URUGUAY VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,963	28	195	+ 6,768
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,771	6	1,370	+ 1,400
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,685	11	747	+ 1,937
Stroke	4	2,409	2	2,850	- 441
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,272	1	4,265	- 1,992
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,557	35	134	+ 1,422
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,157	16	512	+ 645
Kidney Disease	8	1,147	8	1,040	+ 107
Suicide	9	1,016	12	735	+ 281
Hypertension	10	879	15	648	+ 231
Liver Disease	11	824	27	206	+ 618
Lung Disease	12	796	4	1,706	- 910
Tuberculosis	13	770	41	81	+ 689
Low Birth Weight	14	701	42	73	+ 628
Cervical Cancer	15	647	29	172	+ 475
Violence	16	639	23	295	+ 344
Other Injuries	17	572	10	774	- 202
Birth Trauma	18	501	53	22	+ 479
Congenital Anomalies	19	483	30	170	+ 313
Asthma	20	450	37	127	+ 323
Maternal Conditions	21	349	60	9	+ 340
Malnutrition	22	318	43	73	+ 245
Meningitis	23	293	58	10	+ 283
Inflammatory/Heart	24	282	22	314	- 32
Drownings	25	262	45	65	+ 197
Fires	26	252	48	54	+ 197
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	230	3	1,899	- 1,668
Endocrine Disorders	28	223	17	487	- 264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	153	46	57	+ 96
Epilepsy	30	138	40	86	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	31	135	13	707	- 572
Falls	32	124	47	55	+ 69
Pertussis	33	117	72	0	+ 116
Poisonings	34	113	55	17	+ 96
Breast Cancer	35	111	9	848	- 737
Lymphomas	36	93	20	457	- 364
Liver Cancer	37	88	34	147	- 59
Drug Use	38	81	49	41	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	79	50	39	+ 40
Skin Disease	40	76	36	130	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	41	72	21	320	- 249
Skin Cancers	42	60	33	149	- 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	56	7	1,245	- 1,189
Oesophagus Cancer	44	56	24	286	- 231
Syphilis	45	52	66	3	+ 50
Lung Cancers	46	50	5	1,463	- 1,413
Leukemia	47	49	25	280	- 231
Alcohol	48	48	39	104	- 56
Schistosomiasis	49	39	77	0	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	50	34	38	115	- 81
Oral Cancer	51	31	31	167	- 136
Ovary Cancer	52	30	32	160	- 131
Stomach Cancer	53	21	18	480	- 460
Appendicitis	54	20	59	9	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	55	18	26	276	- 258
Pancreas Cancer	56	18	14	656	- 637
Hepatitis B	57	18	63	4	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	15	51	35	- 20
Encephalitis	59	15	64	4	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	12	62	5	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	61	12	19	464	- 452
Tetanus	62	11	71	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	56	13	- 9
Measles	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
War	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Swaziland

Uruguay

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.