SURINAME VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,315	7	138	+ 1,177
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	523	5	171	+ 353
Diabetes Mellitus	3	507	3	286	+ 221
Stroke	4	455	2	615	- 160
Coronary Heart Disease	5	429	1	650	- 221
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	294	27	31	+ 262
Road Traffic Accidents	7	218	13	89	+ 129
Kidney Disease	8	217	4	281	- 65
Suicide	9	192	6	148	+ 44
Hypertension	10	166	9	134	+ 32
Liver Disease	11	156	8	134	+ 22
Lung Disease	12	150	12	93	+ 58
Tuberculosis	13	145	37	17	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	14	132	19	51	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	15	122	20	48	+ 74
Violence	16	121	26	34	+ 87
Other Injuries	17	108	15	73	+ 35
Birth Trauma	18	95	30	28	+ 67
Congenital Anomalies	19	91	22	40	+ 51
Asthma	20	85	39	16	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	21	66	41	14	+ 52
Malnutrition	22	60	43	13	+ 47
Meningitis	23	55	50	5	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	24	53	23	37	+ 16
Drownings	25	49	29	28	+ 21
Fires	26	48	44	13	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	44	10	117	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	28	42	24	37	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	29	28	29	+ 0
Epilepsy	30	26	36	18	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	31	26	14	78	- 53
Falls	32	23	25	34	- 11
Pertussis	33	22	59	1	+ 21
Poisonings	34	21	57	2	+ 20
Breast Cancer	35	21	17	55	- 34
Lymphomas	36	18	34	23	- 5
Liver Cancer	37	17	21	45	- 28
Drug Use	38	15	45	7	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	15	47	6	+ 8
Skin Disease	40	14	18	53	- 39
Parkinson's Disease	41	14	31	28	- 14
Skin Cancers	42	11	60	1	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	11	16	72	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	44	11	56	2	+ 8
Syphilis	45	10	52	3	+ 7
Lung Cancers	46	9	11	102	- 93
Leukemia	47	9	35	20	- 10
Alcohol	48	9	38	16	- 7
Schistosomiasis	49	7	55	2	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	50	7	49	5	+ 1
Oral Cancer	51	6	40	16	- 10
Ovary Cancer	52	6	42	14	- 8
Stomach Cancer	53	4	33	25	- 21
Appendicitis	54	4	53	3	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	55	3	48	5	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	56	3	32	26	- 23
Hepatitis B	57	3	63	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	58	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	3	51	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	2	54	3	- 1
Tetanus	62	2	62	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	61	1	- 0
Measles	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	+ 0
War	71	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	46	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	64	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

Swaziland

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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.