MALAWI VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,241	2	7,739	+ 3,502
Stroke	2	8,796	5	5,939	+ 2,857
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	7,863	6	5,782	+ 2,081
Coronary Heart Disease	4	7,389	7	4,929	+ 2,459
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,549	4	6,221	- 1,672
Liver Disease	6	4,167	10	3,259	+ 908
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,240	14	2,267	+ 973
Hypertension	8	3,176	17	1,797	+ 1,379
Lung Disease	9	2,270	21	1,340	+ 930
Malnutrition	10	2,263	20	1,499	+ 764
Birth Trauma	11	2,114	9	3,563	- 1,449
Kidney Disease	12	1,982	19	1,567	+ 415
Maternal Conditions	13	1,865	15	1,854	+ 11
Tuberculosis	14	1,864	11	2,992	- 1,128
Other Injuries	15	1,853	22	1,266	+ 586
Low Birth Weight	16	1,822	8	4,339	- 2,517
Malaria	17	1,499	3	6,308	- 4,809
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,482	13	2,509	- 1,027
Meningitis	19	1,387	18	1,792	- 405
Violence	20	1,318	32	406	+ 912
Suicide	21	1,309	23	1,007	+ 302
Asthma	22	1,119	26	705	+ 414
Breast Cancer	23	1,068	27	600	+ 468
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,063	25	782	+ 280
HIV/AIDS	25	1,055	1	12,839	- 11,784
Falls	26	577	28	562	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	504	39	280	+ 225
Lymphomas	28	504	24	839	- 335
Leukemia	29	494	56	82	+ 412
Cervical Cancer	30	454	12	2,876	- 2,422
Fires	31	452	34	380	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	32	421	35	370	+ 51
Drownings	33	404	30	458	- 54
Poisonings	34	392	37	325	+ 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	388	44	234	+ 154
Pertussis	36	307	31	436	- 129
Parkinson's Disease	37	291	46	200	+ 91
Epilepsy	38	280	41	260	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	39	278	16	1,842	- 1,564
Ovary Cancer	40	273	48	158	+ 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	263	49	154	+ 109
Schistosomiasis	42	250	50	143	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	43	244	42	257	- 12
Oral Cancer	44	244	43	251	- 7
Liver Cancer	45	237	38	317	- 79
Lung Cancers	46	212	51	131	+ 81
Prostate Cancer	47	186	40	271	- 85
Stomach Cancer	48	166	45	206	- 40
Alcohol	49	156	52	114	+ 42
Skin Disease	50	153	53	101	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	51	144	33	388	- 244
Tetanus	52	129	47	178	- 49
Drug Use	53	124	59	48	+ 77
Syphilis	54	119	29	480	- 361
Appendicitis	55	108	54	94	+ 14
Skin Cancers	56	102	36	331	- 229
Hepatitis B	57	95	55	88	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	67	60	38	+ 29
Leishmaniasis	59	65	74	0	+ 65
Upper Respiratory	60	61	57	60	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	61	60	62	23	+ 37
Encephalitis	62	53	58	48	+ 5
Measles	63	43	67	6	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	41	61	29	+ 12
Hepatitis C	65	22	64	15	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	66	21	63	17	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	13	66	9	+ 4
Ascariasis	68	6	69	4	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	6	68	5	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
War	71	1	71	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	72	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.