MALAWI VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,088	7	4,929	+ 14,159
Violence	2	18,009	32	406	+ 17,603
Kidney Disease	3	15,515	19	1,567	+ 13,948
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,939	2	7,739	+ 200
Stroke	5	5,238	5	5,939	- 701
Lung Disease	6	4,900	21	1,340	+ 3,560
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,548	14	2,267	+ 2,282
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,422	4	6,221	- 1,799
HIV/AIDS	9	2,765	1	12,839	- 10,074
Liver Disease	10	2,617	10	3,259	- 642
Stomach Cancer	11	2,305	45	206	+ 2,099
Alcohol	12	2,129	52	114	+ 2,015
Cervical Cancer	13	1,482	12	2,876	- 1,394
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,474	13	2,509	- 1,035
Suicide	15	1,282	23	1,007	+ 275
Liver Cancer	16	1,166	38	317	+ 850
Prostate Cancer	17	1,078	40	271	+ 808
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,050	25	782	+ 268
Low Birth Weight	19	1,041	8	4,339	- 3,298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,033	44	234	+ 799
Leukemia	21	1,023	56	82	+ 942
Breast Cancer	22	957	27	600	+ 357
Lung Cancers	23	951	51	131	+ 821
Falls	24	797	28	562	+ 236
Endocrine Disorders	25	731	42	257	+ 474
Malnutrition	26	704	20	1,499	- 795
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	653	6	5,782	- 5,129
Lymphomas	28	611	24	839	- 227
Pancreas Cancer	29	528	60	38	+ 490
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	516	39	280	+ 236
Hypertension	31	479	17	1,797	- 1,317
Other Neoplasms	32	476	63	17	+ 460
Drownings	33	448	30	458	- 9
Anemia	34	430	81	0	+ 430
Asthma	35	401	26	705	- 304
Skin Disease	36	397	53	101	+ 295
Birth Trauma	37	397	9	3,563	- 3,166
Other Injuries	38	313	22	1,266	- 953
Oral Cancer	39	308	43	251	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	40	306	48	158	+ 148
Oesophagus Cancer	41	264	16	1,842	- 1,578
Inflammatory/Heart	42	255	35	370	- 116
Drug Use	43	241	59	48	+ 194
Parkinson's Disease	44	229	46	200	+ 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	210	85	0	+ 210
Tuberculosis	46	197	11	2,992	- 2,795
Skin Cancers	47	196	36	331	- 135
Epilepsy	48	166	41	260	- 94
Bladder Cancer	49	137	33	388	- 251
Uterin Cancer	50	130	62	23	+ 107
Meningitis	51	117	18	1,792	- 1,676
Pertussis	52	106	31	436	- 330
Maternal Conditions	53	87	15	1,854	- 1,767
Fires	54	70	34	380	- 309
Chagas disease	55	59	75	0	+ 59
Appendicitis	56	59	54	94	- 35
Poisonings	57	49	37	325	- 276
Syphilis	58	47	29	480	- 434
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	46	61	29	+ 17
Tetanus	60	37	47	178	- 141
Dengue	61	29	65	9	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	62	28	57	60	- 31
Encephalitis	63	24	58	48	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	64	23	66	9	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	20	49	154	- 134
Hepatitis B	66	15	55	88	- 73
Schizophrenia	67	13	80	0	+ 13
Oral conditions	68	8	86	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	69	5	84	0	+ 5
War	70	2	71	2	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	69	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	72	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	15	- 15
Measles	76	0	67	6	- 6
Otitis Media	77	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	50	143	- 143
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

El Salvador

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.