MALAWI VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	19,902	2	7,739	+ 12,164
Malaria	2	12,729	3	6,308	+ 6,421
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	10,563	6	5,782	+ 4,781
Measles	4	9,375	67	6	+ 9,369
Stroke	5	8,990	5	5,939	+ 3,051
Coronary Heart Disease	6	8,816	7	4,929	+ 3,887
Birth Trauma	7	7,464	9	3,563	+ 3,901
Low Birth Weight	8	6,720	8	4,339	+ 2,381
Road Traffic Accidents	9	5,895	4	6,221	- 327
HIV/AIDS	10	4,699	1	12,839	- 8,140
Meningitis	11	4,097	18	1,792	+ 2,305
Liver Disease	12	3,968	10	3,259	+ 709
Tuberculosis	13	3,686	11	2,992	+ 693
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,393	13	2,509	+ 884
Diabetes Mellitus	15	3,327	14	2,267	+ 1,060
Kidney Disease	16	3,018	19	1,567	+ 1,450
Maternal Conditions	17	2,790	15	1,854	+ 936
Other Injuries	18	2,340	22	1,266	+ 1,074
Cervical Cancer	19	2,321	12	2,876	- 556
Lung Disease	20	2,136	21	1,340	+ 796
Hypertension	21	2,098	17	1,797	+ 301
Asthma	22	1,835	26	705	+ 1,130
Liver Cancer	23	1,816	38	317	+ 1,500
Pertussis	24	1,813	31	436	+ 1,377
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,773	42	257	+ 1,517
Violence	26	1,755	32	406	+ 1,349
Trypanosomiasis	27	1,668	73	0	+ 1,668
Malnutrition	28	1,606	20	1,499	+ 107
Suicide	29	1,388	23	1,007	+ 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	901	25	782	+ 119
Drownings	31	822	30	458	+ 364
Prostate Cancer	32	817	40	271	+ 546
Falls	33	746	28	562	+ 184
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	697	39	280	+ 418
Inflammatory/Heart	35	684	35	370	+ 313
Fires	36	638	34	380	+ 259
Epilepsy	37	544	41	260	+ 284
Breast Cancer	38	537	27	600	- 63
Syphilis	39	510	29	480	+ 30
Poisonings	40	459	37	325	+ 134
Stomach Cancer	41	382	45	206	+ 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	370	49	154	+ 216
Schistosomiasis	43	361	50	143	+ 217
Parkinson's Disease	44	330	46	200	+ 130
Tetanus	45	264	47	178	+ 86
Drug Use	46	263	59	48	+ 215
Hepatitis B	47	252	55	88	+ 164
Lymphomas	48	245	24	839	- 593
Skin Cancers	49	237	36	331	- 94
Lung Cancers	50	199	51	131	+ 69
Skin Disease	51	198	53	101	+ 97
Oral Cancer	52	189	43	251	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	156	44	234	- 79
Ovary Cancer	54	144	48	158	- 13
Alcohol	55	130	52	114	+ 16
Encephalitis	56	126	58	48	+ 78
Appendicitis	57	64	54	94	- 30
Diphtheria	58	62	72	2	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	59	59	62	23	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	60	50	33	388	- 338
Hepatitis C	61	35	64	15	+ 20
Ascariasis	62	34	69	4	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	63	31	16	1,842	- 1,811
War	64	30	71	2	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	65	30	60	38	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	28	66	9	+ 19
Leukemia	67	27	56	82	- 55
Other Neoplasms	68	25	63	17	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	69	23	57	60	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	20	61	29	- 9
Chlamydia	71	4	70	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	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
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

Guinea

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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.