SWAZILAND VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,680	5	755	+ 925
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	956	27	77	+ 879
Lung Disease	3	650	12	264	+ 386
Stroke	4	528	4	800	- 273
Lung Cancers	5	518	46	17	+ 501
Kidney Disease	6	286	8	381	- 95
Drug Use	7	248	38	27	+ 221
Hypertension	8	220	10	292	- 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	206	43	19	+ 187
Diabetes Mellitus	10	204	3	892	- 688
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	201	2	921	- 720
Suicide	12	177	9	338	- 161
Breast Cancer	13	162	35	37	+ 125
Endocrine Disorders	14	156	28	74	+ 82
Pancreas Cancer	15	147	56	6	+ 141
Liver Disease	16	144	11	274	- 129
Road Traffic Accidents	17	139	7	384	- 246
Falls	18	135	32	41	+ 93
Lymphomas	19	134	36	31	+ 103
Prostate Cancer	20	119	31	45	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	21	115	41	24	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	22	108	24	94	+ 15
Liver Cancer	23	90	37	29	+ 61
Leukemia	24	90	47	16	+ 73
Other Injuries	25	87	17	190	- 104
Bladder Cancer	26	65	55	6	+ 59
Violence	27	63	16	212	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	28	59	44	18	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	29	59	61	4	+ 55
Alcohol	30	49	48	16	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	31	49	52	10	+ 39
Skin Cancers	32	48	42	20	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	33	44	53	7	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	34	39	19	160	- 121
Oral Cancer	35	38	51	10	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	36	33	50	11	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	33	6	517	- 484
Cervical Cancer	38	23	15	215	- 192
Low Birth Weight	39	23	14	233	- 210
Malnutrition	40	23	22	106	- 83
Hepatitis C	41	19	65	0	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	42	19	1	2,314	- 2,295
Skin Disease	43	18	40	25	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	44	17	63	1	+ 15
Drownings	45	14	25	87	- 73
Asthma	46	13	20	150	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	12	39	26	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	12	29	51	- 39
Fires	49	11	26	84	- 73
Epilepsy	50	11	30	46	- 35
Anemia	51	10	84	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	8	58	5	+ 3
Poisonings	53	6	34	37	- 32
Birth Trauma	54	4	18	166	- 162
War	55	4	71	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	56	3	21	116	- 113
Schizophrenia	57	2	83	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	57	6	- 4
Meningitis	60	2	23	97	- 95
Osteoarthritis	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	62	2	13	256	- 254
Appendicitis	63	1	54	7	- 5
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	60	4	- 3
Syphilis	66	0	45	17	- 17
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	5	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	72	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

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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.