TANZANIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	137,146	1	27,402	+ 109,744
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	54,571	2	26,028	+ 28,543
Diabetes Mellitus	3	52,873	15	6,247	+ 46,627
Stroke	4	47,448	7	16,894	+ 30,554
Coronary Heart Disease	5	44,751	9	13,215	+ 31,536
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	30,655	6	17,587	+ 13,069
Road Traffic Accidents	7	22,779	5	18,054	+ 4,725
Kidney Disease	8	22,595	19	4,547	+ 18,048
Suicide	9	20,009	24	2,474	+ 17,534
Hypertension	10	17,314	17	5,209	+ 12,105
Liver Disease	11	16,221	13	6,586	+ 9,635
Lung Disease	12	15,677	22	3,051	+ 12,626
Tuberculosis	13	15,163	4	20,269	- 5,106
Low Birth Weight	14	13,812	10	12,173	+ 1,639
Cervical Cancer	15	12,739	14	6,424	+ 6,316
Violence	16	12,584	18	4,713	+ 7,871
Other Injuries	17	11,269	20	4,270	+ 6,999
Birth Trauma	18	9,868	8	15,086	- 5,218
Congenital Anomalies	19	9,510	11	9,791	- 281
Asthma	20	8,863	30	1,700	+ 7,163
Maternal Conditions	21	6,864	12	6,835	+ 29
Malnutrition	22	6,272	16	5,574	+ 697
Meningitis	23	5,775	21	3,188	+ 2,587
Inflammatory/Heart	24	5,555	38	1,227	+ 4,327
Drownings	25	5,154	32	1,642	+ 3,512
Fires	26	4,958	35	1,424	+ 3,534
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	4,538	27	2,048	+ 2,490
Endocrine Disorders	28	4,395	29	1,778	+ 2,617
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	3,013	46	462	+ 2,551
Epilepsy	30	2,708	43	707	+ 2,002
Prostate Cancer	31	2,663	28	1,819	+ 844
Falls	32	2,444	34	1,533	+ 910
Pertussis	33	2,298	23	2,774	- 475
Poisonings	34	2,222	40	1,170	+ 1,052
Breast Cancer	35	2,186	37	1,285	+ 901
Lymphomas	36	1,841	41	805	+ 1,036
Liver Cancer	37	1,738	36	1,413	+ 325
Drug Use	38	1,590	48	404	+ 1,186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	1,552	50	401	+ 1,152
Skin Disease	40	1,498	52	359	+ 1,138
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,414	45	513	+ 901
Skin Cancers	42	1,178	42	744	+ 434
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	1,105	33	1,567	- 462
Oesophagus Cancer	44	1,095	25	2,247	- 1,152
Syphilis	45	1,033	26	2,115	- 1,082
Lung Cancers	46	984	61	159	+ 826
Leukemia	47	967	47	416	+ 551
Alcohol	48	951	56	270	+ 680
Schistosomiasis	49	759	51	371	+ 388
Uterin Cancer	50	679	57	218	+ 460
Oral Cancer	51	606	31	1,646	- 1,040
Ovary Cancer	52	587	53	337	+ 251
Stomach Cancer	53	405	39	1,190	- 786
Appendicitis	54	392	58	218	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	55	358	44	667	- 309
Pancreas Cancer	56	358	62	158	+ 200
Hepatitis B	57	351	60	168	+ 182
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	291	63	81	+ 210
Encephalitis	59	286	59	199	+ 87
Upper Respiratory	60	246	54	299	- 53
Other Neoplasms	61	233	64	58	+ 176
Tetanus	62	218	49	402	- 183
Multiple Sclerosis	63	88	68	27	+ 62
Measles	64	37	55	295	- 257
Hepatitis C	65	22	66	40	- 18
Ascariasis	66	18	65	56	- 38
Malaria	67	16	3	21,758	- 21,742
Otitis Media	68	15	69	17	- 1
Chlamydia	69	11	71	9	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	11	70	11	- 0
War	71	10	67	30	- 20
Dengue	72	2	73	2	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

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.