HUNGARY VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		HUNGARY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,814	61	14	+ 5,800
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,505	15	1,528	+ 1,977
Malaria	3	2,857	79	0	+ 2,857
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,817	24	750	+ 2,067
Stroke	5	2,690	2	11,915	- 9,225
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,618	36	281	+ 2,337
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,232	1	36,766	- 34,534
Low Birth Weight	8	1,965	43	113	+ 1,851
Birth Trauma	9	1,613	60	20	+ 1,593
Liver Disease	10	1,476	8	3,060	- 1,584
Tuberculosis	11	1,355	52	62	+ 1,293
Cervical Cancer	12	1,303	34	466	+ 836
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,136	37	254	+ 882
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,027	9	2,515	- 1,488
Maternal Conditions	15	840	62	11	+ 829
Oesophagus Cancer	16	834	31	565	+ 269
Hypertension	17	814	4	7,262	- 6,448
Meningitis	18	812	57	39	+ 772
Kidney Disease	19	710	22	874	- 164
Malnutrition	20	679	59	21	+ 658
Lung Disease	21	607	5	6,436	- 5,829
Other Injuries	22	573	25	703	- 129
Suicide	23	456	14	1,612	- 1,156
Lymphomas	24	380	21	905	- 525
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	354	7	4,595	- 4,241
Asthma	26	319	41	122	+ 197
Breast Cancer	27	272	10	2,259	- 1,987
Falls	28	254	12	1,746	- 1,492
Syphilis	29	217	74	0	+ 217
Drownings	30	207	46	97	+ 111
Pertussis	31	197	70	0	+ 197
Violence	32	184	39	135	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	33	176	19	1,050	- 875
Fires	34	172	45	103	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	35	168	13	1,627	- 1,459
Skin Cancers	36	150	29	579	- 430
Poisonings	37	147	54	48	+ 99
Liver Cancer	38	143	23	848	- 705
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	127	26	686	- 560
Prostate Cancer	40	123	18	1,324	- 1,201
Epilepsy	41	118	47	93	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	42	116	30	568	- 452
Oral Cancer	43	114	17	1,342	- 1,228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	106	6	5,027	- 4,920
Stomach Cancer	45	93	16	1,360	- 1,266
Parkinson's Disease	46	90	32	489	- 398
Tetanus	47	80	65	4	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	48	71	27	656	- 585
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	70	38	243	- 173
Schistosomiasis	50	65	75	0	+ 65
Lung Cancers	51	59	3	8,377	- 8,318
Alcohol	52	51	33	484	- 432
Skin Disease	53	46	40	133	- 87
Appendicitis	54	42	58	36	+ 7
Hepatitis B	55	40	56	39	+ 0
Leukemia	56	37	20	908	- 871
Upper Respiratory	57	27	63	8	+ 18
Encephalitis	58	22	67	2	+ 20
Drug Use	59	22	53	59	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	60	17	11	2,098	- 2,081
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	13	49	66	- 53
Uterin Cancer	62	10	35	418	- 407
Other Neoplasms	63	8	28	615	- 607
Hepatitis C	64	7	50	64	- 58
Dengue	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	44	110	- 107
Measles	67	3	69	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	64	8	- 6
Ascariasis	69	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	48	79	- 79
Anemia	81	0	55	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	63	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	121	- 121
Oral conditions	86	0	66	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HUNGARY

Malawi

Hungary

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.