MALAWI VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,583	7	4,929	+ 17,654
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,981	2	7,739	+ 11,242
Lung Disease	3	10,760	21	1,340	+ 9,419
Stroke	4	10,595	5	5,939	+ 4,656
Kidney Disease	5	6,293	19	1,567	+ 4,725
Lung Cancers	6	4,637	51	131	+ 4,507
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,136	44	234	+ 3,901
Breast Cancer	8	3,271	27	600	+ 2,671
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,167	14	2,267	+ 900
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,916	4	6,221	- 3,305
Hypertension	11	2,685	17	1,797	+ 889
Other Injuries	12	2,613	22	1,266	+ 1,346
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,545	35	370	+ 2,174
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,133	60	38	+ 2,095
Prostate Cancer	15	2,087	40	271	+ 1,817
Liver Disease	16	1,866	10	3,259	- 1,393
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,847	42	257	+ 1,590
Suicide	18	1,735	23	1,007	+ 728
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,731	25	782	+ 948
Stomach Cancer	20	1,632	45	206	+ 1,426
Other Neoplasms	21	1,493	63	17	+ 1,476
Skin Disease	22	1,468	53	101	+ 1,367
Violence	23	1,256	32	406	+ 849
Lymphomas	24	1,254	24	839	+ 415
Cervical Cancer	25	1,148	12	2,876	- 1,728
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,120	13	2,509	- 1,389
Leukemia	27	1,014	56	82	+ 932
Low Birth Weight	28	1,011	8	4,339	- 3,328
Oesophagus Cancer	29	951	16	1,842	- 890
Liver Cancer	30	947	38	317	+ 630
Bladder Cancer	31	776	33	388	+ 388
HIV/AIDS	32	686	1	12,839	- 12,153
Ovary Cancer	33	605	48	158	+ 448
Skin Cancers	34	497	36	331	+ 166
Oral Cancer	35	497	43	251	+ 246
Parkinson's Disease	36	447	46	200	+ 247
Uterin Cancer	37	437	62	23	+ 414
Malnutrition	38	430	20	1,499	- 1,069
Drug Use	39	382	59	48	+ 335
Anemia	40	320	81	0	+ 320
Tuberculosis	41	303	11	2,992	- 2,689
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	268	6	5,782	- 5,514
Falls	43	234	28	562	- 327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	226	39	280	- 54
Chagas disease	45	209	75	0	+ 209
Alcohol	46	204	52	114	+ 91
Asthma	47	187	26	705	- 518
Drownings	48	176	30	458	- 282
Birth Trauma	49	173	9	3,563	- 3,390
Epilepsy	50	154	41	260	- 106
Meningitis	51	147	18	1,792	- 1,646
Fires	52	130	34	380	- 250
Maternal Conditions	53	129	15	1,854	- 1,725
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	113	61	29	+ 84
Poisonings	55	89	37	325	- 235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	64	49	154	- 90
Hepatitis C	57	52	64	15	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	58	47	66	9	+ 38
Osteoarthritis	59	34	84	0	+ 34
Appendicitis	60	33	54	94	- 61
Schizophrenia	61	27	80	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	62	26	55	88	- 62
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	22	85	0	+ 22
Encephalitis	64	8	58	48	- 40
Syphilis	65	7	29	480	- 473
Oral conditions	66	6	86	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	67	6	57	60	- 54
Pertussis	68	5	31	436	- 431
Leprosy	69	2	76	0	+ 2
War	70	2	71	2	- 0
Tetanus	71	1	47	178	- 176
Leishmaniasis	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	68	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	77	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	69	4	- 4
Diphtheria	78	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	79	0	67	6	- 6
Dengue	80	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	83	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	84	0	50	143	- 143
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Argentina

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.