SINGAPORE VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,255	45	18	+ 12,237
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,877	2	5,189	- 313
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,725	28	108	+ 4,617
Stroke	4	4,240	3	1,559	+ 2,681
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,999	1	5,292	- 1,293
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,739	39	28	+ 2,712
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,036	26	121	+ 1,914
Kidney Disease	8	2,019	6	1,028	+ 991
Suicide	9	1,788	9	650	+ 1,138
Hypertension	10	1,547	8	732	+ 815
Liver Disease	11	1,450	20	209	+ 1,240
Lung Disease	12	1,401	14	383	+ 1,018
Tuberculosis	13	1,355	40	26	+ 1,329
Low Birth Weight	14	1,234	41	25	+ 1,209
Cervical Cancer	15	1,138	30	85	+ 1,053
Violence	16	1,124	46	15	+ 1,110
Other Injuries	17	1,007	32	79	+ 928
Birth Trauma	18	882	55	3	+ 879
Congenital Anomalies	19	850	31	80	+ 770
Asthma	20	792	35	37	+ 755
Maternal Conditions	21	613	53	3	+ 610
Malnutrition	22	560	63	0	+ 560
Meningitis	23	516	48	8	+ 508
Inflammatory/Heart	24	496	19	215	+ 281
Drownings	25	461	38	29	+ 432
Fires	26	443	49	7	+ 436
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	406	36	32	+ 373
Endocrine Disorders	28	393	37	30	+ 362
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	269	33	69	+ 200
Epilepsy	30	242	42	25	+ 217
Prostate Cancer	31	238	16	303	- 65
Falls	32	218	18	218	+ 1
Pertussis	33	205	62	0	+ 205
Poisonings	34	199	60	1	+ 197
Breast Cancer	35	195	10	605	- 410
Lymphomas	36	165	13	397	- 232
Liver Cancer	37	155	7	746	- 590
Drug Use	38	142	44	19	+ 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	139	43	22	+ 117
Skin Disease	40	134	25	136	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	41	126	29	90	+ 37
Skin Cancers	42	105	34	56	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	99	5	1,203	- 1,104
Oesophagus Cancer	44	98	24	137	- 39
Syphilis	45	92	65	0	+ 92
Lung Cancers	46	88	4	1,540	- 1,452
Leukemia	47	86	17	249	- 163
Alcohol	48	85	47	10	+ 75
Schistosomiasis	49	68	78	0	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	50	61	23	147	- 86
Oral Cancer	51	54	15	317	- 263
Ovary Cancer	52	52	21	204	- 151
Stomach Cancer	53	36	12	405	- 368
Appendicitis	54	35	50	6	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	55	32	27	120	- 88
Pancreas Cancer	56	32	11	537	- 505
Hepatitis B	57	31	52	4	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	26	58	2	+ 24
Encephalitis	59	26	61	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	60	22	54	3	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	61	21	22	195	- 174
Tetanus	62	20	73	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	57	3	+ 5
Measles	64	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	56	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	67	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	64	0	+ 1
War	71	1	59	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Swaziland

Singapore

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.