MALAWI VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,014	7	4,929	+ 29,085
Liver Disease	2	11,762	10	3,259	+ 8,503
Stroke	3	8,576	5	5,939	+ 2,637
Liver Cancer	4	4,795	38	317	+ 4,479
Hypertension	5	4,127	17	1,797	+ 2,330
Kidney Disease	6	4,125	19	1,567	+ 2,558
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,048	2	7,739	- 3,690
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,743	14	2,267	+ 1,476
Lung Disease	9	2,620	21	1,340	+ 1,280
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,379	13	2,509	- 130
Low Birth Weight	11	2,228	8	4,339	- 2,110
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,984	4	6,221	- 4,237
Breast Cancer	13	1,796	27	600	+ 1,196
Lymphomas	14	1,475	24	839	+ 636
Asthma	15	1,390	26	705	+ 685
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,365	25	782	+ 582
Birth Trauma	17	1,195	9	3,563	- 2,368
Lung Cancers	18	1,111	51	131	+ 980
Bladder Cancer	19	1,004	33	388	+ 616
Violence	20	815	32	406	+ 408
Other Injuries	21	747	22	1,266	- 519
Leukemia	22	736	56	82	+ 654
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	722	6	5,782	- 5,060
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	603	44	234	+ 369
Suicide	25	591	23	1,007	- 416
Pancreas Cancer	26	569	60	38	+ 531
Inflammatory/Heart	27	487	35	370	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	28	468	46	200	+ 268
Endocrine Disorders	29	464	42	257	+ 208
Falls	30	395	28	562	- 167
Ovary Cancer	31	380	48	158	+ 223
Stomach Cancer	32	361	45	206	+ 155
Fires	33	307	34	380	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	262	39	280	- 18
Prostate Cancer	35	251	40	271	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	244	49	154	+ 90
Drownings	37	220	30	458	- 238
Encephalitis	38	205	58	48	+ 157
Skin Cancers	39	198	36	331	- 133
Hepatitis B	40	193	55	88	+ 105
Oesophagus Cancer	41	186	16	1,842	- 1,656
Pertussis	42	177	31	436	- 259
Meningitis	43	162	18	1,792	- 1,630
Maternal Conditions	44	156	15	1,854	- 1,699
Oral Cancer	45	155	43	251	- 96
Malnutrition	46	148	20	1,499	- 1,351
War	47	140	71	2	+ 137
Cervical Cancer	48	122	12	2,876	- 2,754
Tetanus	49	106	47	178	- 72
Epilepsy	50	88	41	260	- 172
Tuberculosis	51	84	11	2,992	- 2,908
Uterin Cancer	52	83	62	23	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	53	78	1	12,839	- 12,761
Schistosomiasis	54	43	50	143	- 100
Skin Disease	55	43	53	101	- 58
Multiple Sclerosis	56	42	66	9	+ 33
Poisonings	57	38	37	325	- 287
Syphilis	58	31	29	480	- 449
Appendicitis	59	28	54	94	- 66
Alcohol	60	28	52	114	- 86
Other Neoplasms	61	23	63	17	+ 6
Drug Use	62	23	59	48	- 25
Hepatitis C	63	19	64	15	+ 4
Measles	64	8	67	6	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	61	29	- 24
Leishmaniasis	66	3	74	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	68	1	57	60	- 59
Dengue	69	1	65	9	- 8
Diphtheria	70	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Egypt

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.