ICELAND VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	215	59	0	+ 214
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	129	6	82	+ 47
Malaria	3	106	73	0	+ 106
Road Traffic Accidents	4	104	35	7	+ 97
Stroke	5	99	3	141	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	97	55	1	+ 96
Coronary Heart Disease	7	82	1	403	- 321
Low Birth Weight	8	73	43	3	+ 70
Birth Trauma	9	60	46	2	+ 57
Liver Disease	10	55	31	9	+ 45
Tuberculosis	11	50	82	0	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	12	48	32	9	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	13	42	34	7	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	14	38	16	30	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	15	31	60	0	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	16	31	19	23	+ 8
Hypertension	17	30	17	24	+ 6
Meningitis	18	30	50	1	+ 29
Kidney Disease	19	26	15	33	- 7
Malnutrition	20	25	57	1	+ 25
Lung Disease	21	22	5	129	- 106
Other Injuries	22	21	11	50	- 29
Suicide	23	17	13	40	- 23
Lymphomas	24	14	14	37	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	13	2	295	- 282
Asthma	26	12	48	2	+ 10
Breast Cancer	27	10	9	53	- 43
Falls	28	9	18	24	- 14
Syphilis	29	8	80	0	+ 8
Drownings	30	8	56	1	+ 7
Pertussis	31	7	62	0	+ 7
Violence	32	7	39	4	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	33	6	21	20	- 14
Fires	34	6	58	1	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	35	6	26	16	- 9
Skin Cancers	36	6	29	13	- 7
Poisonings	37	5	42	3	+ 2
Liver Cancer	38	5	20	22	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	5	41	3	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	40	5	8	61	- 56
Epilepsy	41	4	37	5	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	42	4	27	16	- 11
Oral Cancer	43	4	33	9	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	4	7	73	- 70
Stomach Cancer	45	3	23	18	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	46	3	10	53	- 50
Tetanus	47	3	68	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	48	3	25	16	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	3	54	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	50	2	75	0	+ 2
Lung Cancers	51	2	4	134	- 132
Alcohol	52	2	28	14	- 12
Skin Disease	53	2	45	3	- 1
Appendicitis	54	2	86	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	1	63	0	+ 1
Leukemia	56	1	22	19	- 18
Upper Respiratory	57	1	51	1	- 0
Encephalitis	58	1	78	0	+ 1
Drug Use	59	1	24	17	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	60	1	12	43	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	0	38	4	- 4
Uterin Cancer	62	0	36	7	- 7
Other Neoplasms	63	0	30	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	0	52	1	- 1
Dengue	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	44	3	- 3
Measles	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	81	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Malawi

Iceland

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.