SWAZILAND VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,711	4	800	+ 911
Coronary Heart Disease	2	989	5	755	+ 234
Lung Disease	3	386	12	264	+ 122
Diabetes Mellitus	4	364	3	892	- 528
Road Traffic Accidents	5	317	7	384	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	315	27	77	+ 239
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	300	2	921	- 621
Kidney Disease	8	272	8	381	- 109
Liver Cancer	9	269	37	29	+ 240
Liver Disease	10	257	11	274	- 16
Lung Cancers	11	229	46	17	+ 213
Hypertension	12	214	10	292	- 78
Falls	13	166	32	41	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	14	163	53	7	+ 156
Tuberculosis	15	102	13	256	- 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	89	43	19	+ 70
Asthma	17	88	20	150	- 62
Suicide	18	78	9	338	- 260
Low Birth Weight	19	77	14	233	- 156
Oral Cancer	20	76	51	10	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	21	76	19	160	- 84
Breast Cancer	22	67	35	37	+ 30
Other Injuries	23	60	17	190	- 131
Inflammatory/Heart	24	58	24	94	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	25	57	41	24	+ 34
Drownings	26	55	25	87	- 32
HIV/AIDS	27	54	1	2,314	- 2,260
Leukemia	28	53	47	16	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	47	6	517	- 470
Lymphomas	30	32	36	31	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	31	26	15	215	- 189
Birth Trauma	32	25	18	166	- 141
Oesophagus Cancer	33	24	44	18	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	34	22	28	74	- 52
Prostate Cancer	35	21	31	45	- 24
Violence	36	19	16	212	- 193
Measles	37	19	64	1	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	18	39	26	- 8
Encephalitis	39	17	59	5	+ 12
Skin Disease	40	16	40	25	- 9
Drug Use	41	15	38	27	- 12
Uterin Cancer	42	12	50	11	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	10	29	51	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	44	10	56	6	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	45	10	55	6	+ 4
Alcohol	46	9	48	16	- 7
Ovary Cancer	47	9	52	10	- 1
Poisonings	48	9	34	37	- 29
Maternal Conditions	49	8	21	116	- 107
Pertussis	50	8	33	39	- 31
Meningitis	51	7	23	97	- 91
Fires	52	6	26	84	- 77
Epilepsy	53	6	30	46	- 39
Skin Cancers	54	5	42	20	- 15
Hepatitis B	55	4	57	6	- 2
Syphilis	56	4	45	17	- 14
Other Neoplasms	57	3	61	4	- 0
Tetanus	58	3	62	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	58	5	- 3
Appendicitis	60	2	54	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	63	1	- 0
Dengue	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	63	1	22	106	- 105
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	0	+ 0
War	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Viet Nam

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.