MALAWI VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,587	7	4,929	+ 24,658
Stroke	2	19,822	5	5,939	+ 13,883
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,043	14	2,267	+ 14,776
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,276	2	7,739	+ 2,538
Prostate Cancer	5	9,210	40	271	+ 8,940
Kidney Disease	6	7,623	19	1,567	+ 6,056
Endocrine Disorders	7	5,315	42	257	+ 5,059
Hypertension	8	5,124	17	1,797	+ 3,327
Breast Cancer	9	4,733	27	600	+ 4,133
Other Injuries	10	4,072	22	1,266	+ 2,805
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	3,783	44	234	+ 3,549
Skin Disease	12	3,433	53	101	+ 3,332
Lung Disease	13	2,971	21	1,340	+ 1,630
Lung Cancers	14	2,852	51	131	+ 2,721
Uterin Cancer	15	2,296	62	23	+ 2,273
Pancreas Cancer	16	2,123	60	38	+ 2,085
Birth Trauma	17	2,044	9	3,563	- 1,519
Liver Disease	18	2,023	10	3,259	- 1,236
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,970	25	782	+ 1,188
Cervical Cancer	20	1,937	12	2,876	- 939
Lymphomas	21	1,895	24	839	+ 1,057
Road Traffic Accidents	22	1,693	4	6,221	- 4,528
Stomach Cancer	23	1,543	45	206	+ 1,337
Violence	24	1,403	32	406	+ 997
Liver Cancer	25	1,330	38	317	+ 1,013
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,281	13	2,509	- 1,228
Low Birth Weight	27	1,281	8	4,339	- 3,058
Oral Cancer	28	1,257	43	251	+ 1,006
Other Neoplasms	29	1,235	63	17	+ 1,219
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,130	16	1,842	- 712
Alcohol	31	1,110	52	114	+ 996
Anemia	32	1,051	81	0	+ 1,051
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	891	39	280	+ 612
Falls	34	872	28	562	+ 311
Ovary Cancer	35	833	48	158	+ 676
Inflammatory/Heart	36	819	35	370	+ 448
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	807	85	0	+ 807
Leukemia	38	775	56	82	+ 693
Drownings	39	771	30	458	+ 314
Malnutrition	40	679	20	1,499	- 820
Bladder Cancer	41	678	33	388	+ 290
HIV/AIDS	42	635	1	12,839	- 12,204
Asthma	43	562	26	705	- 143
Parkinson's Disease	44	520	46	200	+ 320
Epilepsy	45	398	41	260	+ 138
Fires	46	351	34	380	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	330	49	154	+ 176
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	303	6	5,782	- 5,479
Drug Use	49	238	59	48	+ 190
Osteoarthritis	50	198	84	0	+ 198
Tuberculosis	51	183	11	2,992	- 2,809
Suicide	52	139	23	1,007	- 868
Appendicitis	53	118	54	94	+ 24
Skin Cancers	54	118	36	331	- 213
Maternal Conditions	55	102	15	1,854	- 1,752
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	84	61	29	+ 55
Upper Respiratory	57	78	57	60	+ 18
Hepatitis B	58	58	55	88	- 30
Syphilis	59	54	29	480	- 426
Poisonings	60	16	37	325	- 309
War	61	2	71	2	- 0
Pertussis	62	0	31	436	- 436
Dengue	63	0	65	9	- 9
Ascariasis	64	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	65	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	3	- 3
Meningitis	68	0	18	1,792	- 1,792
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	15	- 15
Encephalitis	70	0	58	48	- 48
Malaria	71	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	72	2	- 2
Tetanus	77	0	47	178	- 178
Measles	78	0	67	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	68	5	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	66	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Grenada

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.