IRELAND VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,087	57	9	+ 3,079
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,861	6	1,298	+ 563
Malaria	3	1,517	75	0	+ 1,517
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,496	33	153	+ 1,343
Stroke	5	1,428	5	1,770	- 342
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,390	45	53	+ 1,338
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,185	1	4,762	- 3,577
Low Birth Weight	8	1,043	44	56	+ 988
Birth Trauma	9	857	56	10	+ 847
Liver Disease	10	784	19	279	+ 504
Tuberculosis	11	720	50	23	+ 696
Cervical Cancer	12	692	35	103	+ 589
Congenital Anomalies	13	603	32	153	+ 450
Diabetes Mellitus	14	545	16	414	+ 132
Maternal Conditions	15	446	61	3	+ 443
Oesophagus Cancer	16	443	15	419	+ 24
Hypertension	17	432	29	175	+ 257
Meningitis	18	431	58	7	+ 424
Kidney Disease	19	377	10	566	- 190
Malnutrition	20	361	63	2	+ 359
Lung Disease	21	322	4	1,915	- 1,593
Other Injuries	22	304	30	171	+ 134
Suicide	23	242	14	470	- 228
Lymphomas	24	202	13	513	- 311
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	188	2	3,209	- 3,021
Asthma	26	170	41	58	+ 112
Breast Cancer	27	144	8	760	- 615
Falls	28	135	25	247	- 112
Syphilis	29	115	68	0	+ 115
Drownings	30	110	43	57	+ 53
Pertussis	31	105	67	0	+ 105
Violence	32	98	47	38	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	33	93	22	256	- 163
Fires	34	91	48	30	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	35	89	26	240	- 151
Skin Cancers	36	80	23	252	- 172
Poisonings	37	78	53	14	+ 64
Liver Cancer	38	76	18	318	- 242
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	67	38	67	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	40	65	9	585	- 520
Epilepsy	41	63	36	85	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	42	62	24	249	- 188
Oral Cancer	43	60	28	183	- 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	56	7	1,095	- 1,039
Stomach Cancer	45	50	17	357	- 307
Parkinson's Disease	46	48	12	530	- 482
Tetanus	47	43	81	0	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	48	38	21	273	- 235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	37	46	50	- 13
Schistosomiasis	50	34	72	0	+ 34
Lung Cancers	51	31	3	1,916	- 1,885
Alcohol	52	27	39	64	- 37
Skin Disease	53	24	42	58	- 33
Appendicitis	54	23	60	3	+ 19
Hepatitis B	55	21	59	6	+ 15
Leukemia	56	20	20	274	- 254
Upper Respiratory	57	14	64	1	+ 13
Encephalitis	58	12	66	0	+ 11
Drug Use	59	11	31	167	- 155
Pancreas Cancer	60	9	11	530	- 521
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	40	59	- 52
Uterin Cancer	62	5	34	126	- 121
Other Neoplasms	63	4	27	218	- 214
Hepatitis C	64	4	52	19	- 16
Dengue	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	37	83	- 81
Measles	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
War	71	1	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Malawi

Ireland

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.