MALAWI VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,397	7	4,929	+ 11,468
Stroke	2	12,185	5	5,939	+ 6,246
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,366	2	7,739	+ 1,628
Violence	4	6,802	32	406	+ 6,396
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,895	14	2,267	+ 3,628
Lung Disease	6	5,872	21	1,340	+ 4,532
Kidney Disease	7	3,728	19	1,567	+ 2,160
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,350	4	6,221	- 2,871
Lung Cancers	9	3,131	51	131	+ 3,001
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,038	25	782	+ 2,256
Hypertension	11	2,851	17	1,797	+ 1,054
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,291	44	234	+ 2,056
Liver Disease	13	2,119	10	3,259	- 1,140
Breast Cancer	14	2,053	27	600	+ 1,453
Prostate Cancer	15	1,879	40	271	+ 1,609
Falls	16	1,864	28	562	+ 1,302
Stomach Cancer	17	1,779	45	206	+ 1,573
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,732	35	370	+ 1,361
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,674	42	257	+ 1,418
Suicide	20	1,438	23	1,007	+ 431
Other Injuries	21	1,365	22	1,266	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	22	1,242	1	12,839	- 11,597
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,218	13	2,509	- 1,291
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,187	60	38	+ 1,149
Liver Cancer	25	1,139	38	317	+ 822
Oesophagus Cancer	26	1,035	16	1,842	- 807
Lymphomas	27	1,026	24	839	+ 188
Oral Cancer	28	984	43	251	+ 733
Cervical Cancer	29	941	12	2,876	- 1,936
Leukemia	30	844	56	82	+ 762
Skin Disease	31	710	53	101	+ 609
Alcohol	32	704	52	114	+ 591
Low Birth Weight	33	681	8	4,339	- 3,658
Malnutrition	34	662	20	1,499	- 837
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	560	6	5,782	- 5,222
Bladder Cancer	36	525	33	388	+ 137
Chagas disease	37	499	75	0	+ 499
Skin Cancers	38	498	36	331	+ 167
Drownings	39	488	30	458	+ 30
Tuberculosis	40	484	11	2,992	- 2,508
Parkinson's Disease	41	472	46	200	+ 272
Other Neoplasms	42	461	63	17	+ 445
Ovary Cancer	43	431	48	158	+ 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	421	39	280	+ 142
Birth Trauma	45	374	9	3,563	- 3,189
Epilepsy	46	323	41	260	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	47	275	62	23	+ 252
Asthma	48	257	26	705	- 448
Drug Use	49	244	59	48	+ 196
Anemia	50	239	81	0	+ 239
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	217	49	154	+ 63
Hepatitis C	52	193	64	15	+ 179
Maternal Conditions	53	149	15	1,854	- 1,705
Meningitis	54	134	18	1,792	- 1,658
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	108	85	0	+ 108
War	56	108	71	2	+ 105
Appendicitis	57	106	54	94	+ 12
Fires	58	102	34	380	- 278
Hepatitis B	59	77	55	88	- 11
Schizophrenia	60	65	80	0	+ 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	59	61	29	+ 30
Schistosomiasis	62	59	50	143	- 85
Leishmaniasis	63	43	74	0	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	64	35	66	9	+ 27
Osteoarthritis	65	33	84	0	+ 33
Poisonings	66	31	37	325	- 293
Upper Respiratory	67	26	57	60	- 34
Syphilis	68	22	29	480	- 458
Leprosy	69	17	76	0	+ 17
Otitis Media	70	9	68	5	+ 4
Tetanus	71	9	47	178	- 169
Encephalitis	72	6	58	48	- 41
Oral conditions	73	6	86	0	+ 6
Malaria	74	4	3	6,308	- 6,304
Pertussis	75	3	31	436	- 433
Dengue	76	1	65	9	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	69	4	- 3
Diphtheria	79	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	80	1	70	3	- 2
Measles	81	0	67	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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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.