MALAWI VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,584	7	4,929	+ 31,655
Stroke	2	28,019	5	5,939	+ 22,080
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,859	14	2,267	+ 13,592
Hypertension	4	8,770	17	1,797	+ 6,973
Suicide	5	8,642	23	1,007	+ 7,635
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,263	2	7,739	+ 525
HIV/AIDS	7	7,021	1	12,839	- 5,818
Kidney Disease	8	6,396	19	1,567	+ 4,828
Liver Disease	9	5,394	10	3,259	+ 2,135
Violence	10	5,304	32	406	+ 4,898
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,792	4	6,221	- 1,430
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,780	42	257	+ 4,524
Lung Disease	13	4,768	21	1,340	+ 3,428
Other Injuries	14	4,582	22	1,266	+ 3,316
Drownings	15	3,969	30	458	+ 3,511
Tuberculosis	16	3,754	11	2,992	+ 761
Prostate Cancer	17	3,378	40	271	+ 3,108
Anemia	18	2,711	81	0	+ 2,711
Breast Cancer	19	2,627	27	600	+ 2,027
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,515	35	370	+ 2,144
Cervical Cancer	21	2,504	12	2,876	- 372
Low Birth Weight	22	2,446	8	4,339	- 1,893
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,883	13	2,509	- 627
Birth Trauma	24	1,765	9	3,563	- 1,798
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,605	44	234	+ 1,371
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,489	39	280	+ 1,209
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,302	6	5,782	- 4,480
Other Neoplasms	28	1,101	63	17	+ 1,084
Lung Cancers	29	1,034	51	131	+ 904
Malnutrition	30	1,023	20	1,499	- 477
Stomach Cancer	31	931	45	206	+ 725
Lymphomas	32	882	24	839	+ 44
Malaria	33	822	3	6,308	- 5,486
Liver Cancer	34	792	38	317	+ 475
Maternal Conditions	35	772	15	1,854	- 1,082
Asthma	36	698	26	705	- 7
Epilepsy	37	646	41	260	+ 386
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	626	25	782	- 156
Leukemia	39	582	56	82	+ 500
Oral Cancer	40	549	43	251	+ 298
Fires	41	533	34	380	+ 153
Pancreas Cancer	42	521	60	38	+ 483
Ovary Cancer	43	486	48	158	+ 328
Meningitis	44	477	18	1,792	- 1,315
Drug Use	45	429	59	48	+ 381
Uterin Cancer	46	356	62	23	+ 333
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	353	49	154	+ 199
Falls	48	305	28	562	- 257
Parkinson's Disease	49	247	46	200	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	50	217	33	388	- 171
Oesophagus Cancer	51	214	16	1,842	- 1,628
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	213	85	0	+ 213
Encephalitis	53	193	58	48	+ 145
Appendicitis	54	164	54	94	+ 70
Skin Cancers	55	132	36	331	- 199
Skin Disease	56	88	53	101	- 14
Alcohol	57	85	52	114	- 29
Osteoarthritis	58	83	84	0	+ 83
Hepatitis B	59	55	55	88	- 33
Dengue	60	50	65	9	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	61	34	66	9	+ 25
Schizophrenia	62	28	80	0	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	27	61	29	- 1
War	64	17	71	2	+ 14
Poisonings	65	16	37	325	- 309
Upper Respiratory	66	14	57	60	- 45
Oral conditions	67	12	86	0	+ 12
Leprosy	68	10	76	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	69	7	64	15	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	7	82	0	+ 7
Syphilis	71	6	29	480	- 474
Tetanus	72	6	47	178	- 172
Pertussis	73	2	31	436	- 434
Ascariasis	74	1	69	4	- 4
Diphtheria	75	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	76	0	68	5	- 5
Measles	77	0	67	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	3	- 3
Chagas disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	50	143	- 143
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Guyana

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.