MALAWI VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,246	7	4,929	+ 20,317
Stroke	2	10,827	5	5,939	+ 4,888
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,164	4	6,221	- 2,057
Hypertension	4	3,874	17	1,797	+ 2,077
Kidney Disease	5	3,484	19	1,567	+ 1,917
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,374	2	7,739	- 4,365
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,608	25	782	+ 1,826
Low Birth Weight	8	2,518	8	4,339	- 1,821
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,165	14	2,267	- 102
Lung Disease	10	2,161	21	1,340	+ 820
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,017	13	2,509	- 492
Lung Cancers	12	1,819	51	131	+ 1,689
Birth Trauma	13	1,759	9	3,563	- 1,804
Breast Cancer	14	1,604	27	600	+ 1,004
Liver Disease	15	1,603	10	3,259	- 1,655
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,453	44	234	+ 1,219
Tuberculosis	17	1,315	11	2,992	- 1,678
Asthma	18	944	26	705	+ 239
Stomach Cancer	19	941	45	206	+ 735
Lymphomas	20	848	24	839	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	21	659	33	388	+ 271
Other Injuries	22	648	22	1,266	- 618
Falls	23	609	28	562	+ 47
Parkinson's Disease	24	578	46	200	+ 378
Leukemia	25	536	56	82	+ 454
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	514	6	5,782	- 5,268
Cervical Cancer	27	504	12	2,876	- 2,373
Suicide	28	496	23	1,007	- 511
Prostate Cancer	29	495	40	271	+ 224
Drug Use	30	455	59	48	+ 408
Pancreas Cancer	31	450	60	38	+ 412
Endocrine Disorders	32	428	42	257	+ 172
Maternal Conditions	33	424	15	1,854	- 1,430
Inflammatory/Heart	34	382	35	370	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	334	39	280	+ 54
Violence	36	330	32	406	- 76
Skin Cancers	37	329	36	331	- 1
Oral Cancer	38	322	43	251	+ 71
Fires	39	295	34	380	- 85
Ovary Cancer	40	283	48	158	+ 125
Liver Cancer	41	255	38	317	- 62
Drownings	42	209	30	458	- 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	167	49	154	+ 13
Epilepsy	44	164	41	260	- 96
Meningitis	45	148	18	1,792	- 1,644
Oesophagus Cancer	46	145	16	1,842	- 1,697
Poisonings	47	133	37	325	- 192
HIV/AIDS	48	89	1	12,839	- 12,749
Pertussis	49	78	31	436	- 358
Hepatitis B	50	76	55	88	- 12
Encephalitis	51	67	58	48	+ 19
Skin Disease	52	51	53	101	- 50
Malnutrition	53	38	20	1,499	- 1,462
Alcohol	54	38	52	114	- 76
Appendicitis	55	37	54	94	- 57
Uterin Cancer	56	35	62	23	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	57	34	66	9	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	58	27	63	17	+ 10
Measles	59	25	67	6	+ 19
Tetanus	60	24	47	178	- 154
Syphilis	61	19	29	480	- 461
War	62	19	71	2	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	63	10	50	143	- 133
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	61	29	- 19
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	15	- 13
Leishmaniasis	66	2	74	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	68	1	57	60	- 59
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Malaria	72	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Algeria

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.