SWAZILAND VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	1,631	27	77	+ 1,555
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,192	5	755	+ 437
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	674	2	921	- 247
Stroke	4	626	4	800	- 175
Lung Cancers	5	594	46	17	+ 577
Lung Disease	6	547	12	264	+ 282
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	307	43	19	+ 288
Prostate Cancer	8	221	31	45	+ 176
Breast Cancer	9	211	35	37	+ 175
Lymphomas	10	155	36	31	+ 124
Pancreas Cancer	11	150	56	6	+ 144
Oesophagus Cancer	12	145	44	18	+ 127
Parkinson's Disease	13	143	41	24	+ 119
Liver Disease	14	127	11	274	- 146
Falls	15	127	32	41	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	16	102	55	6	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	17	97	3	892	- 795
Kidney Disease	18	91	8	381	- 290
Other Injuries	19	91	17	190	- 99
Suicide	20	89	9	338	- 249
Liver Cancer	21	87	37	29	+ 58
Leukemia	22	87	47	16	+ 70
Hypertension	23	87	10	292	- 206
Stomach Cancer	24	83	53	7	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	25	67	52	10	+ 57
Other Neoplasms	26	66	61	4	+ 62
Skin Cancers	27	62	42	20	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	28	55	28	74	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	29	52	24	94	- 42
Oral Cancer	30	52	51	10	+ 41
Drug Use	31	47	38	27	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	32	39	50	11	+ 28
Road Traffic Accidents	33	36	7	384	- 348
Skin Disease	34	35	40	25	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	35	35	19	160	- 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	35	29	51	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	37	31	63	1	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	27	6	517	- 491
Alcohol	39	26	48	16	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	40	22	14	233	- 211
Asthma	41	22	20	150	- 128
Epilepsy	42	20	30	46	- 26
Cervical Cancer	43	18	15	215	- 197
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	17	58	5	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	15	39	26	- 12
Violence	46	14	16	212	- 198
Tuberculosis	47	6	13	256	- 250
Fires	48	6	26	84	- 78
Drownings	49	5	25	87	- 82
Anemia	50	5	84	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	51	4	65	0	+ 4
Meningitis	52	4	23	97	- 94
Poisonings	53	4	34	37	- 34
Birth Trauma	54	3	18	166	- 163
HIV/AIDS	55	3	1	2,314	- 2,311
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	80	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	57	3	81	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	58	2	22	106	- 104
Appendicitis	59	2	54	7	- 5
Schizophrenia	60	2	83	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	45	17	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	116	- 115
Hepatitis B	65	1	57	6	- 5
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	+ 0
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	5	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	64	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	79	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

United Kingdom

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.