MALAWI VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,476	7	4,929	+ 18,547
Lung Disease	2	13,587	21	1,340	+ 12,247
Stroke	3	10,765	5	5,939	+ 4,826
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	10,353	6	5,782	+ 4,571
Tuberculosis	5	6,732	11	2,992	+ 3,740
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,061	2	7,739	- 1,678
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,193	14	2,267	+ 1,926
Liver Disease	8	4,148	10	3,259	+ 889
Low Birth Weight	9	3,687	8	4,339	- 652
Falls	10	3,487	28	562	+ 2,925
Kidney Disease	11	3,443	19	1,567	+ 1,875
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,283	4	6,221	- 2,938
Asthma	13	3,028	26	705	+ 2,323
Suicide	14	2,677	23	1,007	+ 1,670
Other Injuries	15	2,310	22	1,266	+ 1,044
Oral Cancer	16	2,072	43	251	+ 1,821
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,955	25	782	+ 1,173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	1,947	49	154	+ 1,793
Hypertension	19	1,669	17	1,797	- 128
Birth Trauma	20	1,588	9	3,563	- 1,975
Lung Cancers	21	1,363	51	131	+ 1,233
Breast Cancer	22	1,279	27	600	+ 679
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,278	13	2,509	- 1,231
Stomach Cancer	24	1,252	45	206	+ 1,046
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,195	44	234	+ 961
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,052	39	280	+ 772
Violence	27	800	32	406	+ 393
Drownings	28	753	30	458	+ 296
Encephalitis	29	743	58	48	+ 695
Cervical Cancer	30	700	12	2,876	- 2,176
HIV/AIDS	31	686	1	12,839	- 12,153
Parkinson's Disease	32	670	46	200	+ 470
Lymphomas	33	620	24	839	- 218
Oesophagus Cancer	34	601	16	1,842	- 1,241
Leukemia	35	516	56	82	+ 434
Meningitis	36	515	18	1,792	- 1,277
Pancreas Cancer	37	507	60	38	+ 469
Prostate Cancer	38	478	40	271	+ 207
Liver Cancer	39	469	38	317	+ 152
Epilepsy	40	468	41	260	+ 208
Maternal Conditions	41	400	15	1,854	- 1,454
Fires	42	359	34	380	- 20
Alcohol	43	357	52	114	+ 243
Ovary Cancer	44	339	48	158	+ 181
Skin Disease	45	276	53	101	+ 174
Dengue	46	271	65	9	+ 262
Endocrine Disorders	47	236	42	257	- 21
Bladder Cancer	48	217	33	388	- 171
Inflammatory/Heart	49	195	35	370	- 175
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	184	61	29	+ 156
Measles	51	184	67	6	+ 178
Drug Use	52	181	59	48	+ 134
Appendicitis	53	174	54	94	+ 80
Pertussis	54	156	31	436	- 280
Malnutrition	55	133	20	1,499	- 1,366
Hepatitis B	56	126	55	88	+ 39
Malaria	57	119	3	6,308	- 6,189
Tetanus	58	110	47	178	- 68
Uterin Cancer	59	106	62	23	+ 83
Skin Cancers	60	78	36	331	- 253
Poisonings	61	55	37	325	- 270
Other Neoplasms	62	46	63	17	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	63	36	66	9	+ 27
Syphilis	64	31	29	480	- 449
Hepatitis C	65	21	64	15	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	66	15	74	0	+ 15
War	67	14	71	2	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	68	9	57	60	- 51
Chlamydia	69	6	70	3	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	2	69	4	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	68	5	- 4
Diphtheria	72	1	72	2	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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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.