	7	59	125	- 118
Malaria	67	6	2	17,022	- 17,016
Otitis Media	68	6	72	1	+ 5
Chlamydia	69	4	71	3	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	4	65	60	- 56
War	71	4	41	409	- 406
Dengue	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	237	- 237
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.