MALAWI VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,232	2	7,739	+ 2,493
Stroke	2	9,540	5	5,939	+ 3,601
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,873	7	4,929	+ 3,944
HIV/AIDS	4	8,535	1	12,839	- 4,304
Malaria	5	7,023	3	6,308	+ 715
Tuberculosis	6	6,427	11	2,992	+ 3,435
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,913	4	6,221	- 1,309
Low Birth Weight	8	4,192	8	4,339	- 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,114	6	5,782	- 1,668
Birth Trauma	10	3,897	9	3,563	+ 334
Liver Disease	11	3,809	10	3,259	+ 550
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,731	14	2,267	+ 1,464
Kidney Disease	13	2,618	19	1,567	+ 1,051
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,476	13	2,509	- 33
Lung Disease	15	1,963	21	1,340	+ 622
Meningitis	16	1,877	18	1,792	+ 85
Liver Cancer	17	1,794	38	317	+ 1,477
Other Injuries	18	1,531	22	1,266	+ 264
Hypertension	19	1,404	17	1,797	- 393
Cervical Cancer	20	1,360	12	2,876	- 1,517
Suicide	21	1,254	23	1,007	+ 247
Maternal Conditions	22	1,253	15	1,854	- 601
Asthma	23	1,245	26	705	+ 540
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,236	42	257	+ 980
Breast Cancer	25	1,219	27	600	+ 619
Malnutrition	26	1,175	20	1,499	- 324
Violence	27	1,168	32	406	+ 762
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,016	35	370	+ 646
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	814	25	782	+ 32
Falls	30	735	28	562	+ 173
Prostate Cancer	31	649	40	271	+ 378
Lymphomas	32	550	24	839	- 288
Stomach Cancer	33	548	45	206	+ 342
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	505	44	234	+ 271
Pertussis	35	468	31	436	+ 32
Drownings	36	466	30	458	+ 8
Fires	37	459	34	380	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	38	439	48	158	+ 282
Drug Use	39	396	59	48	+ 349
Poisonings	40	328	37	325	+ 3
Syphilis	41	304	29	480	- 176
Oral Cancer	42	304	43	251	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	43	243	46	200	+ 44
Encephalitis	44	225	58	48	+ 177
Leukemia	45	214	56	82	+ 132
Pancreas Cancer	46	210	60	38	+ 172
Epilepsy	47	207	41	260	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	202	39	280	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	49	180	16	1,842	- 1,662
Skin Disease	50	166	53	101	+ 65
Schistosomiasis	51	162	50	143	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	161	49	154	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	53	154	33	388	- 234
Alcohol	54	154	52	114	+ 40
Lung Cancers	55	149	51	131	+ 19
Tetanus	56	138	47	178	- 39
Uterin Cancer	57	138	62	23	+ 115
Skin Cancers	58	135	36	331	- 196
Appendicitis	59	92	54	94	- 2
Measles	60	85	67	6	+ 79
Multiple Sclerosis	61	71	66	9	+ 62
Hepatitis B	62	64	55	88	- 24
Other Neoplasms	63	30	63	17	+ 14
War	64	18	71	2	+ 16
Hepatitis C	65	18	64	15	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	10	57	60	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	10	61	29	- 19
Ascariasis	68	8	69	4	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	3	72	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	2	70	3	- 0
Dengue	71	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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

Ghana

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.