NORWAY VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,201	61	10	+ 11,191
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,457	6	1,797	+ 2,660
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,318	16	560	+ 3,759
Stroke	4	3,875	4	2,475	+ 1,400
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,655	1	5,321	- 1,666
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,504	37	128	+ 2,376
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,860	42	114	+ 1,746
Kidney Disease	8	1,845	14	611	+ 1,235
Suicide	9	1,634	13	633	+ 1,001
Hypertension	10	1,414	28	230	+ 1,184
Liver Disease	11	1,325	30	214	+ 1,111
Lung Disease	12	1,280	3	2,723	- 1,443
Tuberculosis	13	1,238	56	15	+ 1,223
Low Birth Weight	14	1,128	52	23	+ 1,105
Cervical Cancer	15	1,040	39	125	+ 915
Violence	16	1,028	50	32	+ 996
Other Injuries	17	920	15	583	+ 337
Birth Trauma	18	806	54	17	+ 788
Congenital Anomalies	19	777	34	136	+ 640
Asthma	20	724	43	85	+ 639
Maternal Conditions	21	561	66	1	+ 559
Malnutrition	22	512	35	135	+ 377
Meningitis	23	472	58	14	+ 458
Inflammatory/Heart	24	454	29	221	+ 233
Drownings	25	421	45	65	+ 356
Fires	26	405	48	45	+ 360
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	371	2	4,464	- 4,094
Endocrine Disorders	28	359	19	359	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	246	33	160	+ 86
Epilepsy	30	221	40	119	+ 102
Prostate Cancer	31	217	8	1,172	- 955
Falls	32	200	9	777	- 578
Pertussis	33	188	64	1	+ 186
Poisonings	34	181	57	14	+ 167
Breast Cancer	35	179	11	698	- 519
Lymphomas	36	150	12	646	- 495
Liver Cancer	37	142	26	259	- 117
Drug Use	38	130	25	264	- 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	127	46	61	+ 65
Skin Disease	40	122	38	128	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	115	17	554	- 439
Skin Cancers	42	96	18	407	- 311
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	90	7	1,787	- 1,696
Oesophagus Cancer	44	89	27	248	- 158
Syphilis	45	84	67	1	+ 84
Lung Cancers	46	80	5	2,320	- 2,239
Leukemia	47	79	21	354	- 275
Alcohol	48	78	31	205	- 127
Schistosomiasis	49	62	83	0	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	50	55	36	134	- 79
Oral Cancer	51	50	32	168	- 118
Ovary Cancer	52	48	24	309	- 261
Stomach Cancer	53	33	22	343	- 310
Appendicitis	54	32	59	12	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	55	29	20	356	- 327
Pancreas Cancer	56	29	10	770	- 741
Hepatitis B	57	29	63	3	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	24	47	60	- 37
Encephalitis	59	23	70	0	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	60	20	60	12	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	61	19	23	324	- 305
Tetanus	62	18	69	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	41	119	- 112
Measles	64	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	55	17	- 15
Ascariasis	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Swaziland

Norway

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.