SWITZERLAND VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	YEMEN		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,314	1	10,713	- 2,399
Stroke	2	3,741	3	3,918	- 177
War	3	3,560	67	1	+ 3,560
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,302	8	1,949	+ 1,353
Low Birth Weight	5	2,429	43	105	+ 2,324
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,360	34	193	+ 2,167
Birth Trauma	7	1,637	52	32	+ 1,605
Hypertension	8	1,459	6	2,471	- 1,012
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,205	35	186	+ 1,019
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,183	31	305	+ 878
Lung Disease	11	881	5	2,902	- 2,021
Measles	12	832	75	0	+ 832
Liver Disease	13	797	21	677	+ 120
Violence	14	783	51	42	+ 740
Kidney Disease	15	738	13	1,261	- 523
Other Injuries	16	613	30	410	+ 204
Asthma	17	581	46	95	+ 486
Tuberculosis	18	524	56	21	+ 502
Diabetes Mellitus	19	495	17	1,022	- 527
Malaria	20	474	77	0	+ 474
Suicide	21	468	14	1,249	- 781
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	387	2	7,192	- 6,805
Pertussis	23	342	73	0	+ 342
Falls	24	323	9	1,919	- 1,597
Drownings	25	315	50	49	+ 266
Breast Cancer	26	313	11	1,577	- 1,264
Malnutrition	27	292	47	84	+ 208
Meningitis	28	281	57	20	+ 261
Fires	29	273	55	21	+ 252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	252	7	1,995	- 1,743
Stomach Cancer	31	249	24	614	- 365
Maternal Conditions	32	245	64	4	+ 241
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	230	41	122	+ 107
Leukemia	34	214	22	671	- 457
Oesophagus Cancer	35	211	28	491	- 280
Endocrine Disorders	36	203	25	593	- 390
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	195	48	78	+ 117
Drug Use	38	169	36	176	- 7
Liver Cancer	39	168	19	805	- 637
Inflammatory/Heart	40	161	16	1,027	- 866
Lung Cancers	41	157	4	3,520	- 3,363
Oral Cancer	42	151	26	500	- 349
Epilepsy	43	149	39	159	- 10
Poisonings	44	147	60	13	+ 134
Lymphomas	45	119	15	1,131	- 1,012
HIV/AIDS	46	109	54	29	+ 80
Tetanus	47	109	70	0	+ 108
Encephalitis	48	102	68	1	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	49	100	18	857	- 757
Hepatitis B	50	83	63	5	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	51	78	12	1,486	- 1,408
Ovary Cancer	52	52	29	457	- 405
Syphilis	53	48	65	2	+ 47
Appendicitis	54	45	59	15	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	55	44	23	669	- 625
Schistosomiasis	56	34	72	0	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	57	33	42	105	- 72
Skin Cancers	58	27	27	493	- 466
Alcohol	59	22	32	229	- 207
Dengue	60	20	81	0	+ 20
Skin Disease	61	12	40	129	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	38	160	- 148
Prostate Cancer	63	11	10	1,579	- 1,568
Other Neoplasms	64	6	20	681	- 676
Ascariasis	65	5	82	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	49	68	- 64
Diphtheria	67	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	2	58	15	- 13
Uterin Cancer	69	1	33	224	- 222
Upper Respiratory	70	1	61	11	- 10
Leishmaniasis	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	45	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Yemen

Switzerland

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.