MALAWI VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,456	7	4,929	+ 19,527
Stroke	2	21,810	5	5,939	+ 15,871
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	13,079	2	7,739	+ 5,340
Diabetes Mellitus	4	9,305	14	2,267	+ 7,039
HIV/AIDS	5	5,010	1	12,839	- 7,829
Kidney Disease	6	5,001	19	1,567	+ 3,434
Hypertension	7	4,873	17	1,797	+ 3,076
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,702	6	5,782	- 1,080
Low Birth Weight	9	4,658	8	4,339	+ 319
Liver Disease	10	4,490	10	3,259	+ 1,231
Lung Disease	11	4,322	21	1,340	+ 2,982
Violence	12	4,313	32	406	+ 3,907
Road Traffic Accidents	13	3,915	4	6,221	- 2,306
Birth Trauma	14	3,889	9	3,563	+ 326
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,369	13	2,509	+ 859
Other Injuries	16	2,775	22	1,266	+ 1,509
Prostate Cancer	17	2,512	40	271	+ 2,241
Maternal Conditions	18	2,497	15	1,854	+ 643
Drownings	19	2,419	30	458	+ 1,961
Asthma	20	2,050	26	705	+ 1,345
Suicide	21	2,010	23	1,007	+ 1,003
Tuberculosis	22	1,865	11	2,992	- 1,127
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,768	25	782	+ 986
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,762	42	257	+ 1,505
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,742	35	370	+ 1,372
Stomach Cancer	26	1,598	45	206	+ 1,392
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	1,507	49	154	+ 1,353
Meningitis	28	1,444	18	1,792	- 348
Malnutrition	29	1,327	20	1,499	- 172
Breast Cancer	30	1,305	27	600	+ 705
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,304	39	280	+ 1,024
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,259	44	234	+ 1,025
Liver Cancer	33	1,227	38	317	+ 910
Cervical Cancer	34	1,060	12	2,876	- 1,816
Falls	35	1,016	28	562	+ 455
Lung Cancers	36	910	51	131	+ 780
Fires	37	870	34	380	+ 491
Pertussis	38	827	31	436	+ 390
Alcohol	39	792	52	114	+ 678
Skin Disease	40	786	53	101	+ 685
Epilepsy	41	757	41	260	+ 497
Parkinson's Disease	42	610	46	200	+ 410
Leukemia	43	556	56	82	+ 474
Pancreas Cancer	44	497	60	38	+ 459
Oral Cancer	45	483	43	251	+ 232
Syphilis	46	465	29	480	- 15
Lymphomas	47	436	24	839	- 403
Appendicitis	48	318	54	94	+ 224
Oesophagus Cancer	49	287	16	1,842	- 1,555
Poisonings	50	286	37	325	- 39
Ovary Cancer	51	284	48	158	+ 127
Drug Use	52	259	59	48	+ 212
Tetanus	53	220	47	178	+ 42
Encephalitis	54	218	58	48	+ 170
Bladder Cancer	55	170	33	388	- 218
Skin Cancers	56	104	36	331	- 226
Uterin Cancer	57	78	62	23	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	69	61	29	+ 40
Malaria	59	67	3	6,308	- 6,241
Other Neoplasms	60	56	63	17	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	61	53	66	9	+ 44
Hepatitis B	62	48	55	88	- 40
Upper Respiratory	63	35	57	60	- 25
Dengue	64	31	65	9	+ 22
Hepatitis C	65	14	64	15	- 1
War	66	10	71	2	+ 8
Ascariasis	67	10	69	4	+ 6
Chlamydia	68	8	70	3	+ 6
Diphtheria	69	6	72	2	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	2	68	5	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	67	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Haiti

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.