YEMEN VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	65,339	46	396	+ 64,943
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	25,999	4	11,978	+ 14,021
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,190	19	1,794	+ 23,396
Stroke	4	22,605	2	13,570	+ 9,036
Coronary Heart Disease	5	21,320	1	30,158	- 8,838
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	14,605	9	4,372	+ 10,233
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,852	6	8,561	+ 2,292
Kidney Disease	8	10,765	15	2,679	+ 8,086
Suicide	9	9,533	21	1,699	+ 7,834
Hypertension	10	8,249	8	5,293	+ 2,955
Liver Disease	11	7,728	13	2,891	+ 4,837
Lung Disease	12	7,469	11	3,196	+ 4,273
Tuberculosis	13	7,224	18	1,899	+ 5,325
Low Birth Weight	14	6,580	5	8,810	- 2,229
Cervical Cancer	15	6,069	57	119	+ 5,950
Violence	16	5,995	14	2,839	+ 3,156
Other Injuries	17	5,369	16	2,225	+ 3,144
Birth Trauma	18	4,701	7	5,939	- 1,238
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,531	10	4,291	+ 240
Asthma	20	4,222	17	2,106	+ 2,116
Maternal Conditions	21	3,270	32	890	+ 2,381
Malnutrition	22	2,988	27	1,058	+ 1,930
Meningitis	23	2,751	28	1,018	+ 1,733
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,646	40	585	+ 2,061
Drownings	25	2,455	25	1,142	+ 1,313
Fires	26	2,362	29	991	+ 1,371
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	2,162	22	1,405	+ 757
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,094	36	738	+ 1,356
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,436	33	833	+ 602
Epilepsy	30	1,290	43	539	+ 751
Prostate Cancer	31	1,269	63	39	+ 1,229
Falls	32	1,164	24	1,170	- 6
Pertussis	33	1,095	23	1,239	- 144
Poisonings	34	1,058	44	532	+ 527
Breast Cancer	35	1,041	26	1,134	- 92
Lymphomas	36	877	45	433	+ 445
Liver Cancer	37	828	39	609	+ 219
Drug Use	38	758	38	613	+ 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	740	37	707	+ 33
Skin Disease	40	713	61	44	+ 670
Parkinson's Disease	41	674	49	362	+ 312
Skin Cancers	42	561	58	100	+ 462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	527	30	913	- 386
Oesophagus Cancer	44	522	35	765	- 243
Syphilis	45	492	53	175	+ 317
Lung Cancers	46	469	41	569	- 100
Leukemia	47	461	34	776	- 316
Alcohol	48	453	59	78	+ 375
Schistosomiasis	49	362	56	124	+ 238
Uterin Cancer	50	323	69	5	+ 318
Oral Cancer	51	289	42	547	- 259
Ovary Cancer	52	280	52	188	+ 92
Stomach Cancer	53	193	31	902	- 709
Appendicitis	54	187	54	162	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	55	171	55	160	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	56	170	51	283	- 112
Hepatitis B	57	167	50	299	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	139	66	14	+ 125
Encephalitis	59	136	48	369	- 233
Upper Respiratory	60	117	70	5	+ 112
Other Neoplasms	61	111	64	21	+ 90
Tetanus	62	104	47	395	- 291
Multiple Sclerosis	63	42	62	42	+ 1
Measles	64	18	12	3,019	- 3,001
Hepatitis C	65	10	68	8	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	8	65	17	- 9
Malaria	67	8	20	1,719	- 1,711
Otitis Media	68	7	73	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	69	5	72	1	+ 5
Diphtheria	70	5	67	14	- 9
War	71	5	3	12,915	- 12,910
Dengue	72	1	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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 YEMEN

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.