MALAWI VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	68,085	7	4,929	+ 63,156
Stroke	2	26,441	5	5,939	+ 20,502
Liver Disease	3	7,231	10	3,259	+ 3,972
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,869	14	2,267	+ 2,602
Hypertension	5	4,842	17	1,797	+ 3,046
Lung Disease	6	3,758	21	1,340	+ 2,418
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,640	2	7,739	- 4,099
Inflammatory/Heart	8	3,435	35	370	+ 3,064
Kidney Disease	9	3,250	19	1,567	+ 1,682
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,800	25	782	+ 2,018
Lung Cancers	11	2,744	51	131	+ 2,614
Stomach Cancer	12	2,654	45	206	+ 2,449
Breast Cancer	13	1,874	27	600	+ 1,274
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,610	44	234	+ 1,376
Low Birth Weight	15	1,482	8	4,339	- 2,857
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,382	4	6,221	- 4,839
Tuberculosis	17	1,213	11	2,992	- 1,779
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,168	16	1,842	- 674
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,108	13	2,509	- 1,401
Fires	20	966	34	380	+ 586
Other Injuries	21	951	22	1,266	- 315
Birth Trauma	22	938	9	3,563	- 2,625
Parkinson's Disease	23	890	46	200	+ 690
Asthma	24	878	26	705	+ 173
Suicide	25	840	23	1,007	- 167
HIV/AIDS	26	813	1	12,839	- 12,026
Liver Cancer	27	775	38	317	+ 458
Drownings	28	685	30	458	+ 227
Falls	29	626	28	562	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	30	613	42	257	+ 357
Pancreas Cancer	31	594	60	38	+ 556
Cervical Cancer	32	568	12	2,876	- 2,308
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	535	6	5,782	- 5,247
Violence	34	514	32	406	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	35	513	48	158	+ 355
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	503	39	280	+ 223
Alcohol	37	499	52	114	+ 385
Lymphomas	38	468	24	839	- 370
Epilepsy	39	457	41	260	+ 197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	414	49	154	+ 259
Bladder Cancer	41	371	33	388	- 17
Oral Cancer	42	325	43	251	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	43	320	40	271	+ 49
Leukemia	44	292	56	82	+ 210
Skin Cancers	45	258	36	331	- 73
Encephalitis	46	221	58	48	+ 173
Uterin Cancer	47	199	62	23	+ 176
Poisonings	48	190	37	325	- 135
Pertussis	49	139	31	436	- 297
Meningitis	50	129	18	1,792	- 1,663
Maternal Conditions	51	101	15	1,854	- 1,753
Drug Use	52	100	59	48	+ 53
Syphilis	53	66	29	480	- 414
Other Neoplasms	54	40	63	17	+ 24
Malnutrition	55	37	20	1,499	- 1,462
Upper Respiratory	56	34	57	60	- 25
Hepatitis B	57	33	55	88	- 55
Skin Disease	58	28	53	101	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	59	27	66	9	+ 18
Appendicitis	60	26	54	94	- 68
Tetanus	61	15	47	178	- 163
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	61	29	- 14
Leishmaniasis	63	9	74	0	+ 9
Chlamydia	64	2	70	3	- 0
War	65	2	71	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	15	- 13
Diphtheria	67	1	72	2	- 1
Measles	68	1	67	6	- 6
Ascariasis	69	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Dengue	77	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Azerbaijan

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.