ZAMBIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	42,283	1	17,234	+ 25,049
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	16,825	2	9,517	+ 7,308
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,301	14	2,395	+ 13,906
Stroke	4	14,629	3	7,948	+ 6,681
Coronary Heart Disease	5	13,797	10	4,432	+ 9,365
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	9,451	5	6,275	+ 3,176
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,023	11	3,654	+ 3,369
Kidney Disease	8	6,966	18	1,760	+ 5,206
Suicide	9	6,169	20	1,303	+ 4,866
Hypertension	10	5,338	13	2,616	+ 2,722
Liver Disease	11	5,001	9	4,501	+ 500
Lung Disease	12	4,833	21	1,273	+ 3,561
Tuberculosis	13	4,675	6	5,941	- 1,266
Low Birth Weight	14	4,258	8	4,857	- 599
Cervical Cancer	15	3,928	17	1,799	+ 2,129
Violence	16	3,880	23	1,153	+ 2,726
Other Injuries	17	3,474	19	1,729	+ 1,746
Birth Trauma	18	3,042	7	5,062	- 2,019
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,932	12	3,146	- 214
Asthma	20	2,732	26	741	+ 1,992
Maternal Conditions	21	2,116	22	1,188	+ 928
Malnutrition	22	1,934	15	2,303	- 369
Meningitis	23	1,780	16	1,976	- 195
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,713	33	501	+ 1,211
Drownings	25	1,589	27	689	+ 900
Fires	26	1,529	32	546	+ 982
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,399	29	590	+ 810
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,355	37	354	+ 1,002
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	929	40	246	+ 683
Epilepsy	30	835	38	332	+ 503
Prostate Cancer	31	821	30	561	+ 259
Falls	32	753	28	596	+ 157
Pertussis	33	709	25	743	- 34
Poisonings	34	685	34	456	+ 229
Breast Cancer	35	674	35	366	+ 308
Lymphomas	36	568	31	548	+ 20
Liver Cancer	37	536	46	177	+ 359
Drug Use	38	490	53	122	+ 368
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	479	45	190	+ 289
Skin Disease	40	462	52	126	+ 336
Parkinson's Disease	41	436	47	164	+ 272
Skin Cancers	42	363	54	108	+ 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	341	43	203	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	44	338	36	359	- 21
Syphilis	45	318	24	885	- 566
Lung Cancers	46	303	41	226	+ 78
Leukemia	47	298	39	261	+ 37
Alcohol	48	293	49	140	+ 153
Schistosomiasis	49	234	51	128	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	50	209	64	30	+ 179
Oral Cancer	51	187	48	155	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	52	181	57	82	+ 99
Stomach Cancer	53	125	42	206	- 82
Appendicitis	54	121	56	84	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	55	110	50	132	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	56	110	62	42	+ 68
Hepatitis B	57	108	55	104	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	90	63	30	+ 60
Encephalitis	59	88	59	70	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	76	60	68	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	61	72	65	20	+ 52
Tetanus	62	67	44	190	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	63	27	67	13	+ 14
Measles	64	12	61	48	- 37
Hepatitis C	65	7	66	18	- 11
Ascariasis	66	5	68	9	- 3
Malaria	67	5	4	7,882	- 7,877
Otitis Media	68	5	70	5	- 0
Chlamydia	69	3	71	3	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	3	73	3	+ 0
War	71	3	69	6	- 3
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	58	72	- 72
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Swaziland

Zambia

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.