SWAZILAND VS TRINIDAD/TOB.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TRINIDAD/TOB.		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,192	5	755	+ 437
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,030	3	892	+ 138
Stroke	3	664	4	800	- 136
Violence	4	444	16	212	+ 231
Kidney Disease	5	355	8	381	- 26
Prostate Cancer	6	266	31	45	+ 222
Breast Cancer	7	209	35	37	+ 172
Lung Cancers	8	176	46	17	+ 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	174	27	77	+ 97
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	166	2	921	- 755
Hypertension	11	163	10	292	- 130
HIV/AIDS	12	158	1	2,314	- 2,155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	158	43	19	+ 139
Liver Disease	14	110	11	274	- 164
Road Traffic Accidents	15	105	7	384	- 279
Lung Disease	16	104	12	264	- 160
Suicide	17	98	9	338	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	18	96	28	74	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	19	92	56	6	+ 86
Lymphomas	20	90	36	31	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	21	78	15	215	- 137
Congenital Anomalies	22	75	19	160	- 85
Low Birth Weight	23	67	14	233	- 166
Ovary Cancer	24	65	52	10	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	25	58	24	94	- 35
Stomach Cancer	26	56	53	7	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	27	55	50	11	+ 43
Liver Cancer	28	53	37	29	+ 24
Leukemia	29	50	47	16	+ 34
Other Injuries	30	49	17	190	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	42	29	51	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	32	41	41	24	+ 18
Falls	33	35	32	41	- 6
Bladder Cancer	34	33	55	6	+ 27
Asthma	35	33	20	150	- 117
Skin Disease	36	31	40	25	+ 6
Epilepsy	37	26	30	46	- 20
Oral Cancer	38	25	51	10	+ 15
Drownings	39	25	25	87	- 62
Birth Trauma	40	20	18	166	- 146
Oesophagus Cancer	41	20	44	18	+ 1
Alcohol	42	19	48	16	+ 3
Tuberculosis	43	17	13	256	- 238
Drug Use	44	15	38	27	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	15	6	517	- 503
War	46	14	71	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	47	13	22	106	- 92
Fires	48	13	26	84	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	9	39	26	- 17
Maternal Conditions	50	8	21	116	- 107
Other Neoplasms	51	8	61	4	+ 4
Meningitis	52	8	23	97	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	58	5	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	5	59	5	+ 0
Dengue	55	4	72	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	4	54	7	- 3
Skin Cancers	57	3	42	20	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	63	1	+ 0
Poisonings	59	1	34	37	- 36
Hepatitis B	60	0	57	6	- 6
Syphilis	61	0	45	17	- 17
Hepatitis C	62	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	63	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	60	4	- 4
Tetanus	65	0	62	4	- 4
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	33	39	- 39
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Trinidad/Tob.

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.