NO MACEDONIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,260	61	0	+ 1,260
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	759	19	157	+ 603
Malaria	3	619	78	0	+ 619
Road Traffic Accidents	4	610	24	107	+ 503
Stroke	5	583	1	5,521	- 4,938
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	567	56	1	+ 566
Coronary Heart Disease	7	484	2	4,420	- 3,936
Low Birth Weight	8	426	28	73	+ 352
Birth Trauma	9	350	48	7	+ 342
Liver Disease	10	320	15	218	+ 102
Tuberculosis	11	294	35	32	+ 262
Cervical Cancer	12	282	31	68	+ 214
Congenital Anomalies	13	246	37	29	+ 218
Diabetes Mellitus	14	222	4	1,104	- 881
Maternal Conditions	15	182	54	2	+ 180
Oesophagus Cancer	16	181	34	45	+ 135
Hypertension	17	176	7	627	- 451
Meningitis	18	176	51	4	+ 172
Kidney Disease	19	154	9	516	- 362
Malnutrition	20	147	58	1	+ 147
Lung Disease	21	132	6	807	- 675
Other Injuries	22	124	17	183	- 59
Suicide	23	99	16	196	- 97
Lymphomas	24	82	25	96	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	77	30	71	+ 6
Asthma	26	69	33	53	+ 16
Breast Cancer	27	59	11	386	- 327
Falls	28	55	27	78	- 23
Syphilis	29	47	62	0	+ 47
Drownings	30	45	41	18	+ 27
Pertussis	31	43	50	4	+ 39
Violence	32	40	36	31	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	33	38	18	163	- 124
Fires	34	37	46	11	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	35	36	3	4,249	- 4,213
Skin Cancers	36	32	21	126	- 94
Poisonings	37	32	45	11	+ 21
Liver Cancer	38	31	13	260	- 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	27	32	56	- 29
Prostate Cancer	40	27	14	259	- 233
Epilepsy	41	26	38	23	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	42	25	44	12	+ 13
Oral Cancer	43	25	29	72	- 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	23	8	560	- 537
Stomach Cancer	45	20	10	455	- 435
Parkinson's Disease	46	20	20	141	- 121
Tetanus	47	17	75	0	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	48	15	26	93	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	15	43	13	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	50	14	79	0	+ 14
Lung Cancers	51	13	5	1,055	- 1,042
Alcohol	52	11	42	14	- 3
Skin Disease	53	10	57	1	+ 9
Appendicitis	54	9	55	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	9	49	7	+ 1
Leukemia	56	8	22	114	- 106
Upper Respiratory	57	6	65	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	58	5	59	1	+ 4
Drug Use	59	5	47	9	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	60	4	12	267	- 263
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	60	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	62	2	23	108	- 106
Other Neoplasms	63	2	40	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	39	21	- 20
Measles	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	64	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Malawi

No Macedonia

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.