GEORGIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,891	42	89	+ 2,802
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,743	9	886	+ 857
Malaria	3	1,421	71	0	+ 1,421
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,401	13	496	+ 905
Stroke	5	1,337	2	11,969	- 10,632
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,302	50	19	+ 1,283
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,110	1	16,014	- 14,904
Low Birth Weight	8	977	37	114	+ 863
Birth Trauma	9	802	46	39	+ 763
Liver Disease	10	734	4	1,871	- 1,137
Tuberculosis	11	674	32	153	+ 521
Cervical Cancer	12	648	27	187	+ 461
Congenital Anomalies	13	565	28	174	+ 391
Diabetes Mellitus	14	510	6	1,621	- 1,111
Maternal Conditions	15	418	53	13	+ 405
Oesophagus Cancer	16	415	43	75	+ 340
Hypertension	17	405	3	4,387	- 3,983
Meningitis	18	404	47	25	+ 379
Kidney Disease	19	353	10	826	- 473
Malnutrition	20	338	59	5	+ 333
Lung Disease	21	302	7	1,158	- 857
Other Injuries	22	285	20	346	- 61
Suicide	23	227	18	367	- 140
Lymphomas	24	189	25	208	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	176	5	1,826	- 1,650
Asthma	26	159	35	136	+ 23
Breast Cancer	27	135	11	613	- 478
Falls	28	127	16	420	- 293
Syphilis	29	108	63	0	+ 108
Drownings	30	103	39	95	+ 8
Pertussis	31	98	67	0	+ 98
Violence	32	92	40	90	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	33	87	26	205	- 118
Fires	34	85	34	140	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	35	83	21	346	- 263
Skin Cancers	36	74	33	149	- 75
Poisonings	37	73	49	23	+ 50
Liver Cancer	38	71	17	385	- 313
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	63	24	226	- 163
Prostate Cancer	40	61	22	290	- 230
Epilepsy	41	59	44	51	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	42	58	38	109	- 51
Oral Cancer	43	57	31	167	- 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	53	14	444	- 391
Stomach Cancer	45	46	12	533	- 487
Parkinson's Disease	46	45	19	354	- 309
Tetanus	47	40	62	0	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	48	35	29	174	- 138
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	35	15	426	- 392
Schistosomiasis	50	32	73	0	+ 32
Lung Cancers	51	29	8	1,152	- 1,122
Alcohol	52	26	45	49	- 24
Skin Disease	53	23	51	17	+ 6
Appendicitis	54	21	55	10	+ 11
Hepatitis B	55	20	58	7	+ 13
Leukemia	56	18	30	171	- 153
Upper Respiratory	57	13	60	1	+ 13
Encephalitis	58	11	48	24	- 13
Drug Use	59	11	41	90	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	60	9	23	227	- 219
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	57	8	- 1
Uterin Cancer	62	5	36	115	- 110
Other Neoplasms	63	4	52	15	- 11
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	0	+ 3
Dengue	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	54	12	- 10
Measles	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 0
War	71	1	61	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	56	8	- 8
Chagas disease	75	0	72	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	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Malawi

Georgia

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.