SOMALIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	26,463	33	610	+ 25,853
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,530	1	21,712	- 11,182
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,202	16	2,888	+ 7,314
Stroke	4	9,155	6	8,595	+ 560
Coronary Heart Disease	5	8,635	7	7,233	+ 1,402
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,915	2	15,363	- 9,448
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,395	11	4,231	+ 164
Kidney Disease	8	4,360	21	2,051	+ 2,309
Suicide	9	3,861	27	1,219	+ 2,642
Hypertension	10	3,341	18	2,643	+ 697
Liver Disease	11	3,130	13	3,917	- 787
Lung Disease	12	3,025	19	2,442	+ 583
Tuberculosis	13	2,926	4	10,261	- 7,335
Low Birth Weight	14	2,665	8	6,250	- 3,585
Cervical Cancer	15	2,458	28	883	+ 1,575
Violence	16	2,428	29	828	+ 1,600
Other Injuries	17	2,175	14	3,602	- 1,427
Birth Trauma	18	1,904	5	9,573	- 7,669
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,835	15	3,410	- 1,575
Asthma	20	1,710	23	1,878	- 168
Maternal Conditions	21	1,325	12	4,127	- 2,802
Malnutrition	22	1,210	10	4,825	- 3,615
Meningitis	23	1,114	9	5,381	- 4,267
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,072	39	521	+ 551
Drownings	25	994	25	1,272	- 277
Fires	26	957	30	810	+ 146
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	876	32	647	+ 228
Endocrine Disorders	28	848	44	406	+ 442
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	581	36	559	+ 22
Epilepsy	30	523	43	419	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	31	514	52	285	+ 229
Falls	32	471	37	548	- 76
Pertussis	33	444	20	2,054	- 1,611
Poisonings	34	429	31	758	- 329
Breast Cancer	35	422	26	1,232	- 810
Lymphomas	36	355	34	605	- 249
Liver Cancer	37	335	53	256	+ 80
Drug Use	38	307	65	54	+ 252
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	300	41	446	- 146
Skin Disease	40	289	58	151	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	41	273	56	184	+ 89
Skin Cancers	42	227	57	164	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	213	38	546	- 333
Oesophagus Cancer	44	211	40	516	- 305
Syphilis	45	199	45	378	- 178
Lung Cancers	46	190	54	233	- 43
Leukemia	47	187	35	562	- 375
Alcohol	48	183	59	151	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	49	146	42	435	- 289
Uterin Cancer	50	131	64	78	+ 53
Oral Cancer	51	117	46	328	- 211
Ovary Cancer	52	113	50	295	- 182
Stomach Cancer	53	78	49	310	- 232
Appendicitis	54	76	55	188	- 112
Bladder Cancer	55	69	61	149	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	56	69	62	108	- 39
Hepatitis B	57	68	48	315	- 247
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	56	66	35	+ 21
Encephalitis	59	55	63	91	- 36
Upper Respiratory	60	47	47	326	- 278
Other Neoplasms	61	45	70	12	+ 33
Tetanus	62	42	17	2,648	- 2,606
Multiple Sclerosis	63	17	71	8	+ 9
Measles	64	7	3	11,576	- 11,568
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	34	- 30
Ascariasis	66	3	69	30	- 26
Malaria	67	3	22	1,942	- 1,939
Otitis Media	68	3	68	32	- 29
Chlamydia	69	2	72	5	- 3
Diphtheria	70	2	60	150	- 148
War	71	2	24	1,318	- 1,316
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	290	- 290
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Swaziland

Somalia

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.