SWAZILAND VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,068	5	755	+ 313
Stroke	2	480	4	800	- 320
War	3	457	71	0	+ 457
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	424	2	921	- 496
Low Birth Weight	5	312	14	233	+ 79
Road Traffic Accidents	6	303	7	384	- 81
Birth Trauma	7	210	18	166	+ 44
Hypertension	8	187	10	292	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	155	6	517	- 362
Congenital Anomalies	10	152	19	160	- 8
Lung Disease	11	113	12	264	- 151
Measles	12	107	64	1	+ 106
Liver Disease	13	102	11	274	- 171
Violence	14	101	16	212	- 112
Kidney Disease	15	95	8	381	- 286
Other Injuries	16	79	17	190	- 111
Asthma	17	75	20	150	- 75
Tuberculosis	18	67	13	256	- 189
Diabetes Mellitus	19	64	3	892	- 828
Malaria	20	61	67	0	+ 61
Suicide	21	60	9	338	- 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	50	27	77	- 27
Pertussis	23	44	33	39	+ 5
Falls	24	41	32	41	+ 0
Drownings	25	40	25	87	- 46
Breast Cancer	26	40	35	37	+ 3
Malnutrition	27	37	22	106	- 68
Meningitis	28	36	23	97	- 61
Fires	29	35	26	84	- 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	32	43	19	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	31	32	53	7	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	32	32	21	116	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	30	29	51	- 21
Leukemia	34	27	47	16	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	35	27	44	18	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	36	26	28	74	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	25	39	26	- 1
Drug Use	38	22	38	27	- 5
Liver Cancer	39	22	37	29	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	40	21	24	94	- 73
Lung Cancers	41	20	46	17	+ 4
Oral Cancer	42	19	51	10	+ 9
Epilepsy	43	19	30	46	- 27
Poisonings	44	19	34	37	- 19
Lymphomas	45	15	36	31	- 16
HIV/AIDS	46	14	1	2,314	- 2,300
Tetanus	47	14	62	4	+ 10
Encephalitis	48	13	59	5	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	49	13	41	24	- 11
Hepatitis B	50	11	57	6	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	51	10	56	6	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	52	7	52	10	- 3
Syphilis	53	6	45	17	- 11
Appendicitis	54	6	54	7	- 1
Bladder Cancer	55	6	55	6	- 0
Schistosomiasis	56	4	49	13	- 8
Cervical Cancer	57	4	15	215	- 211
Skin Cancers	58	4	42	20	- 16
Alcohol	59	3	48	16	- 13
Dengue	60	3	72	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	2	40	25	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	- 0
Prostate Cancer	63	1	31	45	- 44
Other Neoplasms	64	1	61	4	- 3
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	58	5	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	50	11	- 11
Upper Respiratory	70	0	60	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Yemen

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.