LITHUANIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,550	51	22	+ 1,528
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	935	7	654	+ 280
Malaria	3	762	81	0	+ 762
Road Traffic Accidents	4	751	27	225	+ 527
Stroke	5	717	2	5,643	- 4,926
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	698	42	59	+ 639
Coronary Heart Disease	7	595	1	15,329	- 14,734
Low Birth Weight	8	524	55	9	+ 515
Birth Trauma	9	430	53	10	+ 420
Liver Disease	10	394	9	644	- 250
Tuberculosis	11	361	38	119	+ 243
Cervical Cancer	12	347	28	224	+ 123
Congenital Anomalies	13	303	41	62	+ 241
Diabetes Mellitus	14	274	14	525	- 251
Maternal Conditions	15	224	63	2	+ 222
Oesophagus Cancer	16	222	30	219	+ 4
Hypertension	17	217	4	1,289	- 1,072
Meningitis	18	216	52	19	+ 197
Kidney Disease	19	189	19	372	- 183
Malnutrition	20	181	58	7	+ 174
Lung Disease	21	162	16	513	- 351
Other Injuries	22	153	18	416	- 263
Suicide	23	122	6	721	- 600
Lymphomas	24	101	21	321	- 220
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	94	8	649	- 554
Asthma	26	85	46	45	+ 40
Breast Cancer	27	72	11	629	- 556
Falls	28	68	15	518	- 450
Syphilis	29	58	70	0	+ 58
Drownings	30	55	35	150	- 95
Pertussis	31	53	69	0	+ 53
Violence	32	49	36	132	- 82
Bladder Cancer	33	47	23	292	- 246
Fires	34	46	43	51	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	35	45	17	484	- 439
Skin Cancers	36	40	32	197	- 157
Poisonings	37	39	45	46	- 7
Liver Cancer	38	38	25	239	- 201
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	34	22	313	- 279
Prostate Cancer	40	33	12	598	- 565
Epilepsy	41	31	40	62	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	42	31	39	72	- 41
Oral Cancer	43	30	20	338	- 308
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	28	5	1,074	- 1,045
Stomach Cancer	45	25	10	639	- 614
Parkinson's Disease	46	24	29	222	- 198
Tetanus	47	21	62	2	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	48	19	26	233	- 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	19	48	29	- 11
Schistosomiasis	50	17	78	0	+ 17
Lung Cancers	51	16	3	1,329	- 1,313
Alcohol	52	14	33	192	- 178
Skin Disease	53	12	44	48	- 36
Appendicitis	54	11	54	10	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	11	61	5	+ 6
Leukemia	56	10	24	284	- 274
Upper Respiratory	57	7	68	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	58	6	65	2	+ 4
Drug Use	59	6	37	122	- 117
Pancreas Cancer	60	5	13	578	- 573
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	47	41	- 38
Uterin Cancer	62	3	34	159	- 157
Other Neoplasms	63	2	31	212	- 210
Hepatitis C	64	2	50	23	- 22
Dengue	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	49	29	- 28
Measles	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	81	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Malawi

Lithuania

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.