GAMBIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,489	2	1,125	+ 364
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	897	1	1,340	- 443
Malaria	3	731	7	674	+ 57
Road Traffic Accidents	4	721	6	695	+ 26
Stroke	5	689	4	802	- 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	670	9	626	+ 45
Coronary Heart Disease	7	571	3	1,007	- 435
Low Birth Weight	8	503	8	662	- 159
Birth Trauma	9	413	5	754	- 341
Liver Disease	10	378	14	323	+ 55
Tuberculosis	11	347	10	445	- 98
Cervical Cancer	12	333	23	145	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	13	291	11	383	- 92
Diabetes Mellitus	14	263	15	290	- 27
Maternal Conditions	15	215	13	345	- 130
Oesophagus Cancer	16	214	54	5	+ 208
Hypertension	17	208	22	172	+ 36
Meningitis	18	208	18	229	- 21
Kidney Disease	19	182	16	266	- 84
Malnutrition	20	174	26	110	+ 64
Lung Disease	21	155	19	206	- 50
Other Injuries	22	147	21	194	- 47
Suicide	23	117	25	113	+ 4
Lymphomas	24	97	51	12	+ 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	91	28	89	+ 2
Asthma	26	82	24	134	- 52
Breast Cancer	27	70	40	26	+ 43
Falls	28	65	29	83	- 18
Syphilis	29	56	34	55	+ 1
Drownings	30	53	30	69	- 16
Pertussis	31	51	27	99	- 48
Violence	32	47	20	195	- 148
Bladder Cancer	33	45	56	4	+ 41
Fires	34	44	31	67	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	35	43	32	59	- 16
Skin Cancers	36	38	68	0	+ 38
Poisonings	37	38	36	42	- 5
Liver Cancer	38	37	12	377	- 340
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	32	33	56	- 24
Prostate Cancer	40	31	43	21	+ 11
Epilepsy	41	30	35	43	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	42	30	17	230	- 200
Oral Cancer	43	29	71	0	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	27	52	11	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	45	24	47	14	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	23	37	34	- 11
Tetanus	47	21	45	18	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	48	18	61	2	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	18	41	24	- 6
Schistosomiasis	50	17	42	23	- 6
Lung Cancers	51	15	38	34	- 18
Alcohol	52	13	50	12	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	12	44	19	- 7
Appendicitis	54	11	55	5	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	10	46	14	- 4
Leukemia	56	10	59	2	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	57	7	64	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	58	6	48	14	- 8
Drug Use	59	6	39	28	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	60	4	53	6	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	62	2	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	62	3	66	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	57	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Dengue	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	58	3	- 2
Measles	67	1	49	13	- 13
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
War	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	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 GAMBIA

Malawi

Gambia

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.