SWAZILAND VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	943	1	2,314	- 1,371
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	521	2	921	- 400
Stroke	3	435	4	800	- 366
Malaria	4	431	67	0	+ 431
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	343	6	517	- 174
Tuberculosis	6	325	13	256	+ 69
Birth Trauma	7	277	18	166	+ 110
Low Birth Weight	8	266	14	233	+ 33
Liver Disease	9	246	11	274	- 27
Coronary Heart Disease	10	242	5	755	- 512
Road Traffic Accidents	11	200	7	384	- 184
Congenital Anomalies	12	172	19	160	+ 12
Hypertension	13	143	10	292	- 149
Diabetes Mellitus	14	131	3	892	- 761
Malnutrition	15	126	22	106	+ 20
Meningitis	16	108	23	97	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	17	98	15	215	- 116
Kidney Disease	18	96	8	381	- 285
Other Injuries	19	95	17	190	- 96
Suicide	20	71	9	338	- 266
Lung Disease	21	70	12	264	- 195
Maternal Conditions	22	65	21	116	- 51
Violence	23	63	16	212	- 149
Syphilis	24	48	45	17	+ 31
Pertussis	25	41	33	39	+ 2
Asthma	26	41	20	150	- 109
Drownings	27	38	25	87	- 49
Falls	28	33	32	41	- 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	32	27	77	- 44
Prostate Cancer	30	31	31	45	- 14
Lymphomas	31	30	36	31	- 1
Fires	32	30	26	84	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	33	27	24	94	- 66
Poisonings	34	25	34	37	- 13
Breast Cancer	35	20	35	37	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	36	20	44	18	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	37	19	28	74	- 55
Epilepsy	38	18	30	46	- 28
Leukemia	39	14	47	16	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	13	29	51	- 37
Lung Cancers	41	12	46	17	- 4
Stomach Cancer	42	11	53	7	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	11	43	19	- 8
Tetanus	44	10	62	4	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	10	39	26	- 16
Liver Cancer	46	10	37	29	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	47	9	41	24	- 15
Oral Cancer	48	8	51	10	- 2
Alcohol	49	8	48	16	- 8
Bladder Cancer	50	7	55	6	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	51	7	49	13	- 6
Skin Disease	52	7	40	25	- 18
Drug Use	53	7	38	27	- 20
Skin Cancers	54	6	42	20	- 14
Hepatitis B	55	6	57	6	- 0
Appendicitis	56	5	54	7	- 2
Ovary Cancer	57	5	52	10	- 5
Leishmaniasis	58	4	77	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	4	59	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	4	60	4	- 0
Measles	61	3	64	1	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	62	2	56	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	58	5	- 3
Uterin Cancer	64	2	50	11	- 10
Other Neoplasms	65	1	61	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
War	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Zambia

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.