ERITREA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,742	25	308	+ 3,435
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,256	1	3,277	- 1,021
Malaria	3	1,839	17	437	+ 1,402
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,813	5	1,326	+ 487
Stroke	5	1,731	2	2,564	- 833
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,685	3	2,292	- 607
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,437	4	2,154	- 717
Low Birth Weight	8	1,265	16	531	+ 734
Birth Trauma	9	1,039	11	616	+ 422
Liver Disease	10	950	6	1,215	- 265
Tuberculosis	11	872	14	543	+ 329
Cervical Cancer	12	838	30	132	+ 706
Congenital Anomalies	13	731	18	432	+ 299
Diabetes Mellitus	14	661	7	944	- 284
Maternal Conditions	15	540	13	544	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	16	537	39	81	+ 456
Hypertension	17	524	8	926	- 402
Meningitis	18	522	19	404	+ 118
Kidney Disease	19	457	12	578	- 121
Malnutrition	20	437	10	660	- 223
Lung Disease	21	391	9	662	- 271
Other Injuries	22	369	15	540	- 171
Suicide	23	294	21	382	- 88
Lymphomas	24	244	28	147	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	228	24	310	- 82
Asthma	26	205	22	326	- 121
Breast Cancer	27	175	23	311	- 137
Falls	28	164	26	168	- 4
Syphilis	29	140	54	35	+ 105
Drownings	30	133	33	118	+ 16
Pertussis	31	127	36	90	+ 38
Violence	32	118	20	384	- 266
Bladder Cancer	33	113	51	42	+ 71
Fires	34	111	31	132	- 21
Inflammatory/Heart	35	108	32	123	- 15
Skin Cancers	36	96	56	30	+ 67
Poisonings	37	95	34	114	- 20
Liver Cancer	38	92	45	69	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	81	27	147	- 66
Prostate Cancer	40	79	47	54	+ 25
Epilepsy	41	76	38	81	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	42	75	43	71	+ 4
Oral Cancer	43	73	44	71	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	68	35	113	- 45
Stomach Cancer	45	60	48	48	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	46	58	37	85	- 27
Tetanus	47	52	52	37	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	48	46	40	79	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	45	41	77	- 32
Schistosomiasis	50	42	42	73	- 31
Lung Cancers	51	38	46	62	- 24
Alcohol	52	33	49	45	- 12
Skin Disease	53	30	50	45	- 15
Appendicitis	54	27	55	31	- 4
Hepatitis B	55	26	57	28	- 2
Leukemia	56	24	29	144	- 120
Upper Respiratory	57	17	60	18	- 0
Encephalitis	58	14	62	16	- 2
Drug Use	59	14	53	36	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	60	11	58	20	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	64	12	- 4
Uterin Cancer	62	7	61	18	- 11
Other Neoplasms	63	5	66	6	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	6	- 2
Dengue	65	3	73	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	67	4	- 1
Measles	67	2	63	13	- 11
Otitis Media	68	2	69	2	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
War	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Malawi

Eritrea

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.