EQU. GUINEA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	MALAWI		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,059	1	1,838	- 779
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	639	2	913	- 274
Malaria	3	521	3	668	- 147
Road Traffic Accidents	4	513	8	368	+ 145
Stroke	5	490	6	437	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	477	9	349	+ 128
Coronary Heart Disease	7	407	7	419	- 12
Low Birth Weight	8	358	4	457	- 99
Birth Trauma	9	294	5	441	- 147
Liver Disease	10	269	13	199	+ 70
Tuberculosis	11	247	10	321	- 74
Cervical Cancer	12	237	28	56	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	13	207	12	249	- 42
Diabetes Mellitus	14	187	11	299	- 112
Maternal Conditions	15	153	17	139	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	16	152	54	12	+ 140
Hypertension	17	148	16	165	- 17
Meningitis	18	148	19	127	+ 21
Kidney Disease	19	129	14	198	- 69
Malnutrition	20	124	31	48	+ 76
Lung Disease	21	111	20	120	- 10
Other Injuries	22	104	23	105	- 1
Suicide	23	83	22	107	- 24
Lymphomas	24	69	45	19	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	65	29	55	+ 9
Asthma	26	58	26	65	- 7
Breast Cancer	27	50	24	84	- 35
Falls	28	46	32	46	+ 1
Syphilis	29	40	18	134	- 94
Drownings	30	38	36	39	- 2
Pertussis	31	36	21	109	- 73
Violence	32	34	33	45	- 11
Bladder Cancer	33	32	56	9	+ 24
Fires	34	31	39	30	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	35	31	27	63	- 33
Skin Cancers	36	27	48	16	+ 11
Poisonings	37	27	44	21	+ 6
Liver Cancer	38	26	34	43	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	23	43	22	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	40	22	35	43	- 20
Epilepsy	41	21	38	32	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	42	21	25	73	- 52
Oral Cancer	43	21	37	35	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	19	40	29	- 9
Stomach Cancer	45	17	49	16	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	46	16	46	18	- 1
Tetanus	47	15	42	23	- 9
Ovary Cancer	48	13	52	13	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	50	14	- 1
Schistosomiasis	50	12	60	4	+ 8
Lung Cancers	51	11	41	27	- 16
Alcohol	52	9	53	12	- 3
Skin Disease	53	8	51	13	- 5
Appendicitis	54	8	59	6	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	7	65	3	+ 4
Leukemia	56	7	61	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	5	66	2	+ 3
Encephalitis	58	4	57	8	- 4
Drug Use	59	4	30	50	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	60	3	55	11	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	62	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	62	2	58	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	1	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	67	1	- 1
Measles	67	1	15	181	- 181
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
War	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Malawi

Equ. Guinea

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.