COMOROS VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	531	76	0	+ 531
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	320	1	594	- 274
Malaria	3	261	29	29	+ 232
Road Traffic Accidents	4	257	6	226	+ 31
Stroke	5	246	3	356	- 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	239	2	363	- 124
Coronary Heart Disease	7	204	4	349	- 145
Low Birth Weight	8	179	5	328	- 149
Birth Trauma	9	147	7	211	- 63
Liver Disease	10	135	8	160	- 25
Tuberculosis	11	124	19	79	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	12	119	13	104	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	13	104	10	131	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	14	94	9	136	- 43
Maternal Conditions	15	77	22	47	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	16	76	26	34	+ 43
Hypertension	17	74	12	115	- 41
Meningitis	18	74	11	115	- 41
Kidney Disease	19	65	14	101	- 37
Malnutrition	20	62	15	96	- 34
Lung Disease	21	55	17	83	- 28
Other Injuries	22	52	16	90	- 38
Suicide	23	42	24	46	- 4
Lymphomas	24	35	37	19	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	32	23	46	- 14
Asthma	26	29	21	49	- 20
Breast Cancer	27	25	33	23	+ 2
Falls	28	23	32	26	- 3
Syphilis	29	20	38	19	+ 1
Drownings	30	19	25	35	- 16
Pertussis	31	18	18	80	- 62
Violence	32	17	20	63	- 46
Bladder Cancer	33	16	46	10	+ 6
Fires	34	16	30	27	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	35	15	31	26	- 11
Skin Cancers	36	14	42	12	+ 1
Poisonings	37	13	35	20	- 7
Liver Cancer	38	13	28	29	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	12	34	21	- 9
Prostate Cancer	40	11	27	33	- 22
Epilepsy	41	11	40	17	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	42	11	36	19	- 9
Oral Cancer	43	10	41	15	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	10	39	19	- 9
Stomach Cancer	45	9	45	11	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	46	8	44	11	- 3
Tetanus	47	7	43	12	- 5
Ovary Cancer	48	7	56	3	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	6	47	10	- 4
Schistosomiasis	50	6	75	0	+ 6
Lung Cancers	51	5	60	1	+ 4
Alcohol	52	5	51	6	- 1
Skin Disease	53	4	48	9	- 5
Appendicitis	54	4	50	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	55	4	52	5	- 2
Leukemia	56	3	57	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	57	2	53	4	- 2
Encephalitis	58	2	54	4	- 2
Drug Use	59	2	49	7	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	58	2	- 0
Uterin Cancer	62	1	55	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	61	1	- 0
Dengue	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	62	1	- 0
Measles	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
War	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	79	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 COMOROS

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Comoros

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.