MALAWI VS CAMBODIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMBODIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	16,717	5	5,939	+ 10,778
Coronary Heart Disease	2	13,094	7	4,929	+ 8,165
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	11,216	2	7,739	+ 3,478
Liver Disease	4	10,353	10	3,259	+ 7,094
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,288	14	2,267	+ 2,021
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,111	4	6,221	- 2,110
Lung Disease	7	3,898	21	1,340	+ 2,558
Tuberculosis	8	3,655	11	2,992	+ 663
Liver Cancer	9	3,460	38	317	+ 3,143
Hypertension	10	3,002	17	1,797	+ 1,205
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	2,740	6	5,782	- 3,042
Falls	12	2,698	28	562	+ 2,136
Kidney Disease	13	2,696	19	1,567	+ 1,129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	14	2,472	39	280	+ 2,193
Low Birth Weight	15	2,329	8	4,339	- 2,010
Lung Cancers	16	2,080	51	131	+ 1,950
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,737	25	782	+ 955
Birth Trauma	18	1,723	9	3,563	- 1,840
HIV/AIDS	19	1,709	1	12,839	- 11,130
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,644	13	2,509	- 865
Asthma	21	1,576	26	705	+ 871
Drownings	22	1,420	30	458	+ 962
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	1,154	44	234	+ 920
Breast Cancer	24	1,092	27	600	+ 492
Suicide	25	1,020	23	1,007	+ 13
Other Injuries	26	1,007	22	1,266	- 259
Cervical Cancer	27	929	12	2,876	- 1,947
Oral Cancer	28	827	43	251	+ 576
Leukemia	29	701	56	82	+ 619
Maternal Conditions	30	618	15	1,854	- 1,236
Lymphomas	31	603	24	839	- 236
Inflammatory/Heart	32	556	35	370	+ 186
Malnutrition	33	545	20	1,499	- 954
Stomach Cancer	34	497	45	206	+ 291
Endocrine Disorders	35	489	42	257	+ 233
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	478	49	154	+ 324
Parkinson's Disease	37	471	46	200	+ 271
Violence	38	442	32	406	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	39	378	16	1,842	- 1,463
Ovary Cancer	40	318	48	158	+ 160
Pertussis	41	294	31	436	- 142
Fires	42	286	34	380	- 94
Skin Disease	43	269	53	101	+ 168
Skin Cancers	44	213	36	331	- 118
Bladder Cancer	45	210	33	388	- 178
Encephalitis	46	175	58	48	+ 127
Hepatitis B	47	174	55	88	+ 86
Pancreas Cancer	48	172	60	38	+ 134
Alcohol	49	169	52	114	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	50	163	40	271	- 108
Epilepsy	51	152	41	260	- 108
Tetanus	52	140	47	178	- 38
Malaria	53	130	3	6,308	- 6,178
Meningitis	54	126	18	1,792	- 1,667
Uterin Cancer	55	120	62	23	+ 98
Poisonings	56	98	37	325	- 227
Appendicitis	57	94	54	94	- 0
Drug Use	58	81	59	48	+ 34
Dengue	59	74	65	9	+ 65
Measles	60	74	67	6	+ 68
Hepatitis C	61	60	64	15	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	62	42	63	17	+ 26
Schistosomiasis	63	33	50	143	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	28	61	29	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	23	66	9	+ 14
Syphilis	66	22	29	480	- 458
Upper Respiratory	67	16	57	60	- 43
War	68	9	71	2	+ 7
Ascariasis	69	6	69	4	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	70	3	- 1
Diphtheria	71	1	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Cambodia

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.