SWAZILAND VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,326	1	2,314	- 987
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	715	2	921	- 205
Coronary Heart Disease	3	564	5	755	- 191
Road Traffic Accidents	4	401	7	384	+ 16
Stroke	5	340	4	800	- 460
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	305	6	517	- 212
Low Birth Weight	7	268	14	233	+ 35
Birth Trauma	8	226	18	166	+ 60
Diabetes Mellitus	9	222	3	892	- 670
Malnutrition	10	159	22	106	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	11	147	19	160	- 13
Kidney Disease	12	147	8	381	- 234
Suicide	13	137	9	338	- 200
Cervical Cancer	14	134	15	215	- 81
Malaria	15	133	67	0	+ 133
Tuberculosis	16	133	13	256	- 123
Liver Disease	17	129	11	274	- 145
Violence	18	127	16	212	- 85
Maternal Conditions	19	116	21	116	+ 0
Other Injuries	20	110	17	190	- 80
Asthma	21	102	20	150	- 48
Meningitis	22	88	23	97	- 9
Lung Disease	23	77	12	264	- 187
Hypertension	24	76	10	292	- 216
Inflammatory/Heart	25	69	24	94	- 24
Lymphomas	26	64	36	31	+ 33
Drownings	27	63	25	87	- 24
Breast Cancer	28	56	35	37	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	29	53	44	18	+ 35
Fires	30	53	26	84	- 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	51	27	77	- 26
Prostate Cancer	32	42	31	45	- 3
Stomach Cancer	33	37	53	7	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	34	37	28	74	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	36	29	51	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	36	39	26	+ 10
Poisonings	37	34	34	37	- 3
Liver Cancer	38	34	37	29	+ 5
Epilepsy	39	34	30	46	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	34	43	19	+ 15
Falls	41	31	32	41	- 10
Pertussis	42	28	33	39	- 11
Lung Cancers	43	19	46	17	+ 2
Skin Cancers	44	18	42	20	- 2
Leukemia	45	16	47	16	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	46	15	41	24	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	47	14	56	6	+ 8
Drug Use	48	14	38	27	- 13
Oral Cancer	49	14	51	10	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	50	12	50	11	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	51	12	52	10	+ 2
Skin Disease	52	11	40	25	- 14
Schistosomiasis	53	11	49	13	- 1
Bladder Cancer	54	8	55	6	+ 2
Syphilis	55	8	45	17	- 9
Encephalitis	56	8	59	5	+ 3
Tetanus	57	7	62	4	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	4	54	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	59	4	60	4	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	4	57	6	- 2
Alcohol	61	3	48	16	- 13
Other Neoplasms	62	2	61	4	- 1
Measles	63	2	64	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	58	5	- 3
War	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	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

Zimbabwe

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.