CROATIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,448	59	8	+ 2,441
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,476	10	1,021	+ 454
Malaria	3	1,203	77	0	+ 1,203
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,186	27	328	+ 858
Stroke	5	1,133	2	6,275	- 5,143
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,103	39	82	+ 1,021
Coronary Heart Disease	7	940	1	12,307	- 11,367
Low Birth Weight	8	827	56	10	+ 817
Birth Trauma	9	679	55	11	+ 668
Liver Disease	10	621	13	924	- 303
Tuberculosis	11	571	44	61	+ 509
Cervical Cancer	12	548	34	156	+ 393
Congenital Anomalies	13	478	37	94	+ 384
Diabetes Mellitus	14	432	6	1,963	- 1,531
Maternal Conditions	15	354	61	2	+ 351
Oesophagus Cancer	16	351	33	189	+ 162
Hypertension	17	343	8	1,102	- 759
Meningitis	18	342	52	16	+ 326
Kidney Disease	19	299	7	1,392	- 1,093
Malnutrition	20	286	70	0	+ 286
Lung Disease	21	256	5	2,111	- 1,855
Other Injuries	22	241	23	428	- 186
Suicide	23	192	17	676	- 484
Lymphomas	24	160	18	556	- 396
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	149	9	1,066	- 917
Asthma	26	134	41	74	+ 61
Breast Cancer	27	114	11	1,019	- 904
Falls	28	107	12	974	- 867
Syphilis	29	92	71	0	+ 92
Drownings	30	87	38	86	+ 1
Pertussis	31	83	69	0	+ 83
Violence	32	78	48	45	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	33	74	20	499	- 425
Fires	34	72	50	34	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	35	71	21	457	- 386
Skin Cancers	36	63	26	332	- 269
Poisonings	37	62	54	16	+ 46
Liver Cancer	38	60	19	501	- 441
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	53	31	207	- 154
Prostate Cancer	40	52	14	852	- 800
Epilepsy	41	50	36	94	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	42	49	42	72	- 24
Oral Cancer	43	48	25	338	- 290
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	45	4	2,189	- 2,144
Stomach Cancer	45	39	15	786	- 747
Parkinson's Disease	46	38	24	423	- 385
Tetanus	47	34	68	0	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	48	30	28	308	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	29	35	137	- 107
Schistosomiasis	50	27	75	0	+ 27
Lung Cancers	51	25	3	2,842	- 2,817
Alcohol	52	22	30	219	- 197
Skin Disease	53	19	58	8	+ 12
Appendicitis	54	18	57	9	+ 9
Hepatitis B	55	17	51	17	- 0
Leukemia	56	16	22	435	- 420
Upper Respiratory	57	11	63	2	+ 10
Encephalitis	58	9	65	1	+ 8
Drug Use	59	9	43	70	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	60	7	16	754	- 747
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	46	47	- 41
Uterin Cancer	62	4	32	199	- 195
Other Neoplasms	63	3	29	283	- 280
Hepatitis C	64	3	47	45	- 42
Dengue	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	45	55	- 53
Measles	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	60	3	- 2
Ascariasis	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	62	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	40	79	- 79
Anemia	81	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	43	- 43
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Malawi

Croatia

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.