GUYANA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	468	7	256	+ 212
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	282	6	302	- 19
Malaria	3	230	33	30	+ 200
Road Traffic Accidents	4	227	11	175	+ 52
Stroke	5	217	2	1,022	- 806
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	211	27	48	+ 163
Coronary Heart Disease	7	180	1	1,335	- 1,155
Low Birth Weight	8	158	22	89	+ 69
Birth Trauma	9	130	24	64	+ 66
Liver Disease	10	119	9	197	- 78
Tuberculosis	11	109	16	137	- 28
Cervical Cancer	12	105	21	91	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	13	92	23	69	+ 23
Diabetes Mellitus	14	83	3	579	- 496
Maternal Conditions	15	68	35	28	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	16	67	51	8	+ 59
Hypertension	17	66	4	320	- 254
Meningitis	18	65	44	17	+ 48
Kidney Disease	19	57	8	233	- 176
Malnutrition	20	55	30	37	+ 17
Lung Disease	21	49	13	174	- 125
Other Injuries	22	46	14	167	- 121
Suicide	23	37	5	315	- 279
Lymphomas	24	31	32	32	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	29	38	23	+ 6
Asthma	26	26	36	25	+ 0
Breast Cancer	27	22	19	96	- 74
Falls	28	20	48	11	+ 9
Syphilis	29	18	71	0	+ 17
Drownings	30	17	15	145	- 128
Pertussis	31	16	73	0	+ 16
Violence	32	15	10	194	- 179
Bladder Cancer	33	14	50	8	+ 6
Fires	34	14	41	19	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	35	14	20	92	- 78
Skin Cancers	36	12	55	5	+ 7
Poisonings	37	12	65	1	+ 11
Liver Cancer	38	12	34	29	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	10	26	54	- 44
Prostate Cancer	40	10	17	123	- 113
Epilepsy	41	9	37	24	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	42	9	12	174	- 165
Oral Cancer	43	9	40	20	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	9	25	59	- 50
Stomach Cancer	45	8	31	34	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	46	7	49	9	- 2
Tetanus	47	6	72	0	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	48	6	43	18	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	6	47	13	- 7
Schistosomiasis	50	5	84	0	+ 5
Lung Cancers	51	5	29	38	- 33
Alcohol	52	4	57	3	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	4	56	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	54	3	54	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	55	3	59	2	+ 1
Leukemia	56	3	39	21	- 18
Upper Respiratory	57	2	66	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	58	2	53	7	- 5
Drug Use	59	2	45	16	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	60	1	42	19	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	63	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	62	1	46	13	- 12
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	40	- 40
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	65	0	60	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	81	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Malawi

Guyana

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.