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Swaziland
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Swaziland and Namibia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Namibia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Swaziland Population Pyramid
1,704,428
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Namibia Population Pyramid
3,981,125
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Swaziland SWAZILAND   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Swaziland SWAZILAND   Namibia NAMIBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.4
46.3
44.3
125
118
121
 
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
1970
46.4
50.3
48.3
131
127
130
 
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
1980
52.4
56.3
54.3
129
126
130
 
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
1990
56.0
60.3
58.1
137
132
135
 
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
2000
47.0
49.8
48.4
171
172
170
 
56.2
58.5
57.4
142
147
144
2010
51.5
55.7
53.6
173
171
172
 
61.3
64.6
63.0
139
140
138
2019
53.4
63.2
57.7
181
173
180
 
60.6
68.4
64.6
165
142
152
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Swaziland SWAZILAND   Namibia NAMIBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
53.4
63.2
181
173
60.6
68.4
165
142
Age
53.4
63.2
181
173
60.6
68.4
165
142
Age 5
56.3
66.1
182
180
63.5
71.1
173
148
Age 10
56.8
66.6
182
180
63.8
71.5
173
149
Age 15
57.0
66.8
182
180
64.1
71.7
173
149
Age 20
57.5
67.2
182
180
64.6
72.0
173
149
Age 25
58.3
67.9
182
179
65.2
72.4
173
150
Age 30
59.3
68.8
182
179
65.8
72.8
173
150
Age 35
60.6
70.0
182
176
66.6
73.5
173
149
Age 40
62.4
71.4
181
175
67.6
74.4
173
148
Age 45
64.6
73.0
181
171
69.0
75.5
172
143
Age 50
67.0
74.5
181
169
70.7
76.7
171
138
Age 55
69.7
76.1
181
165
72.6
78.0
171
125
Age 60
72.4
77.7
181
161
74.7
79.3
170
118
Age 65
75.3
79.4
181
160
77.0
80.7
170
113
Age 70
78.3
81.3
181
160
79.5
82.3
169
114
Age 75
81.5
83.6
180
161
82.4
84.4
165
119
Age 80
85.0
86.4
176
160
85.7
87.0
158
126
Age 85
88.8
89.6
170
161
89.2
90.0
153
131
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Swaziland SWAZILAND   Namibia NAMIBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
258.92
1
147.62
7
2. Diabetes Mellitus
160.52
4
61.52
25
3. Stroke
146.48
26
117.61
46
4. Coronary Heart Disease
137.55
60
105.72
98
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
120.84
13
94.17
31
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
66.59
18
38.12
45
7. Kidney Disease
62.97
5
25.76
73
8. Cervical Cancer
60.66
3
16.57
48
9. Hypertension
54.16
9
37.70
28
10. Lung Disease
48.02
18
40.96
26
11. Liver Disease
42.70
18
23.50
80
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41.36
22
44.05
14
13. Suicide
40.46
3
13.51
36
14. Prostate Cancer
31.47
26
25.79
40
15. Tuberculosis
29.46
37
74.32
11
16. Asthma
24.19
15
15.49
38
17. Other Injuries
20.72
8
10.07
66
18. Violence
19.13
20
20.18
18
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
113
18.25
79
20. Inflammatory/Heart
15.09
11
12.49
19
21. Maternal Conditions
11.12
30
4.80
51
22. Breast Cancer
10.15
157
14.84
120
23. Meningitis
10.11
35
5.31
47
24. Endocrine Disorders
10.08
19
4.68
70
25. Malnutrition
9.91
30
9.45
32
26. Low Birth Weight
9.76
35
9.38
39
27. Fires
9.32
2
5.58
8
28. Congenital Anomalies
9.13
18
6.25
81
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.56
18
6.23
44
30. Drownings
7.56
8
4.09
43
31. Birth Trauma
6.67
51
6.21
53
32. Falls
5.92
85
4.37
118
33. Epilepsy
4.95
4
2.41
49
34. Parkinson's Disease
4.62
64
4.18
87
35. Skin Disease
4.42
18
2.57
36
36. Lymphomas
4.36
107
3.10
144
37. Liver Cancer
4.15
122
3.04
164
38. Skin Cancers
3.84
17
9.09
2
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.65
31
2.22
61
40. Uterin Cancer
3.36
37
1.63
131
41. Poisonings
3.35
12
1.74
51
42. Oesophagus Cancer
3.09
67
1.65
120
43. Drug Use
2.93
28
1.74
57
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.87
179
4.10
166
45. Lung Cancers
2.86
160
4.38
143
46. Ovary Cancer
2.69
156
3.01
146
47. Alcohol
2.46
48
1.87
64
48. Pertussis
2.40
34
1.46
56
49. Leukemia
2.26
147
1.66
158
50. Schistosomiasis
1.89
24
0.98
37
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Swaziland SWAZILAND   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
2,314
20.79
2,928
17.28
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
921
8.27
1,464
8.64
3. Diabetes Mellitus
892
8.01
724
4.27
4. Stroke
800
7.19
1,333
7.86
5. Coronary Heart Disease
755
6.78
1,221
7.20
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
517
4.65
645
3.81
7. Road Traffic Accidents
384
3.45
868
5.12
8. Kidney Disease
381
3.42
322
1.90
9. Suicide
338
3.04
243
1.43
10. Hypertension
292
2.62
428
2.53
11. Liver Disease
274
2.46
336
1.98
12. Lung Disease
264
2.37
461
2.72
13. Tuberculosis
256
2.30
1,416
8.35
14. Low Birth Weight
233
2.09
516
3.04
15. Cervical Cancer
215
1.93
133
0.78
16. Violence
212
1.90
450
2.66
17. Other Injuries
190
1.71
207
1.22
18. Birth Trauma
166
1.49
345
2.04
19. Congenital Anomalies
160
1.44
283
1.67
20. Asthma
150
1.35
200
1.18
21. Maternal Conditions
116
1.04
110
0.65
22. Malnutrition
106
0.95
224
1.32
23. Meningitis
97
0.87
109
0.64
24. Inflammatory/Heart
94
0.84
162
0.96
25. Drownings
87
0.78
110
0.65
26. Fires
84
0.75
109
0.64
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
77
0.69
176
1.04
28. Endocrine Disorders
74
0.66
73
0.43
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
51
0.46
76
0.45
30. Epilepsy
46
0.41
49
0.29
31. Prostate Cancer
45
0.40
94
0.55
32. Falls
41
0.37
62
0.37
33. Pertussis
39
0.35
54
0.32
34. Breast Cancer
37
0.33
121
0.71
35. Poisonings
37
0.33
46
0.27
36. Lymphomas
31
0.28
46
0.27
37. Liver Cancer
29
0.26
45
0.27
38. Drug Use
27
0.24
32
0.19
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
26
0.23
33
0.19
40. Skin Disease
25
0.22
31
0.18
41. Parkinson's Disease
24
0.22
43
0.25
42. Skin Cancers
20
0.18
108
0.64
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
19
0.17
54
0.32
44. Oesophagus Cancer
18
0.16
21
0.12
45. Syphilis
17
0.15
35
0.21
46. Lung Cancers
17
0.15
59
0.35
47. Leukemia
16
0.14
24
0.14
48. Alcohol
16
0.14
28
0.17
49. Schistosomiasis
13
0.12
14
0.08
50. Uterin Cancer
11
0.10
11
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Swaziland SWAZILAND   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
60.66
3
16.57
48
2. Prostate Cancer
31.47
26
25.79
40
3. Breast Cancer
10.15
157
14.84
120
4. Lymphomas
4.36
107
3.10
144
5. Liver Cancer
4.15
122
3.04
164
6. Skin Cancers
3.84
17
9.09
2
7. Uterin Cancer
3.36
37
1.63
131
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.09
67
1.65
120
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.87
179
4.10
166
10. Lung Cancers
2.86
160
4.38
143
11. Ovary Cancer
2.69
156
3.01
146
12. Leukemia
2.26
147
1.66
158
13. Oral Cancer
1.69
150
7.84
12
14. Stomach Cancer
1.15
180
2.39
172
15. Bladder Cancer
1.15
148
1.39
134
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.90
169
1.37
158
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.