MALAWI VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,803	7	4,929	+ 16,874
War	2	13,897	71	2	+ 13,894
Stroke	3	10,339	5	5,939	+ 4,400
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,946	2	7,739	+ 208
Low Birth Weight	5	6,851	8	4,339	+ 2,512
Birth Trauma	6	5,816	9	3,563	+ 2,254
Tuberculosis	7	5,337	11	2,992	+ 2,345
Hypertension	8	4,337	17	1,797	+ 2,540
Maternal Conditions	9	4,235	15	1,854	+ 2,381
Kidney Disease	10	3,575	19	1,567	+ 2,007
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,273	4	6,221	- 2,949
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,119	14	2,267	+ 852
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	3,013	6	5,782	- 2,768
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,713	13	2,509	+ 203
Lung Disease	15	2,522	21	1,340	+ 1,182
Liver Disease	16	2,495	10	3,259	- 764
Asthma	17	1,846	26	705	+ 1,141
Other Injuries	18	1,758	22	1,266	+ 492
Violence	19	1,745	32	406	+ 1,338
Meningitis	20	1,424	18	1,792	- 368
Pertussis	21	1,143	31	436	+ 707
Breast Cancer	22	988	27	600	+ 388
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	957	25	782	+ 175
Suicide	24	853	23	1,007	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	816	39	280	+ 537
Stomach Cancer	26	814	45	206	+ 608
Oral Cancer	27	796	43	251	+ 545
Endocrine Disorders	28	740	42	257	+ 483
Oesophagus Cancer	29	713	16	1,842	- 1,129
Tetanus	30	680	47	178	+ 503
Encephalitis	31	646	58	48	+ 598
Lung Cancers	32	584	51	131	+ 453
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	565	49	154	+ 410
Drownings	34	540	30	458	+ 83
Epilepsy	35	538	41	260	+ 279
Lymphomas	36	513	24	839	- 325
Falls	37	491	28	562	- 71
Hepatitis B	38	468	55	88	+ 380
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	402	44	234	+ 168
Liver Cancer	40	356	38	317	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	41	340	46	200	+ 141
Leukemia	42	331	56	82	+ 249
Malnutrition	43	320	20	1,499	- 1,180
Cervical Cancer	44	293	12	2,876	- 2,583
Inflammatory/Heart	45	286	35	370	- 85
HIV/AIDS	46	252	1	12,839	- 12,587
Poisonings	47	208	37	325	- 117
Ovary Cancer	48	200	48	158	+ 43
Measles	49	190	67	6	+ 184
Fires	50	189	34	380	- 191
Drug Use	51	178	59	48	+ 130
Appendicitis	52	162	54	94	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	53	156	62	23	+ 134
Bladder Cancer	54	148	33	388	- 240
Prostate Cancer	55	140	40	271	- 131
Pancreas Cancer	56	124	60	38	+ 86
Malaria	57	101	3	6,308	- 6,207
Alcohol	58	81	52	114	- 32
Skin Cancers	59	79	36	331	- 252
Syphilis	60	51	29	480	- 429
Skin Disease	61	51	53	101	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	62	46	66	9	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	63	16	63	17	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	15	64	15	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	14	61	29	- 15
Ascariasis	66	9	69	4	+ 5
Diphtheria	67	9	72	2	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	68	5	57	60	- 55
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	72	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	50	143	- 143
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Afghanistan

Malawi

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.