LEBANON VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,165	45	51	+ 3,114
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,908	10	931	+ 976
Malaria	3	1,555	78	0	+ 1,555
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,534	7	1,127	+ 406
Stroke	5	1,464	2	1,795	- 331
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,425	40	81	+ 1,344
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,215	1	13,328	- 12,113
Low Birth Weight	8	1,070	28	190	+ 879
Birth Trauma	9	878	42	67	+ 811
Liver Disease	10	803	14	663	+ 140
Tuberculosis	11	738	41	70	+ 667
Cervical Cancer	12	709	35	135	+ 574
Congenital Anomalies	13	618	20	298	+ 321
Diabetes Mellitus	14	559	9	934	- 375
Maternal Conditions	15	457	50	30	+ 427
Oesophagus Cancer	16	454	44	52	+ 402
Hypertension	17	443	4	1,426	- 983
Meningitis	18	442	49	35	+ 407
Kidney Disease	19	386	5	1,243	- 857
Malnutrition	20	370	60	11	+ 358
Lung Disease	21	330	11	889	- 559
Other Injuries	22	312	30	168	+ 144
Suicide	23	248	29	190	+ 58
Lymphomas	24	207	15	646	- 439
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	193	6	1,213	- 1,021
Asthma	26	174	19	298	- 124
Breast Cancer	27	148	8	987	- 839
Falls	28	138	33	148	- 9
Syphilis	29	118	63	5	+ 113
Drownings	30	113	43	62	+ 51
Pertussis	31	107	57	16	+ 92
Violence	32	100	22	285	- 184
Bladder Cancer	33	96	13	704	- 608
Fires	34	94	39	99	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	35	91	32	153	- 61
Skin Cancers	36	82	21	296	- 215
Poisonings	37	80	48	39	+ 41
Liver Cancer	38	78	27	217	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	69	37	114	- 45
Prostate Cancer	40	67	17	442	- 375
Epilepsy	41	64	46	49	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	42	63	34	145	- 82
Oral Cancer	43	62	31	162	- 100
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	58	12	841	- 784
Stomach Cancer	45	51	16	479	- 429
Parkinson's Disease	46	49	25	226	- 177
Tetanus	47	44	52	23	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	48	39	26	224	- 185
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	38	47	47	- 9
Schistosomiasis	50	35	65	2	+ 33
Lung Cancers	51	32	3	1,498	- 1,466
Alcohol	52	28	54	18	+ 10
Skin Disease	53	25	53	19	+ 6
Appendicitis	54	23	61	11	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	22	36	123	- 101
Leukemia	56	20	18	334	- 314
Upper Respiratory	57	15	67	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	58	12	56	16	- 4
Drug Use	59	12	23	281	- 269
Pancreas Cancer	60	9	24	273	- 263
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	62	5	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	62	6	38	99	- 93
Other Neoplasms	63	4	58	14	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	4	- 0
Dengue	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	55	16	- 14
Measles	67	2	59	12	- 11
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 0
War	71	1	51	25	- 25
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Malawi

Lebanon

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.