JAMAICA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,666	7	757	+ 909
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,004	15	393	+ 611
Malaria	3	818	72	0	+ 818
Road Traffic Accidents	4	807	12	444	+ 363
Stroke	5	771	1	2,415	- 1,644
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	750	42	35	+ 716
Coronary Heart Disease	7	640	3	1,726	- 1,086
Low Birth Weight	8	563	18	241	+ 322
Birth Trauma	9	462	37	65	+ 397
Liver Disease	10	423	21	155	+ 268
Tuberculosis	11	388	54	8	+ 380
Cervical Cancer	12	373	16	358	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	13	326	23	139	+ 187
Diabetes Mellitus	14	294	2	2,077	- 1,783
Maternal Conditions	15	241	43	35	+ 206
Oesophagus Cancer	16	239	34	74	+ 165
Hypertension	17	233	8	651	- 418
Meningitis	18	233	47	16	+ 217
Kidney Disease	19	203	6	793	- 590
Malnutrition	20	195	40	48	+ 147
Lung Disease	21	174	11	452	- 278
Other Injuries	22	164	31	91	+ 73
Suicide	23	131	35	70	+ 61
Lymphomas	24	109	17	251	- 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	101	9	587	- 486
Asthma	26	91	36	65	+ 26
Breast Cancer	27	78	14	413	- 335
Falls	28	73	33	82	- 9
Syphilis	29	62	60	1	+ 62
Drownings	30	59	51	10	+ 49
Pertussis	31	57	67	0	+ 57
Violence	32	53	4	1,484	- 1,432
Bladder Cancer	33	50	38	60	- 9
Fires	34	49	46	16	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	35	48	24	133	- 85
Skin Cancers	36	43	52	10	+ 33
Poisonings	37	42	57	2	+ 40
Liver Cancer	38	41	29	101	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	36	32	82	- 46
Prostate Cancer	40	35	5	883	- 848
Epilepsy	41	34	41	46	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	42	33	20	176	- 143
Oral Cancer	43	33	39	59	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	30	13	436	- 406
Stomach Cancer	45	27	19	231	- 204
Parkinson's Disease	46	26	25	132	- 107
Tetanus	47	23	63	0	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	48	20	30	97	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	20	44	27	- 7
Schistosomiasis	50	19	74	0	+ 19
Lung Cancers	51	17	10	472	- 455
Alcohol	52	15	55	7	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	13	22	145	- 132
Appendicitis	54	12	53	9	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	11	59	1	+ 10
Leukemia	56	11	26	129	- 118
Upper Respiratory	57	8	65	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	58	6	49	13	- 7
Drug Use	59	6	48	13	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	60	5	27	119	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	50	11	- 8
Uterin Cancer	62	3	28	106	- 103
Other Neoplasms	63	2	45	19	- 16
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	0	+ 2
Dengue	65	1	58	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	56	3	- 2
Measles	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
War	71	0	61	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.