SWEDEN VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,937	1	15,136	- 5,199
Stroke	2	4,471	3	6,035	- 1,564
War	3	4,255	65	2	+ 4,254
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,947	7	2,659	+ 1,288
Low Birth Weight	5	2,903	51	50	+ 2,852
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,821	34	315	+ 2,506
Birth Trauma	7	1,957	55	34	+ 1,923
Hypertension	8	1,744	10	1,838	- 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,440	36	289	+ 1,151
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,414	35	308	+ 1,106
Lung Disease	11	1,053	4	4,344	- 3,291
Measles	12	995	83	0	+ 995
Liver Disease	13	953	23	723	+ 229
Violence	14	935	47	113	+ 823
Kidney Disease	15	883	12	1,629	- 747
Other Injuries	16	733	15	1,374	- 640
Asthma	17	694	42	158	+ 536
Tuberculosis	18	626	56	24	+ 602
Diabetes Mellitus	19	591	11	1,834	- 1,243
Malaria	20	566	74	0	+ 566
Suicide	21	560	14	1,479	- 920
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	463	2	10,917	- 10,454
Pertussis	23	408	67	0	+ 408
Falls	24	385	17	1,109	- 724
Drownings	25	376	46	114	+ 262
Breast Cancer	26	374	13	1,582	- 1,209
Malnutrition	27	349	45	117	+ 232
Meningitis	28	336	54	35	+ 300
Fires	29	327	49	65	+ 262
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	301	6	3,049	- 2,749
Stomach Cancer	31	297	26	612	- 315
Maternal Conditions	32	293	64	5	+ 288
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	275	37	277	- 3
Leukemia	34	256	20	825	- 570
Oesophagus Cancer	35	252	29	538	- 286
Endocrine Disorders	36	243	24	702	- 459
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	233	48	110	+ 123
Drug Use	38	202	30	423	- 222
Liver Cancer	39	201	22	752	- 551
Inflammatory/Heart	40	193	28	547	- 354
Lung Cancers	41	188	5	3,722	- 3,535
Oral Cancer	42	180	31	379	- 199
Epilepsy	43	178	44	121	+ 57
Poisonings	44	175	60	18	+ 157
Lymphomas	45	143	16	1,357	- 1,214
HIV/AIDS	46	131	61	13	+ 118
Tetanus	47	130	68	0	+ 130
Encephalitis	48	122	71	0	+ 121
Parkinson's Disease	49	119	19	943	- 824
Hepatitis B	50	99	62	9	+ 89
Pancreas Cancer	51	93	9	1,849	- 1,755
Ovary Cancer	52	62	27	553	- 491
Syphilis	53	58	72	0	+ 58
Appendicitis	54	53	59	18	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	55	53	21	760	- 707
Schistosomiasis	56	41	69	0	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	57	39	38	228	- 188
Skin Cancers	58	33	25	650	- 618
Alcohol	59	26	32	359	- 333
Dengue	60	24	80	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	61	14	39	220	- 205
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	41	170	- 157
Prostate Cancer	63	13	8	2,622	- 2,609
Other Neoplasms	64	7	18	1,036	- 1,029
Ascariasis	65	6	81	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	43	129	- 124
Diphtheria	67	5	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	68	3	53	44	- 41
Uterin Cancer	69	2	33	345	- 343
Upper Respiratory	70	2	58	20	- 18
Leishmaniasis	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	50	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Yemen

Sweden

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.