SWAZILAND VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,627	5	755	+ 872
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,173	27	77	+ 1,097
Stroke	3	649	4	800	- 152
Lung Disease	4	467	12	264	+ 202
Lung Cancers	5	400	46	17	+ 383
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	328	43	19	+ 309
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	286	2	921	- 635
Prostate Cancer	8	282	31	45	+ 237
Pancreas Cancer	9	199	56	6	+ 193
Hypertension	10	198	10	292	- 95
Diabetes Mellitus	11	197	3	892	- 695
Kidney Disease	12	175	8	381	- 206
Breast Cancer	13	170	35	37	+ 133
Suicide	14	159	9	338	- 179
Other Injuries	15	148	17	190	- 43
Lymphomas	16	146	36	31	+ 115
Falls	17	119	32	41	+ 78
Other Neoplasms	18	111	61	4	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	19	101	41	24	+ 77
Leukemia	20	89	47	16	+ 72
Bladder Cancer	21	82	55	6	+ 76
Liver Cancer	22	81	37	29	+ 51
Liver Disease	23	78	11	274	- 196
Endocrine Disorders	24	75	28	74	+ 1
Skin Cancers	25	70	42	20	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	26	66	53	7	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	27	59	52	10	+ 49
Inflammatory/Heart	28	59	24	94	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	29	58	44	18	+ 39
Drug Use	30	46	38	27	+ 19
Oral Cancer	31	41	51	10	+ 31
Alcohol	32	39	48	16	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	33	37	50	11	+ 26
Road Traffic Accidents	34	34	7	384	- 350
Congenital Anomalies	35	33	19	160	- 127
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	31	6	517	- 486
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	30	29	51	- 21
Cervical Cancer	38	24	15	215	- 190
Skin Disease	39	24	40	25	- 2
Anemia	40	19	84	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	41	18	63	1	+ 17
Asthma	42	17	20	150	- 133
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	14	58	5	+ 9
Epilepsy	44	13	30	46	- 33
Malnutrition	45	13	22	106	- 93
Drownings	46	12	25	87	- 75
Violence	47	12	16	212	- 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	12	39	26	- 14
Fires	49	7	26	84	- 77
Schizophrenia	50	7	83	0	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	51	5	14	233	- 228
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	5	80	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	53	5	65	0	+ 4
Meningitis	54	4	23	97	- 94
Birth Trauma	55	4	18	166	- 163
Tuberculosis	56	3	13	256	- 253
Osteoarthritis	57	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	2	60	4	- 2
Appendicitis	59	2	54	7	- 5
Poisonings	60	2	34	37	- 36
HIV/AIDS	61	1	1	2,314	- 2,312
Hepatitis B	62	1	57	6	- 5
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	116	- 115
War	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	33	39	- 39
Tetanus	68	0	62	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	69	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Encephalitis	71	0	59	5	- 5
Syphilis	72	0	45	17	- 17
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Sweden

Swaziland

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.