CUBA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,469	34	471	+ 5,998
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,899	3	8,564	- 4,665
Malaria	3	3,178	82	0	+ 3,178
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,135	19	1,007	+ 2,127
Stroke	5	2,993	2	10,725	- 7,733
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,913	43	206	+ 2,707
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,484	1	22,079	- 19,595
Low Birth Weight	8	2,186	48	98	+ 2,088
Birth Trauma	9	1,795	59	49	+ 1,747
Liver Disease	10	1,642	11	1,873	- 231
Tuberculosis	11	1,508	60	45	+ 1,463
Cervical Cancer	12	1,449	29	666	+ 784
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,264	37	368	+ 897
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,142	13	1,791	- 649
Maternal Conditions	15	934	61	43	+ 891
Oesophagus Cancer	16	928	22	879	+ 49
Hypertension	17	905	7	3,469	- 2,564
Meningitis	18	903	50	83	+ 820
Kidney Disease	19	790	14	1,700	- 910
Malnutrition	20	756	55	64	+ 692
Lung Disease	21	675	6	5,492	- 4,817
Other Injuries	22	638	12	1,869	- 1,231
Suicide	23	507	16	1,638	- 1,130
Lymphomas	24	423	18	1,089	- 667
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	394	5	5,841	- 5,447
Asthma	26	355	40	301	+ 54
Breast Cancer	27	302	15	1,673	- 1,370
Falls	28	283	10	2,810	- 2,527
Syphilis	29	242	69	1	+ 241
Drownings	30	231	42	231	- 0
Pertussis	31	220	73	0	+ 220
Violence	32	205	32	584	- 379
Bladder Cancer	33	195	26	734	- 539
Fires	34	191	58	55	+ 136
Inflammatory/Heart	35	187	17	1,156	- 970
Skin Cancers	36	167	33	514	- 347
Poisonings	37	164	62	17	+ 146
Liver Cancer	38	160	24	815	- 656
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	141	35	420	- 279
Prostate Cancer	40	136	8	3,365	- 3,229
Epilepsy	41	131	46	108	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	42	129	36	412	- 283
Oral Cancer	43	126	23	876	- 750
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	118	9	2,958	- 2,839
Stomach Cancer	45	104	20	991	- 887
Parkinson's Disease	46	101	27	691	- 590
Tetanus	47	90	71	1	+ 89
Ovary Cancer	48	79	39	323	- 244
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	78	44	162	- 84
Schistosomiasis	50	72	81	0	+ 72
Lung Cancers	51	66	4	5,985	- 5,919
Alcohol	52	57	28	675	- 618
Skin Disease	53	51	41	258	- 207
Appendicitis	54	47	47	104	- 57
Hepatitis B	55	44	56	59	- 15
Leukemia	56	41	30	633	- 592
Upper Respiratory	57	30	65	6	+ 24
Encephalitis	58	24	66	6	+ 18
Drug Use	59	24	51	82	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	60	19	21	905	- 886
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	14	49	87	- 72
Uterin Cancer	62	11	31	602	- 591
Other Neoplasms	63	8	25	769	- 760
Hepatitis C	64	7	45	112	- 105
Dengue	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	57	55	- 51
Measles	67	3	76	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	68	3	63	11	- 8
Ascariasis	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	68	- 68
Anemia	81	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Malawi

Cuba

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.