SWAZILAND VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	980	5	755	+ 225
Violence	2	660	16	212	+ 448
Stroke	3	442	4	800	- 359
Diabetes Mellitus	4	407	3	892	- 485
Road Traffic Accidents	5	405	7	384	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	6	273	1	2,314	- 2,041
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	262	2	921	- 659
Kidney Disease	8	216	8	381	- 165
Hypertension	9	189	10	292	- 103
Lung Disease	10	188	12	264	- 77
Lung Cancers	11	142	46	17	+ 125
Low Birth Weight	12	112	14	233	- 121
Prostate Cancer	13	104	31	45	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	14	104	19	160	- 57
Breast Cancer	15	93	35	37	+ 56
Liver Disease	16	85	11	274	- 188
Stomach Cancer	17	79	53	7	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	18	79	61	4	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	74	43	19	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	20	72	15	215	- 143
Other Injuries	21	62	17	190	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	49	6	517	- 468
Lymphomas	23	45	36	31	+ 14
Birth Trauma	24	40	18	166	- 127
Pancreas Cancer	25	39	56	6	+ 33
Liver Cancer	26	37	37	29	+ 8
Leukemia	27	37	47	16	+ 20
Falls	28	32	32	41	- 10
Chagas disease	29	30	79	0	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	30	28	28	74	- 46
Tuberculosis	31	27	13	256	- 229
Malnutrition	32	23	22	106	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	33	22	24	94	- 72
Suicide	34	21	9	338	- 316
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	21	27	77	- 56
Ovary Cancer	36	20	52	10	+ 11
Skin Cancers	37	20	42	20	+ 0
Oral Cancer	38	20	51	10	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	39	15	21	116	- 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	15	29	51	- 36
Epilepsy	41	15	30	46	- 31
Malaria	42	15	67	0	+ 14
Drownings	43	14	25	87	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	44	13	44	18	- 5
Bladder Cancer	45	13	55	6	+ 7
Asthma	46	11	20	150	- 138
Uterin Cancer	47	11	50	11	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	48	9	41	24	- 15
Meningitis	49	9	23	97	- 88
Drug Use	50	8	38	27	- 19
War	51	7	71	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	58	5	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	5	80	0	+ 5
Fires	54	5	26	84	- 78
Anemia	55	5	84	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	56	4	54	7	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	3	39	26	- 23
Poisonings	58	2	34	37	- 35
Dengue	59	2	72	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	61	1	59	5	- 3
Alcohol	62	1	48	16	- 15
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	6	- 5
Pertussis	64	1	33	39	- 38
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 0
Skin Disease	66	1	40	25	- 25
Syphilis	67	1	45	17	- 17
Tetanus	68	0	62	4	- 3
Schizophrenia	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	75	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Venezuela

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.