MALAWI VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,535	7	4,929	+ 14,606
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,263	2	7,739	+ 6,525
Stroke	3	12,738	5	5,939	+ 6,799
Kidney Disease	4	10,391	19	1,567	+ 8,824
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,709	14	2,267	+ 6,442
Liver Disease	6	7,048	10	3,259	+ 3,789
Lung Disease	7	6,603	21	1,340	+ 5,262
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,383	25	782	+ 3,600
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,295	4	6,221	- 1,926
Hypertension	10	3,406	17	1,797	+ 1,609
Other Injuries	11	2,261	22	1,266	+ 995
Low Birth Weight	12	2,236	8	4,339	- 2,103
Tuberculosis	13	2,098	11	2,992	- 894
Violence	14	1,939	32	406	+ 1,532
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,910	13	2,509	- 600
Cervical Cancer	16	1,893	12	2,876	- 983
Falls	17	1,885	28	562	+ 1,323
Malnutrition	18	1,822	20	1,499	+ 323
Birth Trauma	19	1,740	9	3,563	- 1,823
Lung Cancers	20	1,593	51	131	+ 1,463
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,561	6	5,782	- 4,221
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,506	46	200	+ 1,307
Stomach Cancer	23	1,388	45	206	+ 1,182
Chagas disease	24	1,334	75	0	+ 1,334
Liver Cancer	25	1,273	38	317	+ 957
Suicide	26	1,264	23	1,007	+ 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,199	39	280	+ 919
Prostate Cancer	28	972	40	271	+ 701
Breast Cancer	29	852	27	600	+ 252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	720	44	234	+ 486
Drownings	31	717	30	458	+ 260
Endocrine Disorders	32	679	42	257	+ 423
Alcohol	33	679	52	114	+ 565
Leukemia	34	671	56	82	+ 589
Inflammatory/Heart	35	662	35	370	+ 291
Pancreas Cancer	36	586	60	38	+ 548
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	516	49	154	+ 362
Asthma	38	457	26	705	- 248
Maternal Conditions	39	434	15	1,854	- 1,420
Drug Use	40	431	59	48	+ 384
Lymphomas	41	388	24	839	- 451
Epilepsy	42	353	41	260	+ 93
Skin Cancers	43	336	36	331	+ 5
Fires	44	321	34	380	- 59
HIV/AIDS	45	308	1	12,839	- 12,531
Appendicitis	46	276	54	94	+ 182
Uterin Cancer	47	268	62	23	+ 245
Oesophagus Cancer	48	236	16	1,842	- 1,606
Meningitis	49	225	18	1,792	- 1,567
Pertussis	50	213	31	436	- 223
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	196	61	29	+ 167
Encephalitis	52	194	58	48	+ 146
Syphilis	53	186	29	480	- 295
Ovary Cancer	54	180	48	158	+ 23
Skin Disease	55	178	53	101	+ 76
Oral Cancer	56	161	43	251	- 90
Poisonings	57	116	37	325	- 209
Other Neoplasms	58	76	63	17	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	59	76	33	388	- 312
Tetanus	60	55	47	178	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	61	39	66	9	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	62	27	57	60	- 32
War	63	16	71	2	+ 13
Hepatitis B	64	10	55	88	- 78
Leishmaniasis	65	10	74	0	+ 10
Dengue	66	8	65	9	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	5	64	15	- 10
Chlamydia	68	3	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	3	69	4	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	67	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	50	143	- 143
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	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
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Bolivia

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.