LESOTHO VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,314	1	4,767	- 3,453
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	792	2	3,214	- 2,422
Malaria	3	646	79	0	+ 646
Road Traffic Accidents	4	637	16	678	- 42
Stroke	5	608	3	2,817	- 2,209
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	592	4	2,354	- 1,762
Coronary Heart Disease	7	505	5	2,101	- 1,596
Low Birth Weight	8	444	12	957	- 513
Birth Trauma	9	365	15	717	- 353
Liver Disease	10	334	14	792	- 458
Tuberculosis	11	306	8	1,208	- 902
Cervical Cancer	12	294	20	372	- 78
Congenital Anomalies	13	257	19	389	- 132
Diabetes Mellitus	14	232	6	2,000	- 1,768
Maternal Conditions	15	190	24	292	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	16	189	37	73	+ 115
Hypertension	17	184	11	990	- 806
Meningitis	18	183	22	318	- 134
Kidney Disease	19	160	10	1,015	- 854
Malnutrition	20	153	21	357	- 204
Lung Disease	21	137	9	1,102	- 965
Other Injuries	22	130	18	533	- 403
Suicide	23	103	7	1,539	- 1,436
Lymphomas	24	86	36	78	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	80	29	194	- 114
Asthma	26	72	17	678	- 606
Breast Cancer	27	61	34	97	- 36
Falls	28	57	31	128	- 70
Syphilis	29	49	45	50	- 1
Drownings	30	47	28	200	- 153
Pertussis	31	45	44	51	- 6
Violence	32	42	13	924	- 882
Bladder Cancer	33	40	61	10	+ 30
Fires	34	39	26	269	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	35	38	23	305	- 267
Skin Cancers	36	34	46	46	- 12
Poisonings	37	33	33	111	- 78
Liver Cancer	38	32	39	71	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	29	25	279	- 250
Prostate Cancer	40	28	35	81	- 53
Epilepsy	41	27	30	143	- 117
Endocrine Disorders	42	26	27	235	- 209
Oral Cancer	43	26	42	52	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	24	48	40	- 16
Stomach Cancer	45	21	60	11	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	20	41	55	- 34
Tetanus	47	18	47	45	- 27
Ovary Cancer	48	16	53	24	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	16	32	126	- 110
Schistosomiasis	50	15	76	0	+ 15
Lung Cancers	51	13	43	51	- 38
Alcohol	52	12	38	71	- 59
Skin Disease	53	10	40	70	- 59
Appendicitis	54	10	52	25	- 15
Hepatitis B	55	9	51	27	- 18
Leukemia	56	8	49	39	- 30
Upper Respiratory	57	6	55	18	- 12
Encephalitis	58	5	57	14	- 9
Drug Use	59	5	50	32	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	60	4	58	12	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	56	18	- 15
Uterin Cancer	62	2	54	23	- 21
Other Neoplasms	63	2	62	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	2	- 1
Dengue	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	6	- 5
Measles	67	1	59	12	- 11
Otitis Media	68	1	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
War	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	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 LESOTHO

Malawi

Lesotho

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.