MALAWI VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	46,578	1	12,839	+ 33,739
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	31,403	2	7,739	+ 23,665
Stroke	3	27,521	5	5,939	+ 21,582
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	23,000	6	5,782	+ 17,218
Coronary Heart Disease	5	20,526	7	4,929	+ 15,597
Diabetes Mellitus	6	19,536	14	2,267	+ 17,269
Suicide	7	15,041	23	1,007	+ 14,034
Tuberculosis	8	11,805	11	2,992	+ 8,813
Lung Disease	9	10,765	21	1,340	+ 9,425
Kidney Disease	10	9,912	19	1,567	+ 8,345
Hypertension	11	9,672	17	1,797	+ 7,875
Low Birth Weight	12	9,348	8	4,339	+ 5,009
Violence	13	9,027	32	406	+ 8,620
Liver Disease	14	7,738	10	3,259	+ 4,479
Birth Trauma	15	7,008	9	3,563	+ 3,445
Road Traffic Accidents	16	6,629	4	6,221	+ 408
Asthma	17	6,622	26	705	+ 5,917
Other Injuries	18	5,206	22	1,266	+ 3,939
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,804	13	2,509	+ 1,294
Cervical Cancer	20	3,638	12	2,876	+ 762
Malnutrition	21	3,489	20	1,499	+ 1,990
Meningitis	22	3,105	18	1,792	+ 1,313
Inflammatory/Heart	23	2,981	35	370	+ 2,610
Maternal Conditions	24	2,855	15	1,854	+ 1,001
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	2,723	39	280	+ 2,443
Fires	26	2,626	34	380	+ 2,246
Endocrine Disorders	27	2,295	42	257	+ 2,039
Drownings	28	1,953	30	458	+ 1,495
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,897	25	782	+ 1,115
Epilepsy	30	1,401	41	260	+ 1,141
Falls	31	1,249	28	562	+ 687
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,227	49	154	+ 1,072
Poisonings	33	1,085	37	325	+ 761
Breast Cancer	34	949	27	600	+ 348
Prostate Cancer	35	788	40	271	+ 517
Lymphomas	36	760	24	839	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	37	717	16	1,842	- 1,124
Alcohol	38	692	52	114	+ 578
Liver Cancer	39	690	38	317	+ 374
Skin Disease	40	682	53	101	+ 581
Parkinson's Disease	41	535	46	200	+ 335
Oral Cancer	42	505	43	251	+ 254
Lung Cancers	43	499	51	131	+ 368
Pertussis	44	498	31	436	+ 62
Syphilis	45	493	29	480	+ 13
Skin Cancers	46	452	36	331	+ 122
Tetanus	47	441	47	178	+ 263
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	387	44	234	+ 153
Leukemia	49	380	56	82	+ 298
Drug Use	50	308	59	48	+ 261
Hepatitis B	51	261	55	88	+ 173
Appendicitis	52	243	54	94	+ 149
Ovary Cancer	53	239	48	158	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	54	229	62	23	+ 207
Upper Respiratory	55	177	57	60	+ 118
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	176	61	29	+ 148
Encephalitis	57	133	58	48	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	58	119	60	38	+ 81
Measles	59	114	67	6	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	60	105	45	206	- 101
Bladder Cancer	61	94	33	388	- 294
Other Neoplasms	62	90	63	17	+ 73
Multiple Sclerosis	63	58	66	9	+ 49
Hepatitis C	64	24	64	15	+ 9
Chlamydia	65	15	70	3	+ 13
Otitis Media	66	12	68	5	+ 6
Ascariasis	67	7	69	4	+ 3
War	68	3	71	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	3	72	2	+ 1
Dengue	70	1	65	9	- 8
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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

Lesotho

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.