SWAZILAND GLOBAL HEALTH COMPARISON INDEX

Swaziland

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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	SWAZILAND
				World Rank						World Rank
	Male	Female	All	M	F	All	Male	Female	All	M	F	All
1960	42.4	46.3	44.3	125	118	121	68.2	74.2	71.1	9	4	9
1970	46.4	50.3	48.3	131	127	130	68.9	75.2	72.0	13	9	9
1980	52.4	56.3	54.3	129	126	130	70.7	76.8	73.7	16	14	17
1990	56.0	60.3	58.1	137	132	135	73.1	78.8	75.9	17	17	16
2000	46.3	49.7	48.0	167	167	167	75.4	80.2	77.7	19	23	22
2010	48.1	47.8	48.0	178	182	181	77.8	82.1	79.9	14	24	16

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	SWAZILAND
			World Rank				World Rank
	Male	Female	M	F	Male	Female	M	F
At Birth	48.1	47.8	178	182	77.8	82.1	14	24
Age 6	51.5	55.2	192	192	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 11	52.1	55.7	192	192	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 16	52.5	56.2	192	192	79.5	83.7	21	28
Age 21	53.1	56.6	192	192	79.7	83.8	21	28
Age 26	54.0	57.7	192	192	79.9	83.8	21	28
Age 31	55.6	60.3	191	191	80.1	83.9	21	28
Age 36	58.0	64.2	190	191	80.3	84.0	21	29
Age 41	61.3	68.1	190	190	80.6	84.2	20	27
Age 46	64.9	71.2	191	188	81.0	84.4	20	28
Age 51	68.3	73.5	192	177	81.4	84.8	20	27
Age 56	71.3	75.5	191	171	82.0	85.2	20	27
Age 61	74.1	77.4	191	165	82.8	85.8	20	26
Age 66	76.9	79.3	186	161	83.8	86.5	23	25
Age 71	79.7	81.5	180	158	85.2	87.5	26	31
Age 76	82.8	84.1	174	149	86.9	88.8	26	32
Age 81	86.2	87.0	170	150	89.0	90.5	31	32
Age 86	89.9	90.4	170	147	91.8	92.8	38	33
Age 91	93.9	94.2	169	143	95.0	95.7	44	35
Age 96	98.2	98.3	159	179	98.8	99.2	46	37
Age 101	102.7	102.8	180	149	103.0	103.2	58	48

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		SWAZILAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	HIV/AIDS	855.86	3	0.40	137
2	Stroke	160.02	21	36.89	160
3	Coronary Heart Disease	136.71	61	68.80	155
4	Influenza & Pneumonia	124.63	36	23.69	125
5	Diabetes Mellitus	61.70	30	5.04	185
6	Diarrhoeal diseases	59.24	38	1.95	119
7	Tuberculosis	50.75	37	0.41	170
8	Violence	49.13	5	1.14	160
9	Road Traffic Accidents	48.24	2	4.77	180
10	Lung Disease	47.90	23	21.47	98
11	Other Injuries	45.13	4	5.54	170
12	Asthma	32.33	4	1.09	153
13	Kidney Disease	28.32	31	3.23	185
14	Suicide	25.28	4	6.90	101
15	Hypertension	24.52	106	3.67	183
16	Endocrine Disorders	20.01	17	3.13	147
17	Cervical Cancer	19.72	10	1.38	161
18	Inflammatory/Heart	16.35	23	2.97	152
19	Maternal Conditions	15.60	37	0.15	151
20	Poisonings	15.42	8	2.81	89
21	Low Birth Weight	15.04	60	3.39	144
22	Epilepsy	11.64	7	1.57	104
23	Liver Cancer	10.81	40	3.07	164
24	Meningitis	10.24	34	0.41	149
25	Malnutrition	10.22	30	0.07	172
26	Liver Disease	9.77	89	9.48	96
27	Drownings	9.53	11	0.35	187
28	Peptic Ulcer Disease	8.75	20	2.54	123
29	Alzheimers/Dementia	8.24	62	17.08	14
30	Falls	8.22	20	3.51	109
31	Birth Trauma	8.06	65	0.64	166
32	Prostate Cancer	7.24	74	8.21	58
33	Fires	6.92	12	0.45	158
34	Congenital Anomalies	6.74	75	3.68	164
35	Oesophagus Cancer	6.45	38	7.62	30
36	Anaemia	6.40	38	0.15	171
37	Breast Cancer	6.04	186	23.62	20
38	Other Neoplasms	5.22	27	2.95	92
39	Skin Disease	5.04	34	1.50	104
40	Lung Cancers	3.09	158	30.98	18
41	Colon-Rectum Cancers	2.59	181	15.49	33
42	Upper Respiratory	2.36	33	0.07	144
43	Rheumatic Heart Disease	2.28	54	0.90	140
44	Stomach Cancer	2.04	183	4.81	130
45	Oral Cancer	1.82	154	2.39	113
46	Parkinson Disease	1.81	86	3.48	8
47	Ovary Cancer	1.58	147	3.96	20
48	Alcohol	1.58	50	1.10	76
49	Syphilis	1.36	51	0.00	147
50	Lymphomas	1.27	189	7.35	36

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		SWAZILAND
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1	HIV/AIDS	7,674	47.83	266	0.06
2	Influenza & Pneumonia	952	5.93	37,348	8.00
3	Stroke	823	5.13	55,919	11.98
4	Coronary Heart Disease	696	4.34	92,299	19.77
5	Diarrhoeal diseases	567	3.53	3,081	0.66
6	Violence	472	2.94	703	0.15
7	Other Injuries	424	2.64	6,029	1.29
8	Road Traffic Accidents	422	2.63	3,073	0.66
9	Tuberculosis	380	2.37	443	0.09
10	Diabetes Mellitus	326	2.03	6,682	1.43
11	Low Birth Weight	272	1.70	1,386	0.30
12	Lung Disease	249	1.55	29,069	6.23
13	Suicide	202	1.26	4,660	1.00
14	Asthma	199	1.24	1,260	0.27
15	Kidney Disease	166	1.03	4,804	1.03
16	Maternal Conditions	148	0.92	81	0.02
17	Birth Trauma	146	0.91	262	0.06
18	Malnutrition	142	0.89	85	0.02
19	Endocrine Disorders	124	0.77	3,056	0.65
20	Hypertension	124	0.77	5,191	1.11
21	Poisonings	124	0.77	1,805	0.39
22	Meningitis	122	0.76	278	0.06
23	Cervical Cancer	116	0.72	1,322	0.28
24	Congenital Anomalies	108	0.67	1,950	0.42
25	Inflammatory/Heart	100	0.62	3,014	0.65
26	Drownings	93	0.58	233	0.05
27	Epilepsy	92	0.57	1,201	0.26
28	Liver Cancer	66	0.41	3,470	0.74
29	Fires	62	0.39	380	0.08
30	Liver Disease	57	0.36	7,767	1.66
31	Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	0.31	3,294	0.71
32	Falls	50	0.31	4,450	0.95
33	Anaemia	40	0.25	260	0.06
34	Oesophagus Cancer	35	0.22	8,762	1.88
35	Other Neoplasms	35	0.22	3,829	0.82
36	Alzheimers/Dementia	35	0.22	29,116	6.24
37	Prostate Cancer	33	0.21	11,508	2.46
38	Upper Respiratory	29	0.18	56	0.01
39	Skin Disease	28	0.17	2,188	0.47
40	Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	0.12	1,204	0.26
41	Breast Cancer	19	0.12	14,343	3.07
42	Pertussis	17	0.11	6	0.00
43	Lung Cancers	17	0.11	35,845	7.68
44	Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	0.10	18,951	4.06
45	Vitamin A Deficiency	15	0.09	0	0.00
46	Syphilis	14	0.09	3	0.00
47	Stomach Cancer	12	0.07	6,006	1.29
48	Lymphomas	12	0.07	8,744	1.87
49	Ovary Cancer	11	0.07	4,366	0.94
50	Alcohol	10	0.06	862	0.18

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		SWAZILAND
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	Cervical Cancer	19.72	10	1.38	161
2	Liver Cancer	10.81	40	3.07	164
3	Prostate Cancer	7.24	74	8.21	58
4	Oesophagus Cancer	6.45	38	7.62	30
5	Breast Cancer	6.04	186	23.62	20
6	Other Neoplasms	5.22	27	2.95	92
7	Lung Cancers	3.09	158	30.98	18
8	Colon-Rectum Cancers	2.59	181	15.49	33
9	Stomach Cancer	2.04	183	4.81	130
10	Oral Cancer	1.82	154	2.39	113
11	Ovary Cancer	1.58	147	3.96	20
12	Lymphomas	1.27	189	7.35	36
13	Bladder Cancer	1.19	147	4.27	28
14	Skin Cancers	0.55	152	2.74	32
15	Pancreas Cancer	0.55	182	6.81	39
16	Leukemia	0.43	188	4.39	63
17	Uterin Cancer	0.39	167	1.53	64

DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY

	SWAZILAND
	Value	World Rank	Value	World Rank
Population Total	1,123,913	149	61,113,205	22
Sex Ratio M / F	0.95	168	0.98	125
Population 0-14	39.4 %	46	16.7 %	158
Population 15-64	56.9 %	147	67.1 %	64
Population 65 +	3.7 %	133	16.2 %	23
Birth Rate / 1000	26.25	59	10.65	155
Death Rate / 1000	30.83	1	10.02	61
Fertulity Rate	3.24	59	1.66	153
Infant Mortality	68.63	26	4.85	167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F	1.03	185	1.05	130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F	1.02	158	1.05	77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F	0.93	178	1.03	46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F	0.59	180	0.76	105
Net Migrattion	N/A	N/A	2.16	29
Population Growth	-0.46	185	0.28	152
Literacy Total	81.6	124	99.0	41
Literacy Male	82.6	129	99.0	50
Literacy Female	80.8	111	99.0	41
Unemployment	40.0	13	5.5	113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH	48.0	181	79.9	16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY	30.0	192	72.0	27
GDP PER CAPITA USD	$5,100	111	$36,600	23