MALAWI VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	17,309	5	5,939	+ 11,370
Coronary Heart Disease	2	14,001	7	4,929	+ 9,072
Lung Disease	3	5,896	21	1,340	+ 4,555
Tuberculosis	4	4,796	11	2,992	+ 1,804
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,659	6	5,782	- 1,123
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,817	2	7,739	- 3,922
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,738	14	2,267	+ 1,471
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,228	4	6,221	- 2,993
Liver Disease	9	2,712	10	3,259	- 547
Oesophagus Cancer	10	2,519	16	1,842	+ 677
Low Birth Weight	11	2,252	8	4,339	- 2,087
Oral Cancer	12	2,001	43	251	+ 1,750
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,934	25	782	+ 1,152
Hypertension	14	1,906	17	1,797	+ 110
Birth Trauma	15	1,728	9	3,563	- 1,835
Lung Cancers	16	1,571	51	131	+ 1,440
Kidney Disease	17	1,399	19	1,567	- 169
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,305	13	2,509	- 1,205
Measles	19	1,164	67	6	+ 1,158
Asthma	20	1,147	26	705	+ 442
Other Injuries	21	984	22	1,266	- 282
Drownings	22	915	30	458	+ 457
Breast Cancer	23	878	27	600	+ 278
Stomach Cancer	24	877	45	206	+ 671
Suicide	25	774	23	1,007	- 233
Cervical Cancer	26	662	12	2,876	- 2,214
Violence	27	596	32	406	+ 190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	585	44	234	+ 351
Maternal Conditions	29	506	15	1,854	- 1,348
Parkinson's Disease	30	488	46	200	+ 288
Falls	31	429	28	562	- 132
Drug Use	32	383	59	48	+ 335
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	377	49	154	+ 223
Liver Cancer	34	372	38	317	+ 55
Lymphomas	35	344	24	839	- 494
Malnutrition	36	312	20	1,499	- 1,188
Ovary Cancer	37	288	48	158	+ 130
Meningitis	38	272	18	1,792	- 1,521
Pertussis	39	259	31	436	- 177
Leukemia	40	245	56	82	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	41	215	40	271	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	42	192	35	370	- 179
Pancreas Cancer	43	182	60	38	+ 145
Epilepsy	44	175	41	260	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	45	172	42	257	- 84
Fires	46	164	34	380	- 216
Appendicitis	47	163	54	94	+ 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	161	39	280	- 118
Syphilis	49	158	29	480	- 322
Skin Disease	50	146	53	101	+ 45
Hepatitis B	51	145	55	88	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	52	128	33	388	- 260
Skin Cancers	53	110	36	331	- 221
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	105	61	29	+ 76
HIV/AIDS	55	73	1	12,839	- 12,766
Poisonings	56	69	37	325	- 255
Tetanus	57	58	47	178	- 120
Uterin Cancer	58	52	62	23	+ 30
Encephalitis	59	48	58	48	- 0
Alcohol	60	34	52	114	- 80
Other Neoplasms	61	31	63	17	+ 15
Hepatitis C	62	27	64	15	+ 12
War	63	26	71	2	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	64	23	66	9	+ 15
Dengue	65	21	65	9	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	66	13	57	60	- 47
Leishmaniasis	67	7	74	0	+ 7
Malaria	68	6	3	6,308	- 6,302
Ascariasis	69	4	69	4	- 0
Chlamydia	70	3	70	3	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	2	68	5	- 4
Diphtheria	72	1	72	2	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Bangladesh

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.