MALAWI VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,434	2	7,739	+ 695
HIV/AIDS	2	7,803	1	12,839	- 5,035
Tuberculosis	3	7,344	11	2,992	+ 4,352
Stroke	4	5,939	5	5,939	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,762	6	5,782	- 20
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,561	4	6,221	- 660
Liver Disease	7	5,008	10	3,259	+ 1,750
Malaria	8	4,727	3	6,308	- 1,581
Coronary Heart Disease	9	4,473	7	4,929	- 456
Birth Trauma	10	3,720	9	3,563	+ 158
Low Birth Weight	11	3,573	8	4,339	- 766
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,285	13	2,509	- 224
Maternal Conditions	13	2,112	15	1,854	+ 258
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,112	14	2,267	- 155
Meningitis	15	2,004	18	1,792	+ 212
Kidney Disease	16	1,668	19	1,567	+ 100
Hypertension	17	1,651	17	1,797	- 146
Oesophagus Cancer	18	1,634	16	1,842	- 208
Other Injuries	19	1,620	22	1,266	+ 354
Lung Disease	20	1,599	21	1,340	+ 259
Malnutrition	21	1,574	20	1,499	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	22	1,266	12	2,876	- 1,610
Suicide	23	1,201	23	1,007	+ 194
Violence	24	1,099	32	406	+ 693
Breast Cancer	25	993	27	600	+ 393
Asthma	26	859	26	705	+ 154
Tetanus	27	795	47	178	+ 618
Stomach Cancer	28	751	45	206	+ 545
Lymphomas	29	722	24	839	- 117
Oral Cancer	30	688	43	251	+ 437
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	683	25	782	- 100
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	552	44	234	+ 318
Falls	33	547	28	562	- 14
Liver Cancer	34	505	38	317	+ 188
Leukemia	35	496	56	82	+ 414
Fires	36	492	34	380	+ 112
Prostate Cancer	37	483	40	271	+ 212
Poisonings	38	474	37	325	+ 149
Drownings	39	448	30	458	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	40	419	35	370	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	407	39	280	+ 127
Pertussis	42	379	31	436	- 57
Epilepsy	43	311	41	260	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	44	310	42	257	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	45	297	48	158	+ 139
Pancreas Cancer	46	268	60	38	+ 230
Lung Cancers	47	250	51	131	+ 119
Skin Cancers	48	238	36	331	- 92
Hepatitis B	49	195	55	88	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	50	176	46	200	- 24
Skin Disease	51	170	53	101	+ 69
Syphilis	52	168	29	480	- 312
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	152	49	154	- 2
Schistosomiasis	54	138	50	143	- 5
Alcohol	55	133	52	114	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	56	121	62	23	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	57	119	33	388	- 269
Appendicitis	58	90	54	94	- 4
Leishmaniasis	59	73	74	0	+ 73
Encephalitis	60	71	58	48	+ 23
Hepatitis C	61	57	64	15	+ 42
Drug Use	62	42	59	48	- 5
Measles	63	39	67	6	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	64	35	57	60	- 24
War	65	33	71	2	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	31	61	29	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	67	23	63	17	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	68	14	66	9	+ 6
Diphtheria	69	5	72	2	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	3	69	4	- 1
Otitis Media	72	3	68	5	- 3
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	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

Kenya

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.