NIGERIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	481,290	10	44,124	+ 437,167
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	191,509	1	207,281	- 15,771
Diabetes Mellitus	3	185,550	18	22,497	+ 163,053
Stroke	4	166,511	8	57,744	+ 108,767
Coronary Heart Disease	5	157,045	7	61,374	+ 95,671
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	107,580	2	144,724	- 37,144
Road Traffic Accidents	7	79,939	12	41,693	+ 38,246
Kidney Disease	8	79,294	20	18,189	+ 61,105
Suicide	9	70,217	30	7,019	+ 63,199
Hypertension	10	60,760	24	10,692	+ 50,068
Liver Disease	11	56,925	13	38,326	+ 18,600
Lung Disease	12	55,016	22	12,569	+ 42,447
Tuberculosis	13	53,213	3	127,335	- 74,122
Low Birth Weight	14	48,471	6	95,959	- 47,488
Cervical Cancer	15	44,706	25	10,574	+ 34,132
Violence	16	44,161	19	18,407	+ 25,753
Other Injuries	17	39,548	17	22,696	+ 16,852
Birth Trauma	18	34,629	5	100,186	- 65,557
Congenital Anomalies	19	33,372	9	49,696	- 16,324
Asthma	20	31,103	27	8,192	+ 22,911
Maternal Conditions	21	24,089	15	23,540	+ 549
Malnutrition	22	22,009	36	5,896	+ 16,113
Meningitis	23	20,266	11	43,651	- 23,385
Inflammatory/Heart	24	19,493	42	4,826	+ 14,666
Drownings	25	18,086	32	6,584	+ 11,502
Fires	26	17,399	29	7,132	+ 10,268
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	15,927	31	6,786	+ 9,141
Endocrine Disorders	28	15,425	21	15,799	- 374
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	10,574	37	5,846	+ 4,728
Epilepsy	30	9,505	41	5,001	+ 4,504
Prostate Cancer	31	9,344	35	5,914	+ 3,430
Falls	32	8,575	28	7,528	+ 1,047
Pertussis	33	8,066	16	23,282	- 15,216
Poisonings	34	7,797	33	6,570	+ 1,226
Breast Cancer	35	7,672	23	11,884	- 4,213
Lymphomas	36	6,462	40	5,202	+ 1,260
Liver Cancer	37	6,100	39	5,289	+ 811
Drug Use	38	5,580	34	6,273	- 693
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	5,447	52	1,946	+ 3,502
Skin Disease	40	5,255	56	1,468	+ 3,787
Parkinson's Disease	41	4,962	46	2,473	+ 2,489
Skin Cancers	42	4,136	53	1,933	+ 2,203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	3,879	43	4,152	- 273
Oesophagus Cancer	44	3,844	64	560	+ 3,284
Syphilis	45	3,624	38	5,449	- 1,826
Lung Cancers	46	3,454	57	1,295	+ 2,159
Leukemia	47	3,392	47	2,257	+ 1,136
Alcohol	48	3,336	58	1,031	+ 2,305
Schistosomiasis	49	2,664	54	1,508	+ 1,156
Uterin Cancer	50	2,381	62	679	+ 1,702
Oral Cancer	51	2,127	48	2,238	- 111
Ovary Cancer	52	2,062	49	2,133	- 71
Stomach Cancer	53	1,420	50	2,129	- 709
Appendicitis	54	1,376	60	760	+ 616
Bladder Cancer	55	1,256	63	670	+ 586
Pancreas Cancer	56	1,255	51	1,975	- 720
Hepatitis B	57	1,231	55	1,488	- 258
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1,022	69	165	+ 857
Encephalitis	59	1,003	59	937	+ 67
Upper Respiratory	60	863	67	259	+ 605
Other Neoplasms	61	819	66	290	+ 529
Tetanus	62	766	26	8,355	- 7,589
Multiple Sclerosis	63	310	68	179	+ 131
Measles	64	131	14	29,439	- 29,307
Hepatitis C	65	76	65	304	- 228
Ascariasis	66	62	61	685	- 623
Malaria	67	58	4	100,963	- 100,905
Otitis Media	68	54	72	3	+ 51
Chlamydia	69	40	71	14	+ 26
Diphtheria	70	37	44	3,800	- 3,763
War	71	35	45	3,245	- 3,210
Dengue	72	7	73	2	+ 5
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Swaziland

Nigeria

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.