VENEZUELA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	63,530	6	7,490	+ 56,040
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	25,279	7	7,188	+ 18,091
Diabetes Mellitus	3	24,492	4	11,176	+ 13,316
Stroke	4	21,979	3	12,133	+ 9,846
Coronary Heart Disease	5	20,730	1	26,905	- 6,176
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	14,200	22	1,359	+ 12,841
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,552	5	11,127	- 575
Kidney Disease	8	10,467	8	5,932	+ 4,535
Suicide	9	9,269	34	585	+ 8,683
Hypertension	10	8,020	9	5,195	+ 2,825
Liver Disease	11	7,514	16	2,340	+ 5,174
Lung Disease	12	7,262	10	5,150	+ 2,112
Tuberculosis	13	7,024	31	748	+ 6,276
Low Birth Weight	14	6,398	12	3,088	+ 3,310
Cervical Cancer	15	5,901	20	1,986	+ 3,915
Violence	16	5,829	2	18,132	- 12,303
Other Injuries	17	5,220	21	1,693	+ 3,527
Birth Trauma	18	4,571	24	1,087	+ 3,484
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,405	14	2,846	+ 1,559
Asthma	20	4,105	46	311	+ 3,794
Maternal Conditions	21	3,180	39	422	+ 2,758
Malnutrition	22	2,905	32	629	+ 2,276
Meningitis	23	2,675	49	251	+ 2,424
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,573	33	599	+ 1,974
Drownings	25	2,387	43	388	+ 1,999
Fires	26	2,297	54	144	+ 2,152
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	2,102	35	572	+ 1,530
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,036	30	760	+ 1,276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,396	40	418	+ 978
Epilepsy	30	1,255	41	411	+ 844
Prostate Cancer	31	1,233	13	2,848	- 1,615
Falls	32	1,132	28	865	+ 267
Pertussis	33	1,065	64	26	+ 1,039
Poisonings	34	1,029	58	68	+ 962
Breast Cancer	35	1,013	15	2,563	- 1,551
Lymphomas	36	853	23	1,248	- 395
Liver Cancer	37	805	26	1,029	- 224
Drug Use	38	737	50	225	+ 511
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	719	57	80	+ 639
Skin Disease	40	694	66	18	+ 676
Parkinson's Disease	41	655	48	252	+ 403
Skin Cancers	42	546	37	553	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	512	19	2,037	- 1,525
Oesophagus Cancer	44	507	44	370	+ 138
Syphilis	45	478	67	15	+ 463
Lung Cancers	46	456	11	3,900	- 3,444
Leukemia	47	448	27	1,007	- 560
Alcohol	48	440	62	34	+ 406
Schistosomiasis	49	352	76	1	+ 351
Uterin Cancer	50	314	47	309	+ 5
Oral Cancer	51	281	38	544	- 263
Ovary Cancer	52	272	36	563	- 290
Stomach Cancer	53	187	17	2,175	- 1,988
Appendicitis	54	182	56	98	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	55	166	45	365	- 199
Pancreas Cancer	56	166	25	1,082	- 916
Hepatitis B	57	162	63	30	+ 133
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	135	52	180	- 45
Encephalitis	59	132	61	37	+ 95
Upper Respiratory	60	114	74	1	+ 113
Other Neoplasms	61	108	18	2,167	- 2,059
Tetanus	62	101	68	8	+ 94
Multiple Sclerosis	63	41	60	51	- 10
Measles	64	17	79	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	65	10	65	21	- 11
Ascariasis	66	8	70	5	+ 3
Malaria	67	8	42	402	- 394
Otitis Media	68	7	75	1	+ 6
Chlamydia	69	5	82	0	+ 5
Diphtheria	70	5	78	0	+ 5
War	71	5	51	185	- 180
Dengue	72	1	59	65	- 64
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	29	826	- 826
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	69	6	- 6
Anemia	84	0	55	126	- 126
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Swaziland

Venezuela

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.