SWITZERLAND VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,013	54	29	+ 17,984
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,167	8	1,949	+ 5,218
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,944	17	1,022	+ 5,923
Stroke	4	6,232	3	3,918	+ 2,314
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,878	1	10,713	- 4,836
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,026	35	186	+ 3,840
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,992	34	193	+ 2,799
Kidney Disease	8	2,968	13	1,261	+ 1,707
Suicide	9	2,628	14	1,249	+ 1,379
Hypertension	10	2,274	6	2,471	- 197
Liver Disease	11	2,131	21	677	+ 1,453
Lung Disease	12	2,059	5	2,902	- 843
Tuberculosis	13	1,992	56	21	+ 1,970
Low Birth Weight	14	1,814	43	105	+ 1,709
Cervical Cancer	15	1,673	42	105	+ 1,568
Violence	16	1,653	51	42	+ 1,610
Other Injuries	17	1,480	30	410	+ 1,071
Birth Trauma	18	1,296	52	32	+ 1,264
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,249	31	305	+ 944
Asthma	20	1,164	46	95	+ 1,069
Maternal Conditions	21	902	64	4	+ 897
Malnutrition	22	824	47	84	+ 740
Meningitis	23	758	57	20	+ 739
Inflammatory/Heart	24	730	16	1,027	- 297
Drownings	25	677	50	49	+ 628
Fires	26	651	55	21	+ 630
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	596	2	7,192	- 6,596
Endocrine Disorders	28	577	25	593	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	396	41	122	+ 273
Epilepsy	30	356	39	159	+ 197
Prostate Cancer	31	350	10	1,579	- 1,230
Falls	32	321	9	1,919	- 1,598
Pertussis	33	302	73	0	+ 302
Poisonings	34	292	60	13	+ 279
Breast Cancer	35	287	11	1,577	- 1,290
Lymphomas	36	242	15	1,131	- 889
Liver Cancer	37	228	19	805	- 577
Drug Use	38	209	36	176	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	204	48	78	+ 126
Skin Disease	40	197	40	129	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	41	186	18	857	- 671
Skin Cancers	42	155	27	493	- 338
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	145	7	1,995	- 1,849
Oesophagus Cancer	44	144	28	491	- 347
Syphilis	45	136	65	2	+ 134
Lung Cancers	46	129	4	3,520	- 3,390
Leukemia	47	127	22	671	- 544
Alcohol	48	125	32	229	- 104
Schistosomiasis	49	100	72	0	+ 99
Uterin Cancer	50	89	33	224	- 135
Oral Cancer	51	80	26	500	- 421
Ovary Cancer	52	77	29	457	- 380
Stomach Cancer	53	53	24	614	- 561
Appendicitis	54	52	59	15	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	55	47	23	669	- 622
Pancreas Cancer	56	47	12	1,486	- 1,439
Hepatitis B	57	46	63	5	+ 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	38	49	68	- 30
Encephalitis	59	38	68	1	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	60	32	61	11	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	61	31	20	681	- 651
Tetanus	62	29	70	0	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	38	160	- 148
Measles	64	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	3	58	15	- 12
Ascariasis	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	69	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	74	0	+ 1
War	71	1	67	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Anemia	84	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Swaziland

Switzerland

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.