SWAZILAND VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	462	1	2,314	- 1,851
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	439	2	921	- 482
Malaria	3	367	67	0	+ 367
Tuberculosis	4	342	13	256	+ 86
Road Traffic Accidents	5	305	7	384	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	297	6	517	- 220
Stroke	7	285	4	800	- 515
Birth Trauma	8	254	18	166	+ 88
Coronary Heart Disease	9	223	5	755	- 532
Low Birth Weight	10	205	14	233	- 28
Congenital Anomalies	11	165	19	160	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	12	115	21	116	- 0
Liver Disease	13	111	11	274	- 163
Cervical Cancer	14	108	15	215	- 107
Diabetes Mellitus	15	105	3	892	- 787
Malnutrition	16	94	22	106	- 12
Hypertension	17	88	10	292	- 204
Violence	18	80	16	212	- 133
Kidney Disease	19	77	8	381	- 304
Other Injuries	20	72	17	190	- 118
Meningitis	21	54	23	97	- 44
Lung Disease	22	51	12	264	- 213
Pertussis	23	47	33	39	+ 8
Suicide	24	42	9	338	- 296
Oesophagus Cancer	25	38	44	18	+ 19
Syphilis	26	36	45	17	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	35	27	77	- 42
Prostate Cancer	28	31	31	45	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	29	30	28	74	- 44
Asthma	30	29	20	150	- 121
Oral Cancer	31	28	51	10	+ 18
Drownings	32	28	25	87	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	26	43	19	+ 8
Falls	34	26	32	41	- 15
Fires	35	24	26	84	- 60
Liver Cancer	36	24	37	29	- 5
Breast Cancer	37	22	35	37	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	38	21	24	94	- 73
Stomach Cancer	39	20	53	7	+ 13
Poisonings	40	20	34	37	- 18
Lymphomas	41	14	36	31	- 17
Skin Cancers	42	13	42	20	- 7
Epilepsy	43	12	30	46	- 34
Bladder Cancer	44	11	55	6	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	45	9	41	24	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	8	29	51	- 43
Leukemia	47	7	47	16	- 9
Drug Use	48	7	38	27	- 20
Tetanus	49	7	62	4	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	7	39	26	- 19
Schistosomiasis	51	6	49	13	- 7
Skin Disease	52	6	40	25	- 19
Ovary Cancer	53	6	52	10	- 4
Upper Respiratory	54	5	60	4	+ 1
Measles	55	5	64	1	+ 4
Alcohol	56	5	48	16	- 11
Uterin Cancer	57	4	50	11	- 8
Appendicitis	58	4	54	7	- 3
Encephalitis	59	3	59	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	3	57	6	- 3
Lung Cancers	61	3	46	17	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	62	3	56	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	58	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	64	1	61	4	- 3
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	0	+ 0
War	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Tanzania

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.