UGANDA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	100,189	1	21,188	+ 79,001
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	39,866	2	18,865	+ 21,001
Diabetes Mellitus	3	38,625	14	4,794	+ 33,831
Stroke	4	34,662	6	11,181	+ 23,481
Coronary Heart Disease	5	32,692	9	8,784	+ 23,907
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	22,395	5	12,103	+ 10,291
Road Traffic Accidents	7	16,641	4	13,012	+ 3,628
Kidney Disease	8	16,506	19	3,168	+ 13,338
Suicide	9	14,617	24	2,033	+ 12,584
Hypertension	10	12,648	21	3,120	+ 9,528
Liver Disease	11	11,850	13	5,122	+ 6,728
Lung Disease	12	11,452	22	3,051	+ 8,402
Tuberculosis	13	11,077	10	7,255	+ 3,823
Low Birth Weight	14	10,090	8	9,673	+ 417
Cervical Cancer	15	9,306	15	4,378	+ 4,929
Violence	16	9,193	12	6,175	+ 3,018
Other Injuries	17	8,233	20	3,130	+ 5,103
Birth Trauma	18	7,209	7	10,405	- 3,196
Congenital Anomalies	19	6,947	11	6,641	+ 306
Asthma	20	6,475	27	1,745	+ 4,729
Maternal Conditions	21	5,015	17	3,641	+ 1,373
Malnutrition	22	4,582	18	3,317	+ 1,265
Meningitis	23	4,219	16	3,718	+ 501
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,058	37	859	+ 3,199
Drownings	25	3,765	31	1,238	+ 2,527
Fires	26	3,622	36	872	+ 2,750
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	3,315	30	1,286	+ 2,029
Endocrine Disorders	28	3,211	38	761	+ 2,450
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	2,201	41	687	+ 1,514
Epilepsy	30	1,979	43	599	+ 1,380
Prostate Cancer	31	1,945	34	950	+ 995
Falls	32	1,785	33	1,127	+ 659
Pertussis	33	1,679	25	1,909	- 230
Poisonings	34	1,623	39	745	+ 878
Breast Cancer	35	1,597	32	1,128	+ 469
Lymphomas	36	1,345	26	1,762	- 416
Liver Cancer	37	1,270	29	1,522	- 253
Drug Use	38	1,162	57	233	+ 929
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	1,134	50	348	+ 786
Skin Disease	40	1,094	55	242	+ 852
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,033	48	351	+ 681
Skin Cancers	42	861	49	349	+ 512
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	807	35	919	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	44	800	28	1,674	- 874
Syphilis	45	754	23	2,235	- 1,481
Lung Cancers	46	719	46	441	+ 279
Leukemia	47	706	42	599	+ 107
Alcohol	48	694	54	256	+ 438
Schistosomiasis	49	555	52	286	+ 269
Uterin Cancer	50	496	56	234	+ 262
Oral Cancer	51	443	40	731	- 288
Ovary Cancer	52	429	44	519	- 90
Stomach Cancer	53	296	45	515	- 219
Appendicitis	54	286	58	211	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	55	262	59	181	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	56	261	47	358	- 97
Hepatitis B	57	256	61	123	+ 133
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	213	64	55	+ 158
Encephalitis	59	209	62	122	+ 87
Upper Respiratory	60	180	60	144	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	61	170	66	37	+ 133
Tetanus	62	159	53	271	- 111
Multiple Sclerosis	63	65	69	16	+ 49
Measles	64	27	51	343	- 316
Hepatitis C	65	16	67	30	- 15
Ascariasis	66	13	70	16	- 3
Malaria	67	12	3	13,576	- 13,564
Otitis Media	68	11	71	11	- 0
Chlamydia	69	8	73	6	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	8	72	11	- 3
War	71	7	63	88	- 81
Dengue	72	1	74	1	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	28	- 28
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Swaziland

Uganda

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.