ESTONIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	704	39	40	+ 664
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	424	6	349	+ 76
Malaria	3	346	73	0	+ 346
Road Traffic Accidents	4	341	35	59	+ 282
Stroke	5	326	3	1,116	- 790
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	317	53	8	+ 309
Coronary Heart Disease	7	270	1	3,009	- 2,738
Low Birth Weight	8	238	55	7	+ 231
Birth Trauma	9	195	57	5	+ 190
Liver Disease	10	179	7	328	- 150
Tuberculosis	11	164	47	16	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	12	158	32	68	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	13	138	43	25	+ 113
Diabetes Mellitus	14	124	19	146	- 22
Maternal Conditions	15	102	61	1	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	16	101	27	99	+ 3
Hypertension	17	99	2	2,700	- 2,602
Meningitis	18	98	54	7	+ 91
Kidney Disease	19	86	17	176	- 90
Malnutrition	20	82	79	0	+ 82
Lung Disease	21	74	13	229	- 155
Other Injuries	22	69	20	141	- 72
Suicide	23	55	16	197	- 142
Lymphomas	24	46	15	213	- 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	43	12	229	- 187
Asthma	26	39	44	24	+ 15
Breast Cancer	27	33	11	260	- 227
Falls	28	31	24	119	- 88
Syphilis	29	26	62	1	+ 25
Drownings	30	25	40	30	- 5
Pertussis	31	24	83	0	+ 24
Violence	32	22	42	28	- 6
Bladder Cancer	33	21	21	126	- 104
Fires	34	21	38	41	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	35	20	14	217	- 197
Skin Cancers	36	18	30	79	- 61
Poisonings	37	18	52	8	+ 9
Liver Cancer	38	17	26	107	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	15	36	55	- 40
Prostate Cancer	40	15	8	298	- 284
Epilepsy	41	14	37	45	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	42	14	33	66	- 52
Oral Cancer	43	14	25	110	- 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	13	5	527	- 514
Stomach Cancer	45	11	9	290	- 279
Parkinson's Disease	46	11	29	82	- 71
Tetanus	47	10	81	0	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	48	9	28	87	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	8	45	22	- 13
Schistosomiasis	50	8	72	0	+ 8
Lung Cancers	51	7	4	657	- 650
Alcohol	52	6	18	148	- 142
Skin Disease	53	6	41	29	- 23
Appendicitis	54	5	59	2	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	5	65	0	+ 5
Leukemia	56	4	22	126	- 121
Upper Respiratory	57	3	66	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	58	3	63	0	+ 2
Drug Use	59	3	31	75	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	10	268	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	46	17	- 16
Uterin Cancer	62	1	34	60	- 59
Other Neoplasms	63	1	23	123	- 122
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	4	- 3
Dengue	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	48	16	- 16
Measles	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	81	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Malawi

Estonia

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.