MALAWI VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,154	7	4,929	+ 25,225
Stroke	2	15,861	5	5,939	+ 9,921
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,958	4	6,221	+ 7,737
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,558	14	2,267	+ 3,291
Liver Disease	5	5,393	10	3,259	+ 2,134
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,536	2	7,739	- 3,202
Kidney Disease	7	4,267	19	1,567	+ 2,700
HIV/AIDS	8	3,885	1	12,839	- 8,953
Violence	9	3,857	32	406	+ 3,450
Hypertension	10	3,811	17	1,797	+ 2,015
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,637	25	782	+ 2,855
Prostate Cancer	12	3,329	40	271	+ 3,058
Low Birth Weight	13	3,083	8	4,339	- 1,256
Breast Cancer	14	2,938	27	600	+ 2,338
Lung Disease	15	2,737	21	1,340	+ 1,397
Lung Cancers	16	2,502	51	131	+ 2,372
Congenital Anomalies	17	2,089	13	2,509	- 420
Birth Trauma	18	1,841	9	3,563	- 1,722
Other Injuries	19	1,791	22	1,266	+ 525
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,712	44	234	+ 1,478
Liver Cancer	21	1,336	38	317	+ 1,020
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,212	42	257	+ 956
Cervical Cancer	23	1,127	12	2,876	- 1,749
Stomach Cancer	24	1,102	45	206	+ 896
Suicide	25	1,066	23	1,007	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	1,015	6	5,782	- 4,767
Pancreas Cancer	27	917	60	38	+ 879
Parkinson's Disease	28	898	46	200	+ 698
Asthma	29	887	26	705	+ 182
Falls	30	875	28	562	+ 313
Oral Cancer	31	873	43	251	+ 622
Leukemia	32	822	56	82	+ 741
Lymphomas	33	753	24	839	- 86
Malnutrition	34	748	20	1,499	- 752
Inflammatory/Heart	35	627	35	370	+ 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	593	39	280	+ 314
Drownings	37	499	30	458	+ 41
Tuberculosis	38	487	11	2,992	- 2,505
Maternal Conditions	39	407	15	1,854	- 1,447
Oesophagus Cancer	40	403	16	1,842	- 1,438
Skin Cancers	41	346	36	331	+ 16
Epilepsy	42	319	41	260	+ 59
Drug Use	43	314	59	48	+ 266
Fires	44	280	34	380	- 100
Meningitis	45	269	18	1,792	- 1,523
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	247	49	154	+ 93
Pertussis	47	243	31	436	- 193
Alcohol	48	242	52	114	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	49	186	33	388	- 202
Ovary Cancer	50	179	48	158	+ 21
Syphilis	51	141	29	480	- 339
Appendicitis	52	134	54	94	+ 40
Skin Disease	53	100	53	101	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	97	61	29	+ 69
Poisonings	55	94	37	325	- 231
Encephalitis	56	89	58	48	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	57	87	62	23	+ 64
Other Neoplasms	58	71	63	17	+ 55
Schistosomiasis	59	44	50	143	- 99
Hepatitis C	60	34	64	15	+ 20
Tetanus	61	34	47	178	- 143
Multiple Sclerosis	62	26	66	9	+ 18
Hepatitis B	63	22	55	88	- 66
Dengue	64	9	65	9	+ 0
Malaria	65	8	3	6,308	- 6,300
Chlamydia	66	3	70	3	+ 1
War	67	2	71	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	2	57	60	- 58
Diphtheria	69	1	72	2	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	69	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	67	6	- 6
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Dominican Rep.

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.