SWAZILAND VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	774	5	755	+ 19
Stroke	2	577	4	800	- 223
Lung Disease	3	514	12	264	+ 250
Diabetes Mellitus	4	514	3	892	- 378
Tuberculosis	5	450	13	256	+ 194
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	294	2	921	- 627
Malaria	7	277	67	0	+ 277
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	260	6	517	- 257
Asthma	9	209	20	150	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	10	188	14	233	- 45
Birth Trauma	11	170	18	166	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	12	125	7	384	- 259
Hypertension	13	124	10	292	- 168
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	121	39	26	+ 95
Violence	15	110	16	212	- 103
Congenital Anomalies	16	108	19	160	- 53
Breast Cancer	17	87	35	37	+ 50
Kidney Disease	18	78	8	381	- 303
Cervical Cancer	19	75	15	215	- 140
Other Injuries	20	73	17	190	- 117
Liver Cancer	21	73	37	29	+ 44
Liver Disease	22	71	11	274	- 203
Lung Cancers	23	70	46	17	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	24	69	1	2,314	- 2,244
Oral Cancer	25	66	51	10	+ 55
Falls	26	57	32	41	+ 16
Fires	27	55	26	84	- 28
Stomach Cancer	28	51	53	7	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	50	43	19	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	30	48	21	116	- 68
Skin Cancers	31	47	42	20	+ 27
Lymphomas	32	40	36	31	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	39	27	77	- 38
Meningitis	34	37	23	97	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	34	29	51	- 17
Prostate Cancer	36	32	31	45	- 13
Suicide	37	29	9	338	- 308
Leukemia	38	29	47	16	+ 12
Pertussis	39	28	33	39	- 11
Drownings	40	27	25	87	- 60
Measles	41	27	64	1	+ 26
Syphilis	42	26	45	17	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	43	26	24	94	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	44	23	44	18	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	45	21	41	24	- 3
Ovary Cancer	46	20	52	10	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	47	17	28	74	- 57
Malnutrition	48	15	22	106	- 91
Skin Disease	49	14	40	25	- 11
Poisonings	50	14	34	37	- 24
Epilepsy	51	13	30	46	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	52	12	56	6	+ 6
Alcohol	53	11	48	16	- 5
Bladder Cancer	54	9	55	6	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	55	9	50	11	- 2
Tetanus	56	5	62	4	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	3	59	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	3	57	6	- 3
Appendicitis	59	2	54	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	60	2	61	4	- 2
Drug Use	61	1	38	27	- 25
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	58	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	4	- 4
War	69	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

New Guinea

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.