SYRIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	48,517	58	15	+ 48,502
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	19,305	4	2,958	+ 16,347
Diabetes Mellitus	3	18,704	15	1,534	+ 17,171
Stroke	4	16,785	2	8,088	+ 8,697
Coronary Heart Disease	5	15,831	1	28,203	- 12,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	10,845	7	2,156	+ 8,689
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,058	5	2,550	+ 5,508
Kidney Disease	8	7,993	6	2,329	+ 5,664
Suicide	9	7,078	33	333	+ 6,746
Hypertension	10	6,125	23	707	+ 5,417
Liver Disease	11	5,738	11	1,720	+ 4,019
Lung Disease	12	5,546	13	1,601	+ 3,945
Tuberculosis	13	5,364	56	23	+ 5,341
Low Birth Weight	14	4,886	12	1,652	+ 3,234
Cervical Cancer	15	4,507	42	188	+ 4,318
Violence	16	4,452	25	444	+ 4,007
Other Injuries	17	3,987	24	521	+ 3,465
Birth Trauma	18	3,491	21	744	+ 2,746
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,364	8	2,077	+ 1,287
Asthma	20	3,135	17	1,052	+ 2,083
Maternal Conditions	21	2,428	45	105	+ 2,324
Malnutrition	22	2,219	51	73	+ 2,146
Meningitis	23	2,043	35	295	+ 1,748
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,965	32	337	+ 1,628
Drownings	25	1,823	40	215	+ 1,608
Fires	26	1,754	43	179	+ 1,575
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,606	14	1,551	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,555	26	418	+ 1,137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,066	49	79	+ 987
Epilepsy	30	958	48	92	+ 866
Prostate Cancer	31	942	28	404	+ 538
Falls	32	864	29	383	+ 481
Pertussis	33	813	37	289	+ 524
Poisonings	34	786	46	98	+ 688
Breast Cancer	35	773	10	1,953	- 1,179
Lymphomas	36	651	18	827	- 176
Liver Cancer	37	615	31	366	+ 248
Drug Use	38	563	39	249	+ 313
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	549	41	197	+ 352
Skin Disease	40	530	61	8	+ 522
Parkinson's Disease	41	500	30	367	+ 133
Skin Cancers	42	417	38	276	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	391	16	1,224	- 833
Oesophagus Cancer	44	387	47	97	+ 290
Syphilis	45	365	55	31	+ 335
Lung Cancers	46	348	9	2,048	- 1,700
Leukemia	47	342	19	796	- 454
Alcohol	48	336	53	51	+ 286
Schistosomiasis	49	269	60	11	+ 257
Uterin Cancer	50	240	44	146	+ 94
Oral Cancer	51	214	36	289	- 75
Ovary Cancer	52	208	34	328	- 120
Stomach Cancer	53	143	22	725	- 581
Appendicitis	54	139	54	36	+ 102
Bladder Cancer	55	127	20	757	- 631
Pancreas Cancer	56	127	27	411	- 284
Hepatitis B	57	124	63	5	+ 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	103	62	7	+ 96
Encephalitis	59	101	50	77	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	60	87	66	3	+ 84
Other Neoplasms	61	83	57	21	+ 61
Tetanus	62	77	52	57	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	63	31	59	14	+ 17
Measles	64	13	70	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	65	8	68	1	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	6	67	1	+ 5
Malaria	67	6	79	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	5	71	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	69	4	69	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	4	64	5	- 1
War	71	4	3	7,760	- 7,757
Dengue	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	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 SYRIA

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.