BOTSWANA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,446	1	4,950	- 3,504
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	871	2	1,674	- 802
Malaria	3	710	64	1	+ 710
Road Traffic Accidents	4	701	7	608	+ 92
Stroke	5	669	4	1,588	- 919
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	651	8	527	+ 124
Coronary Heart Disease	7	555	3	1,632	- 1,077
Low Birth Weight	8	489	13	447	+ 42
Birth Trauma	9	401	17	261	+ 140
Liver Disease	10	367	12	459	- 92
Tuberculosis	11	337	6	649	- 312
Cervical Cancer	12	324	22	164	+ 160
Congenital Anomalies	13	283	16	287	- 5
Diabetes Mellitus	14	255	5	1,273	- 1,017
Maternal Conditions	15	209	24	118	+ 91
Oesophagus Cancer	16	207	28	103	+ 105
Hypertension	17	202	11	471	- 269
Meningitis	18	202	25	108	+ 93
Kidney Disease	19	176	9	506	- 330
Malnutrition	20	169	21	171	- 2
Lung Disease	21	151	10	482	- 331
Other Injuries	22	143	19	216	- 74
Suicide	23	113	15	370	- 256
Lymphomas	24	94	31	77	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	88	23	164	- 76
Asthma	26	79	18	232	- 153
Breast Cancer	27	68	33	68	- 1
Falls	28	63	34	62	+ 2
Syphilis	29	54	44	36	+ 18
Drownings	30	52	30	83	- 31
Pertussis	31	49	40	45	+ 5
Violence	32	46	14	389	- 343
Bladder Cancer	33	44	60	6	+ 37
Fires	34	43	26	108	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	35	42	20	177	- 135
Skin Cancers	36	37	37	52	- 15
Poisonings	37	37	42	42	- 6
Liver Cancer	38	36	35	57	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	31	29	90	- 59
Prostate Cancer	40	30	41	45	- 14
Epilepsy	41	29	36	56	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	42	29	27	103	- 74
Oral Cancer	43	28	32	70	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	26	47	28	- 1
Stomach Cancer	45	23	53	10	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	46	22	38	47	- 25
Tetanus	47	20	61	6	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	48	18	49	19	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	17	43	37	- 20
Schistosomiasis	50	16	54	10	+ 6
Lung Cancers	51	15	39	45	- 31
Alcohol	52	13	45	31	- 18
Skin Disease	53	11	46	30	- 18
Appendicitis	54	11	57	8	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	10	62	6	+ 4
Leukemia	56	9	51	13	- 4
Upper Respiratory	57	7	58	7	- 1
Encephalitis	58	5	59	7	- 2
Drug Use	59	5	48	26	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	60	4	50	16	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	52	11	- 7
Uterin Cancer	62	3	56	9	- 7
Other Neoplasms	63	2	55	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Dengue	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	3	- 2
Measles	67	1	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
War	71	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	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 BOTSWANA

Malawi

Botswana

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.