EL SALVADOR VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,910	9	842	+ 3,068
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,357	4	2,418	- 61
Malaria	3	1,921	80	0	+ 1,921
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,895	8	1,347	+ 548
Stroke	5	1,809	5	1,595	+ 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,761	27	199	+ 1,562
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,501	1	5,814	- 4,312
Low Birth Weight	8	1,322	19	317	+ 1,005
Birth Trauma	9	1,085	37	121	+ 964
Liver Disease	10	993	10	797	+ 195
Tuberculosis	11	911	46	60	+ 851
Cervical Cancer	12	876	13	451	+ 425
Congenital Anomalies	13	764	14	449	+ 315
Diabetes Mellitus	14	690	7	1,385	- 695
Maternal Conditions	15	565	53	26	+ 538
Oesophagus Cancer	16	561	41	80	+ 481
Hypertension	17	547	31	146	+ 401
Meningitis	18	546	51	36	+ 510
Kidney Disease	19	477	3	4,726	- 4,248
Malnutrition	20	457	26	214	+ 242
Lung Disease	21	408	6	1,493	- 1,084
Other Injuries	22	386	38	95	+ 290
Suicide	23	307	15	391	- 84
Lymphomas	24	255	28	186	+ 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	238	18	320	- 82
Asthma	26	215	35	122	+ 93
Breast Cancer	27	183	22	291	- 109
Falls	28	171	24	243	- 72
Syphilis	29	146	58	14	+ 132
Drownings	30	139	33	137	+ 3
Pertussis	31	133	52	32	+ 101
Violence	32	124	2	5,485	- 5,361
Bladder Cancer	33	118	49	42	+ 76
Fires	34	116	54	21	+ 94
Inflammatory/Heart	35	113	42	78	+ 35
Skin Cancers	36	101	47	60	+ 41
Poisonings	37	99	57	15	+ 84
Liver Cancer	38	96	16	355	- 259
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	85	30	157	- 72
Prostate Cancer	40	82	17	328	- 246
Epilepsy	41	79	48	50	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	42	78	25	223	- 145
Oral Cancer	43	76	39	94	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	71	20	315	- 243
Stomach Cancer	45	63	11	702	- 639
Parkinson's Disease	46	61	44	70	- 9
Tetanus	47	54	60	11	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	48	48	40	93	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	47	65	6	+ 41
Schistosomiasis	50	44	82	0	+ 44
Lung Cancers	51	40	23	290	- 250
Alcohol	52	35	12	648	- 614
Skin Disease	53	31	36	121	- 90
Appendicitis	54	29	56	18	+ 11
Hepatitis B	55	27	66	5	+ 22
Leukemia	56	25	21	312	- 287
Upper Respiratory	57	18	62	9	+ 10
Encephalitis	58	15	63	7	+ 7
Drug Use	59	14	43	74	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	60	12	29	161	- 149
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	9	59	14	- 5
Uterin Cancer	62	7	50	39	- 33
Other Neoplasms	63	5	32	145	- 140
Hepatitis C	64	4	75	0	+ 4
Dengue	65	3	61	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	64	7	- 4
Measles	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
War	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	55	18	- 18
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	67	4	- 4
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Malawi

El Salvador

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.