ANGOLA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		ANGOLA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,947	6	12,805	+ 9,141
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,228	1	24,897	- 11,669
Malaria	3	10,783	4	13,608	- 2,825
Road Traffic Accidents	4	10,635	10	8,317	+ 2,318
Stroke	5	10,152	8	10,687	- 535
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	9,884	3	15,245	- 5,362
Coronary Heart Disease	7	8,426	9	10,020	- 1,594
Low Birth Weight	8	7,417	7	11,184	- 3,768
Birth Trauma	9	6,090	5	12,983	- 6,892
Liver Disease	10	5,571	12	6,103	- 532
Tuberculosis	11	5,115	2	16,991	- 11,876
Cervical Cancer	12	4,917	24	1,931	+ 2,986
Congenital Anomalies	13	4,289	11	7,402	- 3,113
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,875	13	4,413	- 538
Maternal Conditions	15	3,169	18	3,268	- 99
Oesophagus Cancer	16	3,148	48	310	+ 2,839
Hypertension	17	3,071	15	3,667	- 596
Meningitis	18	3,064	16	3,564	- 501
Kidney Disease	19	2,679	20	2,746	- 67
Malnutrition	20	2,563	17	3,509	- 946
Lung Disease	21	2,291	22	2,447	- 156
Other Injuries	22	2,164	21	2,682	- 518
Suicide	23	1,721	23	1,936	- 215
Lymphomas	24	1,433	38	608	+ 826
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,337	29	1,198	+ 139
Asthma	26	1,205	25	1,681	- 476
Breast Cancer	27	1,026	31	1,141	- 115
Falls	28	960	30	1,147	- 187
Syphilis	29	821	27	1,316	- 495
Drownings	30	783	26	1,600	- 817
Pertussis	31	745	14	4,197	- 3,452
Violence	32	695	19	2,928	- 2,234
Bladder Cancer	33	663	58	162	+ 501
Fires	34	649	34	839	- 190
Inflammatory/Heart	35	633	28	1,305	- 672
Skin Cancers	36	565	43	467	+ 99
Poisonings	37	555	37	639	- 84
Liver Cancer	38	541	39	579	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	478	35	679	- 201
Prostate Cancer	40	463	33	1,071	- 608
Epilepsy	41	444	36	647	- 203
Endocrine Disorders	42	438	32	1,119	- 681
Oral Cancer	43	429	41	507	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	401	42	477	- 77
Stomach Cancer	45	352	47	349	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	46	342	49	293	+ 49
Tetanus	47	304	40	510	- 206
Ovary Cancer	48	269	53	210	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	264	44	436	- 172
Schistosomiasis	50	245	52	216	+ 29
Lung Cancers	51	223	45	401	- 178
Alcohol	52	194	51	219	- 25
Skin Disease	53	173	50	224	- 51
Appendicitis	54	160	54	207	- 47
Hepatitis B	55	150	61	117	+ 33
Leukemia	56	140	46	361	- 221
Upper Respiratory	57	102	60	130	- 28
Encephalitis	58	82	56	190	- 108
Drug Use	59	81	55	206	- 125
Pancreas Cancer	60	65	59	142	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	49	65	61	- 12
Uterin Cancer	62	39	64	76	- 38
Other Neoplasms	63	28	67	40	- 11
Hepatitis C	64	25	70	15	+ 10
Dengue	65	16	74	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	66	15	69	19	- 5
Measles	67	10	63	95	- 85
Otitis Media	68	9	72	8	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	7	66	40	- 33
Chlamydia	70	4	73	5	- 1
War	71	4	68	23	- 19
Diphtheria	72	3	62	111	- 108
Trypanosomiasis	73	1	71	12	- 12
Leishmaniasis	74	0	57	166	- 166
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	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 ANGOLA

Malawi

Angola

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.