MALAWI VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,713	7	4,929	+ 6,784
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,022	2	7,739	+ 3,283
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,264	14	2,267	+ 5,997
Kidney Disease	4	7,483	19	1,567	+ 5,916
Liver Disease	5	6,777	10	3,259	+ 3,518
Stroke	6	5,780	5	5,939	- 159
Violence	7	5,258	32	406	+ 4,852
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,800	4	6,221	- 1,421
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,120	6	5,782	- 2,662
Other Injuries	10	2,940	22	1,266	+ 1,673
Malnutrition	11	2,361	20	1,499	+ 862
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	2,333	25	782	+ 1,551
Lung Disease	13	2,267	21	1,340	+ 926
Alcohol	14	2,145	52	114	+ 2,031
Liver Cancer	15	2,105	38	317	+ 1,788
Low Birth Weight	16	1,977	8	4,339	- 2,362
Stomach Cancer	17	1,872	45	206	+ 1,666
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,808	13	2,509	- 701
Birth Trauma	19	1,748	9	3,563	- 1,815
Falls	20	1,635	28	562	+ 1,073
HIV/AIDS	21	1,398	1	12,839	- 11,441
Suicide	22	1,239	23	1,007	+ 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,227	39	280	+ 948
Prostate Cancer	24	1,008	40	271	+ 737
Cervical Cancer	25	963	12	2,876	- 1,913
Hypertension	26	810	17	1,797	- 987
Leukemia	27	716	56	82	+ 634
Breast Cancer	28	591	27	600	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	29	579	42	257	+ 322
Maternal Conditions	30	558	15	1,854	- 1,296
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	553	44	234	+ 319
Drownings	32	552	30	458	+ 95
Epilepsy	33	552	41	260	+ 292
Parkinson's Disease	34	468	46	200	+ 268
Lung Cancers	35	466	51	131	+ 336
Asthma	36	399	26	705	- 306
Tuberculosis	37	359	11	2,992	- 2,633
Pancreas Cancer	38	336	60	38	+ 298
Poisonings	39	328	37	325	+ 3
Drug Use	40	324	59	48	+ 276
Meningitis	41	323	18	1,792	- 1,469
Skin Disease	42	277	53	101	+ 175
Lymphomas	43	273	24	839	- 565
Inflammatory/Heart	44	269	35	370	- 102
Fires	45	247	34	380	- 132
Skin Cancers	46	233	36	331	- 98
Appendicitis	47	195	54	94	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	48	172	16	1,842	- 1,670
Oral Cancer	49	169	43	251	- 82
Ovary Cancer	50	158	48	158	+ 1
Encephalitis	51	124	58	48	+ 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	98	61	29	+ 69
Pertussis	53	83	31	436	- 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	74	49	154	- 80
Bladder Cancer	55	69	33	388	- 319
Other Neoplasms	56	50	63	17	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	57	41	57	60	- 19
Dengue	58	39	65	9	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	59	32	62	23	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	25	66	9	+ 16
Chagas disease	61	23	75	0	+ 23
Tetanus	62	12	47	178	- 166
Ascariasis	63	8	69	4	+ 4
Syphilis	64	3	29	480	- 477
Hepatitis B	65	3	55	88	- 85
Hepatitis C	66	3	64	15	- 12
Chlamydia	67	3	70	3	+ 0
War	68	2	71	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Diphtheria	71	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	67	6	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	75	0	50	143	- 143
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	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

Guatemala

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.