COSTA RICA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,106	25	192	+ 2,914
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,872	7	836	+ 1,037
Malaria	3	1,526	78	0	+ 1,526
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,505	9	746	+ 759
Stroke	5	1,437	2	1,624	- 187
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,399	39	87	+ 1,312
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,193	1	2,639	- 1,447
Low Birth Weight	8	1,050	28	178	+ 872
Birth Trauma	9	862	47	48	+ 814
Liver Disease	10	788	18	370	+ 419
Tuberculosis	11	724	50	32	+ 692
Cervical Cancer	12	696	29	159	+ 537
Congenital Anomalies	13	607	21	315	+ 292
Diabetes Mellitus	14	548	5	953	- 405
Maternal Conditions	15	449	55	17	+ 432
Oesophagus Cancer	16	446	44	61	+ 385
Hypertension	17	435	6	863	- 428
Meningitis	18	434	54	18	+ 416
Kidney Disease	19	379	3	1,482	- 1,103
Malnutrition	20	363	48	37	+ 326
Lung Disease	21	324	4	1,046	- 722
Other Injuries	22	306	13	571	- 264
Suicide	23	244	15	407	- 163
Lymphomas	24	203	19	356	- 153
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	189	8	818	- 629
Asthma	26	171	45	60	+ 110
Breast Cancer	27	145	16	384	- 239
Falls	28	136	35	116	+ 20
Syphilis	29	116	65	1	+ 115
Drownings	30	111	37	97	+ 14
Pertussis	31	106	69	0	+ 105
Violence	32	98	11	635	- 537
Bladder Cancer	33	94	36	100	- 6
Fires	34	92	58	10	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	35	90	26	191	- 102
Skin Cancers	36	80	31	137	- 57
Poisonings	37	79	60	5	+ 73
Liver Cancer	38	77	17	382	- 305
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	68	42	74	- 6
Prostate Cancer	40	65	14	448	- 383
Epilepsy	41	63	34	116	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	42	62	27	183	- 121
Oral Cancer	43	61	38	96	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	57	12	621	- 564
Stomach Cancer	45	50	10	661	- 611
Parkinson's Disease	46	48	30	138	- 90
Tetanus	47	43	74	0	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	48	38	40	80	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	37	49	32	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	50	35	76	0	+ 35
Lung Cancers	51	32	20	343	- 312
Alcohol	52	28	33	126	- 99
Skin Disease	53	25	32	126	- 102
Appendicitis	54	23	52	22	+ 1
Hepatitis B	55	21	59	7	+ 14
Leukemia	56	20	24	262	- 242
Upper Respiratory	57	14	62	3	+ 11
Encephalitis	58	12	63	3	+ 9
Drug Use	59	11	43	63	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	60	9	22	294	- 284
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	46	55	- 48
Uterin Cancer	62	5	41	80	- 75
Other Neoplasms	63	4	23	266	- 262
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	1	+ 2
Dengue	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	57	11	- 9
Measles	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Malawi

Costa Rica

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.