GUINEA-BISSAU VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,258	1	1,445	- 187
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	758	2	1,390	- 631
Malaria	3	618	9	684	- 66
Road Traffic Accidents	4	610	10	619	- 10
Stroke	5	582	6	829	- 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	566	4	913	- 346
Coronary Heart Disease	7	483	5	907	- 424
Low Birth Weight	8	425	8	705	- 279
Birth Trauma	9	349	7	790	- 441
Liver Disease	10	319	11	405	- 86
Tuberculosis	11	293	3	1,387	- 1,094
Cervical Cancer	12	282	23	154	+ 128
Congenital Anomalies	13	246	12	373	- 127
Diabetes Mellitus	14	222	14	313	- 91
Maternal Conditions	15	182	13	333	- 151
Oesophagus Cancer	16	180	49	19	+ 162
Hypertension	17	176	21	177	- 1
Meningitis	18	176	16	258	- 83
Kidney Disease	19	154	15	268	- 114
Malnutrition	20	147	27	121	+ 26
Lung Disease	21	131	20	191	- 60
Other Injuries	22	124	17	234	- 110
Suicide	23	99	26	134	- 35
Lymphomas	24	82	45	28	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	77	34	69	+ 8
Asthma	26	69	24	150	- 81
Breast Cancer	27	59	29	93	- 34
Falls	28	55	33	71	- 16
Syphilis	29	47	31	85	- 38
Drownings	30	45	30	89	- 45
Pertussis	31	43	19	212	- 169
Violence	32	40	22	173	- 133
Bladder Cancer	33	38	51	17	+ 21
Fires	34	37	35	64	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	35	36	37	53	- 16
Skin Cancers	36	32	52	17	+ 15
Poisonings	37	32	41	45	- 13
Liver Cancer	38	31	28	116	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	27	32	77	- 50
Prostate Cancer	40	27	42	41	- 14
Epilepsy	41	25	39	48	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	42	25	18	221	- 196
Oral Cancer	43	25	56	13	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	23	38	50	- 27
Stomach Cancer	45	20	36	55	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	46	20	46	27	- 7
Tetanus	47	17	40	48	- 31
Ovary Cancer	48	15	48	19	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	15	43	33	- 18
Schistosomiasis	50	14	44	30	- 16
Lung Cancers	51	13	50	18	- 6
Alcohol	52	11	57	12	- 1
Skin Disease	53	10	53	16	- 6
Appendicitis	54	9	60	7	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	9	47	20	- 12
Leukemia	56	8	61	6	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	6	66	2	+ 4
Encephalitis	58	5	58	10	- 6
Drug Use	59	5	55	13	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	60	4	54	14	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	67	2	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	62	2	59	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	2	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	63	3	- 1
Dengue	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	64	2	- 1
Measles	67	1	25	147	- 146
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
War	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 GUINEA-BISSAU

Malawi

Guinea-Bissau

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.