MALAWI VS BAHRAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHRAIN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,487	7	4,929	+ 8,558
Diabetes Mellitus	2	10,351	14	2,267	+ 8,084
Stroke	3	3,999	5	5,939	- 1,940
Kidney Disease	4	2,706	19	1,567	+ 1,139
Liver Disease	5	2,192	10	3,259	- 1,066
Endocrine Disorders	6	2,132	42	257	+ 1,876
Suicide	7	2,020	23	1,007	+ 1,013
Lung Disease	8	1,808	21	1,340	+ 468
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,450	2	7,739	- 6,288
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,335	25	782	+ 553
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,180	4	6,221	- 5,041
Lung Cancers	12	1,147	51	131	+ 1,016
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,034	44	234	+ 800
Breast Cancer	14	958	27	600	+ 357
Congenital Anomalies	15	886	13	2,509	- 1,624
Low Birth Weight	16	784	8	4,339	- 3,555
Other Injuries	17	768	22	1,266	- 498
Falls	18	654	28	562	+ 93
Lymphomas	19	574	24	839	- 264
Leukemia	20	572	56	82	+ 490
Skin Disease	21	571	53	101	+ 470
Hypertension	22	566	17	1,797	- 1,231
Inflammatory/Heart	23	558	35	370	+ 188
Asthma	24	494	26	705	- 211
Pancreas Cancer	25	442	60	38	+ 404
Liver Cancer	26	414	38	317	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	27	397	45	206	+ 191
Bladder Cancer	28	372	33	388	- 16
Ovary Cancer	29	363	48	158	+ 206
Parkinson's Disease	30	358	46	200	+ 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	349	39	280	+ 69
Epilepsy	32	348	41	260	+ 88
Fires	33	333	34	380	- 46
Drownings	34	307	30	458	- 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	236	6	5,782	- 5,545
Oral Cancer	36	218	43	251	- 33
Prostate Cancer	37	209	40	271	- 62
Drug Use	38	208	59	48	+ 161
Cervical Cancer	39	169	12	2,876	- 2,707
Oesophagus Cancer	40	135	16	1,842	- 1,707
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	130	49	154	- 24
Alcohol	42	123	52	114	+ 9
Tuberculosis	43	116	11	2,992	- 2,876
Uterin Cancer	44	112	62	23	+ 90
Violence	45	71	32	406	- 336
HIV/AIDS	46	69	1	12,839	- 12,769
Other Neoplasms	47	67	63	17	+ 51
Meningitis	48	65	18	1,792	- 1,727
Malnutrition	49	63	20	1,499	- 1,436
Birth Trauma	50	58	9	3,563	- 3,505
Poisonings	51	58	37	325	- 267
Maternal Conditions	52	57	15	1,854	- 1,797
Hepatitis B	53	50	55	88	- 37
Encephalitis	54	46	58	48	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	36	61	29	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	31	66	9	+ 23
Appendicitis	57	31	54	94	- 63
Syphilis	58	26	29	480	- 454
Skin Cancers	59	15	36	331	- 316
Pertussis	60	8	31	436	- 428
Tetanus	61	4	47	178	- 174
War	62	3	71	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	15	- 14
Ascariasis	64	1	69	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	57	60	- 59
Diphtheria	66	0	72	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	70	3	- 2
Dengue	68	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	67	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	77	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Bahrain

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.