MALAWI VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,654	7	4,929	+ 6,725
Kidney Disease	2	7,350	19	1,567	+ 5,783
Stroke	3	6,453	5	5,939	+ 514
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,041	2	7,739	- 1,697
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,136	14	2,267	+ 2,869
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,149	4	6,221	- 2,073
Liver Disease	7	3,958	10	3,259	+ 700
Lung Disease	8	3,062	21	1,340	+ 1,722
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,049	25	782	+ 2,266
Hypertension	10	2,980	17	1,797	+ 1,183
Stomach Cancer	11	2,483	45	206	+ 2,277
Prostate Cancer	12	1,619	40	271	+ 1,348
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,587	13	2,509	- 922
Suicide	14	1,576	23	1,007	+ 569
Violence	15	1,438	32	406	+ 1,031
Low Birth Weight	16	1,393	8	4,339	- 2,946
Other Injuries	17	1,380	22	1,266	+ 113
Falls	18	1,324	28	562	+ 762
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,318	44	234	+ 1,084
Lung Cancers	20	1,277	51	131	+ 1,147
Liver Cancer	21	1,134	38	317	+ 817
Lymphomas	22	1,050	24	839	+ 211
Leukemia	23	1,048	56	82	+ 966
Cervical Cancer	24	998	12	2,876	- 1,878
Breast Cancer	25	981	27	600	+ 381
Parkinson's Disease	26	782	46	200	+ 582
HIV/AIDS	27	724	1	12,839	- 12,115
Malnutrition	28	687	20	1,499	- 812
Tuberculosis	29	682	11	2,992	- 2,310
Pancreas Cancer	30	668	60	38	+ 630
Endocrine Disorders	31	602	42	257	+ 346
Drownings	32	558	30	458	+ 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	495	39	280	+ 216
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	488	6	5,782	- 5,294
Ovary Cancer	35	383	48	158	+ 226
Inflammatory/Heart	36	366	35	370	- 5
Skin Cancers	37	366	36	331	+ 35
Birth Trauma	38	359	9	3,563	- 3,203
Alcohol	39	333	52	114	+ 219
Epilepsy	40	324	41	260	+ 64
Drug Use	41	254	59	48	+ 207
Oesophagus Cancer	42	214	16	1,842	- 1,628
Fires	43	208	34	380	- 171
Bladder Cancer	44	200	33	388	- 188
Oral Cancer	45	197	43	251	- 54
Maternal Conditions	46	196	15	1,854	- 1,659
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	193	49	154	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	48	153	62	23	+ 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	147	61	29	+ 118
Appendicitis	50	131	54	94	+ 38
Skin Disease	51	122	53	101	+ 21
Meningitis	52	106	18	1,792	- 1,686
Asthma	53	102	26	705	- 603
Syphilis	54	101	29	480	- 379
Encephalitis	55	97	58	48	+ 50
Pertussis	56	94	31	436	- 342
Other Neoplasms	57	76	63	17	+ 60
Poisonings	58	70	37	325	- 255
Chagas disease	59	25	75	0	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	66	9	+ 13
Dengue	61	11	65	9	+ 2
Tetanus	62	11	47	178	- 167
Upper Respiratory	63	10	57	60	- 50
Hepatitis B	64	3	55	88	- 84
Ascariasis	65	2	69	4	- 2
War	66	2	71	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	15	- 13
Chlamydia	68	1	70	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	67	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	50	143	- 143
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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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.