LESOTHO VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,528	1	4,767	- 239
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,802	2	3,214	- 1,412
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,746	6	2,000	- 254
Stroke	4	1,567	3	2,817	- 1,250
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,478	5	2,101	- 623
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,012	4	2,354	- 1,342
Road Traffic Accidents	7	752	16	678	+ 74
Kidney Disease	8	746	10	1,015	- 268
Suicide	9	661	7	1,539	- 879
Hypertension	10	572	11	990	- 418
Liver Disease	11	536	14	792	- 256
Lung Disease	12	518	9	1,102	- 584
Tuberculosis	13	501	8	1,208	- 708
Low Birth Weight	14	456	12	957	- 501
Cervical Cancer	15	421	20	372	+ 48
Violence	16	416	13	924	- 508
Other Injuries	17	372	18	533	- 161
Birth Trauma	18	326	15	717	- 391
Congenital Anomalies	19	314	19	389	- 75
Asthma	20	293	17	678	- 385
Maternal Conditions	21	227	24	292	- 66
Malnutrition	22	207	21	357	- 150
Meningitis	23	191	22	318	- 127
Inflammatory/Heart	24	183	23	305	- 122
Drownings	25	170	28	200	- 30
Fires	26	164	26	269	- 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	150	29	194	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	28	145	27	235	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	99	25	279	- 179
Epilepsy	30	89	30	143	- 54
Prostate Cancer	31	88	35	81	+ 7
Falls	32	81	31	128	- 47
Pertussis	33	76	44	51	+ 25
Poisonings	34	73	33	111	- 38
Breast Cancer	35	72	34	97	- 25
Lymphomas	36	61	36	78	- 17
Liver Cancer	37	57	39	71	- 13
Drug Use	38	53	50	32	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	51	32	126	- 74
Skin Disease	40	49	40	70	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	41	47	41	55	- 8
Skin Cancers	42	39	46	46	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	36	48	40	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	36	37	73	- 37
Syphilis	45	34	45	50	- 16
Lung Cancers	46	33	43	51	- 19
Leukemia	47	32	49	39	- 7
Alcohol	48	31	38	71	- 39
Schistosomiasis	49	25	76	0	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	50	22	54	23	- 1
Oral Cancer	51	20	42	52	- 32
Ovary Cancer	52	19	53	24	- 5
Stomach Cancer	53	13	60	11	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	13	52	25	- 12
Bladder Cancer	55	12	61	10	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	56	12	58	12	- 0
Hepatitis B	57	12	51	27	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	10	56	18	- 8
Encephalitis	59	9	57	14	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	8	55	18	- 10
Other Neoplasms	61	8	62	9	- 2
Tetanus	62	7	47	45	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	63	6	- 3
Measles	64	1	59	12	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Malaria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Swaziland

Lesotho

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.