SENEGAL VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	38,316	20	1,186	+ 37,129
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,246	1	7,184	+ 8,062
Diabetes Mellitus	3	14,772	10	2,395	+ 12,376
Stroke	4	13,256	4	5,342	+ 7,914
Coronary Heart Disease	5	12,502	2	6,224	+ 6,278
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,564	3	5,343	+ 3,221
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,364	6	3,832	+ 2,532
Kidney Disease	8	6,313	12	2,210	+ 4,102
Suicide	9	5,590	24	978	+ 4,612
Hypertension	10	4,837	21	1,095	+ 3,742
Liver Disease	11	4,532	13	2,147	+ 2,385
Lung Disease	12	4,380	18	1,351	+ 3,029
Tuberculosis	13	4,236	9	2,678	+ 1,558
Low Birth Weight	14	3,859	7	3,636	+ 222
Cervical Cancer	15	3,559	17	1,405	+ 2,154
Violence	16	3,516	19	1,247	+ 2,269
Other Injuries	17	3,148	16	1,512	+ 1,637
Birth Trauma	18	2,757	8	3,448	- 691
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,657	11	2,364	+ 292
Asthma	20	2,476	25	936	+ 1,540
Maternal Conditions	21	1,918	14	1,669	+ 249
Malnutrition	22	1,752	32	494	+ 1,258
Meningitis	23	1,613	15	1,628	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,552	36	426	+ 1,126
Drownings	25	1,440	33	494	+ 946
Fires	26	1,385	34	448	+ 937
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,268	26	879	+ 389
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,228	23	1,041	+ 187
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	842	35	433	+ 409
Epilepsy	30	757	38	330	+ 426
Prostate Cancer	31	744	29	642	+ 102
Falls	32	683	30	622	+ 61
Pertussis	33	642	28	771	- 129
Poisonings	34	621	40	315	+ 306
Breast Cancer	35	611	27	861	- 250
Lymphomas	36	514	39	315	+ 199
Liver Cancer	37	486	22	1,087	- 602
Drug Use	38	444	52	138	+ 306
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	434	46	166	+ 268
Skin Disease	40	418	47	159	+ 259
Parkinson's Disease	41	395	41	273	+ 122
Skin Cancers	42	329	51	147	+ 182
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	309	37	384	- 76
Oesophagus Cancer	44	306	55	99	+ 207
Syphilis	45	288	53	122	+ 166
Lung Cancers	46	275	44	180	+ 95
Leukemia	47	270	54	113	+ 158
Alcohol	48	266	59	74	+ 191
Schistosomiasis	49	212	45	176	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	50	190	56	94	+ 96
Oral Cancer	51	169	43	208	- 38
Ovary Cancer	52	164	42	220	- 56
Stomach Cancer	53	113	31	557	- 444
Appendicitis	54	110	61	38	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	55	100	50	155	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	56	100	48	159	- 59
Hepatitis B	57	98	60	70	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	81	67	15	+ 67
Encephalitis	59	80	57	85	- 6
Upper Respiratory	60	69	66	15	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	61	65	62	24	+ 41
Tetanus	62	61	58	85	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	63	25	64	20	+ 5
Measles	64	10	49	158	- 148
Hepatitis C	65	6	68	11	- 5
Ascariasis	66	5	65	18	- 13
Malaria	67	5	5	4,595	- 4,590
Otitis Media	68	4	72	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	3	71	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	3	70	3	+ 0
War	71	3	69	4	- 1
Dengue	72	1	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Swaziland

Senegal

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.