KUWAIT VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,851	48	7	+ 1,845
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,116	4	340	+ 776
Malaria	3	910	78	0	+ 910
Road Traffic Accidents	4	897	2	649	+ 248
Stroke	5	856	3	599	+ 257
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	834	49	6	+ 828
Coronary Heart Disease	7	711	1	2,325	- 1,614
Low Birth Weight	8	626	13	158	+ 468
Birth Trauma	9	514	47	7	+ 506
Liver Disease	10	470	11	192	+ 278
Tuberculosis	11	431	34	31	+ 401
Cervical Cancer	12	415	33	32	+ 383
Congenital Anomalies	13	362	9	202	+ 160
Diabetes Mellitus	14	327	6	242	+ 85
Maternal Conditions	15	267	54	4	+ 264
Oesophagus Cancer	16	266	32	35	+ 230
Hypertension	17	259	5	256	+ 3
Meningitis	18	258	45	9	+ 249
Kidney Disease	19	226	8	204	+ 22
Malnutrition	20	216	60	0	+ 216
Lung Disease	21	193	21	84	+ 109
Other Injuries	22	183	22	83	+ 100
Suicide	23	145	18	122	+ 23
Lymphomas	24	121	15	132	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	113	14	139	- 27
Asthma	26	102	40	21	+ 80
Breast Cancer	27	87	7	230	- 143
Falls	28	81	19	102	- 21
Syphilis	29	69	64	0	+ 69
Drownings	30	66	41	19	+ 47
Pertussis	31	63	63	0	+ 63
Violence	32	59	23	75	- 16
Bladder Cancer	33	56	27	52	+ 4
Fires	34	55	38	28	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	35	53	31	36	+ 17
Skin Cancers	36	48	37	28	+ 19
Poisonings	37	47	42	16	+ 31
Liver Cancer	38	46	16	129	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	40	43	14	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	40	39	26	58	- 19
Epilepsy	41	37	39	22	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	42	37	28	44	- 7
Oral Cancer	43	36	24	74	- 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	34	10	198	- 164
Stomach Cancer	45	30	25	72	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	46	29	36	29	+ 0
Tetanus	47	26	66	0	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	48	23	29	41	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	22	46	8	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	50	21	77	0	+ 21
Lung Cancers	51	19	12	161	- 142
Alcohol	52	16	44	12	+ 5
Skin Disease	53	15	53	4	+ 11
Appendicitis	54	14	55	1	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	13	58	1	+ 12
Leukemia	56	12	17	123	- 111
Upper Respiratory	57	9	62	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	58	7	52	4	+ 3
Drug Use	59	7	30	38	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	60	5	20	89	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	56	1	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	62	3	35	31	- 27
Other Neoplasms	63	2	51	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	59	0	+ 2
Dengue	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	5	- 3
Measles	67	1	61	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
War	71	0	57	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Malawi

Kuwait

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.