ALBANIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,833	42	26	+ 1,807
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,105	6	634	+ 471
Malaria	3	901	70	0	+ 901
Road Traffic Accidents	4	888	14	337	+ 551
Stroke	5	848	2	8,790	- 7,942
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	825	52	9	+ 816
Coronary Heart Disease	7	704	1	8,797	- 8,094
Low Birth Weight	8	619	25	106	+ 513
Birth Trauma	9	509	41	32	+ 476
Liver Disease	10	465	12	376	+ 89
Tuberculosis	11	427	54	8	+ 419
Cervical Cancer	12	411	36	48	+ 363
Congenital Anomalies	13	358	28	102	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	14	324	19	208	+ 115
Maternal Conditions	15	265	59	2	+ 263
Oesophagus Cancer	16	263	34	52	+ 211
Hypertension	17	256	10	425	- 169
Meningitis	18	256	49	14	+ 242
Kidney Disease	19	224	11	399	- 175
Malnutrition	20	214	58	3	+ 211
Lung Disease	21	191	5	876	- 685
Other Injuries	22	181	26	105	+ 75
Suicide	23	144	24	125	+ 19
Lymphomas	24	120	31	69	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	112	3	1,827	- 1,715
Asthma	26	101	21	193	- 92
Breast Cancer	27	86	17	229	- 144
Falls	28	80	23	125	- 45
Syphilis	29	69	62	1	+ 68
Drownings	30	65	43	25	+ 40
Pertussis	31	62	60	1	+ 61
Violence	32	58	27	103	- 45
Bladder Cancer	33	55	15	330	- 274
Fires	34	54	45	20	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	35	53	8	465	- 412
Skin Cancers	36	47	32	64	- 16
Poisonings	37	46	53	9	+ 37
Liver Cancer	38	45	9	434	- 389
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	40	33	57	- 17
Prostate Cancer	40	39	16	311	- 272
Epilepsy	41	37	37	44	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	42	37	29	91	- 54
Oral Cancer	43	36	30	90	- 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	33	20	197	- 164
Stomach Cancer	45	29	7	493	- 464
Parkinson's Disease	46	29	13	369	- 340
Tetanus	47	25	57	3	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	48	22	39	39	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	22	35	50	- 28
Schistosomiasis	50	20	72	0	+ 20
Lung Cancers	51	19	4	1,026	- 1,008
Alcohol	52	16	48	18	- 2
Skin Disease	53	14	55	6	+ 8
Appendicitis	54	13	56	5	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	13	63	0	+ 12
Leukemia	56	12	22	131	- 120
Upper Respiratory	57	8	50	12	- 4
Encephalitis	58	7	46	20	- 13
Drug Use	59	7	44	25	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	60	5	18	225	- 219
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	51	11	- 7
Uterin Cancer	62	3	38	42	- 39
Other Neoplasms	63	2	47	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	0	+ 2
Dengue	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	40	39	- 38
Measles	67	1	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	61	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Malawi

Albania

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.