DJIBOUTI VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	587	5	348	+ 239
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	354	3	671	- 317
Malaria	3	288	23	66	+ 222
Road Traffic Accidents	4	284	11	229	+ 56
Stroke	5	272	2	680	- 408
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	264	4	364	- 100
Coronary Heart Disease	7	225	1	687	- 462
Low Birth Weight	8	198	8	251	- 53
Birth Trauma	9	163	15	166	- 3
Liver Disease	10	149	6	295	- 146
Tuberculosis	11	137	9	243	- 106
Cervical Cancer	12	131	29	40	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	13	115	18	113	+ 2
Diabetes Mellitus	14	104	7	284	- 181
Maternal Conditions	15	85	31	40	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	16	84	36	27	+ 57
Hypertension	17	82	12	211	- 129
Meningitis	18	82	17	117	- 35
Kidney Disease	19	72	13	186	- 115
Malnutrition	20	69	14	170	- 101
Lung Disease	21	61	16	120	- 59
Other Injuries	22	58	10	233	- 175
Suicide	23	46	19	94	- 48
Lymphomas	24	38	30	40	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	36	21	90	- 54
Asthma	26	32	22	68	- 36
Breast Cancer	27	27	20	91	- 63
Falls	28	26	26	45	- 20
Syphilis	29	22	52	13	+ 9
Drownings	30	21	35	28	- 8
Pertussis	31	20	25	50	- 30
Violence	32	19	24	64	- 45
Bladder Cancer	33	18	47	15	+ 2
Fires	34	17	33	33	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	35	17	28	45	- 28
Skin Cancers	36	15	53	12	+ 3
Poisonings	37	15	39	25	- 10
Liver Cancer	38	14	43	19	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	13	34	32	- 19
Prostate Cancer	40	12	44	17	- 5
Epilepsy	41	12	37	26	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	42	12	38	25	- 13
Oral Cancer	43	11	45	17	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	11	32	38	- 27
Stomach Cancer	45	9	50	14	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	46	9	41	23	- 14
Tetanus	47	8	46	16	- 8
Ovary Cancer	48	7	40	23	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	7	48	15	- 8
Schistosomiasis	50	7	64	3	+ 4
Lung Cancers	51	6	42	20	- 14
Alcohol	52	5	49	15	- 9
Skin Disease	53	5	55	12	- 7
Appendicitis	54	4	57	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	4	56	8	- 4
Leukemia	56	4	27	45	- 42
Upper Respiratory	57	3	61	4	- 1
Encephalitis	58	2	59	5	- 3
Drug Use	59	2	54	12	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	58	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	62	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	62	1	60	4	- 3
Other Neoplasms	63	1	65	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 1
Dengue	65	0	73	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	67	2	- 1
Measles	67	0	66	2	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
War	71	0	63	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	69	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	14	- 14
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 DJIBOUTI

Malawi

Djibouti

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.