LATVIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,063	39	74	+ 989
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	640	9	501	+ 139
Malaria	3	522	79	0	+ 522
Road Traffic Accidents	4	515	27	154	+ 361
Stroke	5	492	2	5,893	- 5,401
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	479	54	14	+ 465
Coronary Heart Disease	7	408	1	8,099	- 7,691
Low Birth Weight	8	359	56	11	+ 348
Birth Trauma	9	295	55	12	+ 283
Liver Disease	10	270	15	365	- 95
Tuberculosis	11	248	40	71	+ 176
Cervical Cancer	12	238	33	128	+ 110
Congenital Anomalies	13	208	43	46	+ 161
Diabetes Mellitus	14	188	8	529	- 342
Maternal Conditions	15	153	60	5	+ 149
Oesophagus Cancer	16	152	32	131	+ 21
Hypertension	17	149	3	1,194	- 1,045
Meningitis	18	148	52	15	+ 134
Kidney Disease	19	130	17	356	- 227
Malnutrition	20	124	64	2	+ 122
Lung Disease	21	111	18	346	- 235
Other Injuries	22	105	16	362	- 258
Suicide	23	83	14	384	- 300
Lymphomas	24	69	19	245	- 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	65	7	664	- 599
Asthma	26	58	46	42	+ 17
Breast Cancer	27	50	10	472	- 423
Falls	28	46	23	201	- 155
Syphilis	29	40	65	1	+ 38
Drownings	30	38	34	127	- 89
Pertussis	31	36	70	0	+ 36
Violence	32	34	37	94	- 61
Bladder Cancer	33	32	20	228	- 196
Fires	34	31	36	103	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	35	31	5	921	- 890
Skin Cancers	36	27	30	144	- 117
Poisonings	37	27	49	23	+ 4
Liver Cancer	38	26	26	157	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	23	31	142	- 119
Prostate Cancer	40	22	12	464	- 442
Epilepsy	41	22	45	44	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	42	21	41	59	- 38
Oral Cancer	43	21	22	214	- 193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	19	6	722	- 703
Stomach Cancer	45	17	11	470	- 452
Parkinson's Disease	46	17	35	125	- 109
Tetanus	47	15	71	0	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	48	13	24	196	- 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	47	41	- 28
Schistosomiasis	50	12	78	0	+ 12
Lung Cancers	51	11	4	956	- 946
Alcohol	52	9	21	227	- 218
Skin Disease	53	8	38	76	- 68
Appendicitis	54	8	59	5	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	7	63	3	+ 4
Leukemia	56	7	25	186	- 179
Upper Respiratory	57	5	62	4	+ 1
Encephalitis	58	4	69	0	+ 4
Drug Use	59	4	48	41	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	60	3	13	436	- 433
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	51	20	- 17
Uterin Cancer	62	2	29	148	- 146
Other Neoplasms	63	1	28	153	- 151
Hepatitis C	64	1	42	53	- 52
Dengue	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	50	20	- 20
Measles	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Malawi

Latvia

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.