ZIMBABWE VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	34,865	1	19,988	+ 14,877
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,873	2	10,779	+ 3,094
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,442	9	3,344	+ 10,098
Stroke	4	12,062	5	5,126	+ 6,936
Coronary Heart Disease	5	11,377	3	8,493	+ 2,884
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,793	6	4,595	+ 3,199
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,791	4	6,037	- 246
Kidney Disease	8	5,744	12	2,214	+ 3,531
Suicide	9	5,087	13	2,069	+ 3,018
Hypertension	10	4,402	24	1,146	+ 3,256
Liver Disease	11	4,124	17	1,941	+ 2,183
Lung Disease	12	3,985	23	1,163	+ 2,822
Tuberculosis	13	3,855	16	1,999	+ 1,856
Low Birth Weight	14	3,511	7	4,038	- 526
Cervical Cancer	15	3,239	14	2,023	+ 1,216
Violence	16	3,199	18	1,916	+ 1,283
Other Injuries	17	2,865	20	1,656	+ 1,209
Birth Trauma	18	2,509	8	3,405	- 897
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,418	11	2,217	+ 200
Asthma	20	2,253	21	1,531	+ 723
Maternal Conditions	21	1,745	19	1,749	- 4
Malnutrition	22	1,594	10	2,396	- 802
Meningitis	23	1,468	22	1,325	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,412	25	1,047	+ 365
Drownings	25	1,310	27	956	+ 354
Fires	26	1,260	30	793	+ 468
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,154	31	768	+ 386
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,117	34	553	+ 564
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	766	35	548	+ 218
Epilepsy	30	689	39	508	+ 181
Prostate Cancer	31	677	32	628	+ 49
Falls	32	621	41	465	+ 156
Pertussis	33	584	42	419	+ 166
Poisonings	34	565	37	515	+ 50
Breast Cancer	35	556	28	839	- 283
Lymphomas	36	468	26	960	- 492
Liver Cancer	37	442	38	510	- 68
Drug Use	38	404	48	213	+ 192
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	395	36	542	- 147
Skin Disease	40	381	52	173	+ 208
Parkinson's Disease	41	359	46	226	+ 134
Skin Cancers	42	300	44	264	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	281	40	505	- 224
Oesophagus Cancer	44	278	29	801	- 523
Syphilis	45	263	55	124	+ 138
Lung Cancers	46	250	43	286	- 36
Leukemia	47	246	45	244	+ 2
Alcohol	48	242	61	48	+ 193
Schistosomiasis	49	193	53	172	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	50	172	50	182	- 9
Oral Cancer	51	154	49	208	- 54
Ovary Cancer	52	149	51	173	- 24
Stomach Cancer	53	103	33	559	- 456
Appendicitis	54	100	58	66	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	55	91	54	125	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	56	91	47	217	- 126
Hepatitis B	57	89	60	57	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	74	64	26	+ 48
Encephalitis	59	73	56	117	- 45
Upper Respiratory	60	63	59	65	- 3
Other Neoplasms	61	59	62	37	+ 22
Tetanus	62	55	57	102	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	63	22	67	14	+ 8
Measles	64	10	63	30	- 21
Hepatitis C	65	5	66	14	- 9
Ascariasis	66	4	70	2	+ 2
Malaria	67	4	15	2,003	- 1,999
Otitis Media	68	4	68	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	3	69	3	- 0
Diphtheria	70	3	72	2	+ 1
War	71	3	65	26	- 24
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	79	0	76	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 ZIMBABWE

Swaziland

Zimbabwe

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.