JORDAN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,592	63	2	+ 6,590
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,973	8	937	+ 3,036
Malaria	3	3,239	77	0	+ 3,239
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,194	3	1,717	+ 1,477
Stroke	5	3,049	2	2,908	+ 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,969	30	152	+ 2,816
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,531	1	4,856	- 2,326
Low Birth Weight	8	2,228	10	857	+ 1,371
Birth Trauma	9	1,829	20	271	+ 1,558
Liver Disease	10	1,673	14	494	+ 1,180
Tuberculosis	11	1,536	53	12	+ 1,524
Cervical Cancer	12	1,477	41	64	+ 1,413
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,288	9	934	+ 354
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,164	4	1,684	- 520
Maternal Conditions	15	952	44	53	+ 899
Oesophagus Cancer	16	946	42	63	+ 882
Hypertension	17	922	5	1,532	- 609
Meningitis	18	920	37	78	+ 842
Kidney Disease	19	805	6	1,494	- 689
Malnutrition	20	770	51	15	+ 755
Lung Disease	21	688	15	444	+ 244
Other Injuries	22	650	19	294	+ 356
Suicide	23	517	28	165	+ 352
Lymphomas	24	431	18	323	+ 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	402	11	706	- 305
Asthma	26	362	35	114	+ 247
Breast Cancer	27	308	12	686	- 378
Falls	28	288	24	191	+ 98
Syphilis	29	247	45	52	+ 195
Drownings	30	235	36	107	+ 128
Pertussis	31	224	43	55	+ 169
Violence	32	209	21	269	- 60
Bladder Cancer	33	199	23	213	- 13
Fires	34	195	29	153	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	35	190	38	74	+ 116
Skin Cancers	36	170	49	38	+ 132
Poisonings	37	167	47	47	+ 120
Liver Cancer	38	163	25	186	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	144	40	67	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	40	139	33	131	+ 8
Epilepsy	41	133	46	49	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	42	132	26	180	- 48
Oral Cancer	43	129	31	143	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	120	13	616	- 496
Stomach Cancer	45	106	17	365	- 259
Parkinson's Disease	46	103	27	169	- 67
Tetanus	47	91	56	11	+ 81
Ovary Cancer	48	81	32	139	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	79	50	22	+ 57
Schistosomiasis	50	74	62	3	+ 71
Lung Cancers	51	67	7	1,059	- 992
Alcohol	52	58	55	11	+ 48
Skin Disease	53	52	48	42	+ 10
Appendicitis	54	48	58	8	+ 40
Hepatitis B	55	45	60	4	+ 41
Leukemia	56	42	16	370	- 328
Upper Respiratory	57	31	69	0	+ 30
Encephalitis	58	25	52	14	+ 11
Drug Use	59	24	34	115	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	60	19	22	245	- 226
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	15	61	4	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	62	12	39	74	- 63
Other Neoplasms	63	9	57	9	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	8	64	1	+ 6
Dengue	65	5	72	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	54	12	- 7
Measles	67	3	65	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	2	68	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
War	71	1	59	6	- 5
Diphtheria	72	1	67	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Malawi

Jordan

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.