MALAWI VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,458	7	4,929	+ 4,529
Stroke	2	5,665	5	5,939	- 275
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,344	4	6,221	- 2,877
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,279	14	2,267	+ 1,013
Hypertension	5	2,983	17	1,797	+ 1,187
Kidney Disease	6	2,910	19	1,567	+ 1,342
Lung Cancers	7	2,062	51	131	+ 1,931
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,826	2	7,739	- 5,913
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,820	13	2,509	- 690
Low Birth Weight	10	1,669	8	4,339	- 2,670
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,376	25	782	+ 594
Breast Cancer	12	1,336	27	600	+ 736
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,201	44	234	+ 966
Liver Disease	14	961	10	3,259	- 2,298
Lung Disease	15	865	21	1,340	- 476
Leukemia	16	720	56	82	+ 638
Stomach Cancer	17	711	45	206	+ 505
Lymphomas	18	630	24	839	- 209
Other Injuries	19	572	22	1,266	- 694
Birth Trauma	20	528	9	3,563	- 3,035
Violence	21	524	32	406	+ 117
Pancreas Cancer	22	478	60	38	+ 440
Bladder Cancer	23	414	33	388	+ 26
Falls	24	371	28	562	- 191
Liver Cancer	25	362	38	317	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	26	351	42	257	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	27	329	46	200	+ 130
Suicide	28	322	23	1,007	- 685
Fires	29	298	34	380	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	296	6	5,782	- 5,486
Oral Cancer	31	278	43	251	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	32	271	48	158	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	33	255	40	271	- 16
Drug Use	34	224	59	48	+ 176
Asthma	35	223	26	705	- 482
Drownings	36	208	30	458	- 249
Meningitis	37	153	18	1,792	- 1,640
Inflammatory/Heart	38	145	35	370	- 226
Uterin Cancer	39	145	62	23	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	130	39	280	- 150
Cervical Cancer	41	124	12	2,876	- 2,752
Oesophagus Cancer	42	123	16	1,842	- 1,719
Pertussis	43	106	31	436	- 330
Maternal Conditions	44	102	15	1,854	- 1,752
Syphilis	45	101	29	480	- 379
Epilepsy	46	95	41	260	- 165
Poisonings	47	91	37	325	- 234
Skin Disease	48	82	53	101	- 19
Skin Cancers	49	74	36	331	- 257
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	44	49	154	- 111
Malnutrition	51	29	20	1,499	- 1,470
Encephalitis	52	27	58	48	- 21
Tuberculosis	53	24	11	2,992	- 2,969
Multiple Sclerosis	54	23	66	9	+ 14
Alcohol	55	21	52	114	- 93
Tetanus	56	20	47	178	- 157
Other Neoplasms	57	18	63	17	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	15	54	94	- 79
War	59	12	71	2	+ 10
Hepatitis B	60	8	55	88	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	61	29	- 21
Schistosomiasis	62	5	50	143	- 138
HIV/AIDS	63	4	1	12,839	- 12,835
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	15	- 12
Measles	65	1	67	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	72	2	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	69	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	69	0	57	60	- 59
Chlamydia	70	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	72	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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

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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.