MADAGASCAR VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	17,375	25	1,341	+ 16,034
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,473	2	14,605	- 4,132
Malaria	3	8,537	9	5,507	+ 3,030
Road Traffic Accidents	4	8,419	7	7,880	+ 540
Stroke	5	8,037	1	17,964	- 9,927
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	7,825	5	11,085	- 3,260
Coronary Heart Disease	7	6,671	3	12,388	- 5,718
Low Birth Weight	8	5,872	10	5,353	+ 519
Birth Trauma	9	4,822	11	5,347	- 525
Liver Disease	10	4,410	12	4,803	- 393
Tuberculosis	11	4,049	4	11,606	- 7,556
Cervical Cancer	12	3,892	17	3,028	+ 865
Congenital Anomalies	13	3,396	15	3,380	+ 15
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,068	16	3,278	- 210
Maternal Conditions	15	2,509	18	2,776	- 267
Oesophagus Cancer	16	2,492	27	1,080	+ 1,412
Hypertension	17	2,431	8	6,208	- 3,777
Meningitis	18	2,425	20	2,391	+ 35
Kidney Disease	19	2,121	22	2,202	- 81
Malnutrition	20	2,029	13	4,236	- 2,207
Lung Disease	21	1,814	14	3,957	- 2,143
Other Injuries	22	1,714	21	2,359	- 646
Suicide	23	1,363	24	1,476	- 113
Lymphomas	24	1,135	34	675	+ 460
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,059	26	1,120	- 62
Asthma	26	954	19	2,507	- 1,553
Breast Cancer	27	812	37	629	+ 183
Falls	28	760	36	653	+ 107
Syphilis	29	650	33	680	- 30
Drownings	30	620	31	825	- 205
Pertussis	31	590	41	519	+ 71
Violence	32	550	23	1,749	- 1,199
Bladder Cancer	33	525	48	286	+ 239
Fires	34	514	35	661	- 148
Inflammatory/Heart	35	501	28	1,046	- 545
Skin Cancers	36	448	43	467	- 19
Poisonings	37	440	40	571	- 131
Liver Cancer	38	429	30	933	- 505
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	378	42	495	- 117
Prostate Cancer	40	366	29	996	- 630
Epilepsy	41	352	46	385	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	42	347	44	463	- 116
Oral Cancer	43	340	32	697	- 357
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	317	39	606	- 288
Stomach Cancer	45	279	47	368	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	46	270	49	266	+ 4
Tetanus	47	240	52	186	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	48	213	57	135	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	209	38	627	- 418
Schistosomiasis	50	194	50	260	- 66
Lung Cancers	51	177	55	147	+ 30
Alcohol	52	154	53	161	- 7
Skin Disease	53	137	51	187	- 50
Appendicitis	54	127	56	147	- 20
Hepatitis B	55	119	58	98	+ 21
Leukemia	56	111	45	401	- 290
Upper Respiratory	57	81	63	49	+ 32
Encephalitis	58	65	60	94	- 29
Drug Use	59	64	62	58	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	60	51	61	80	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	39	64	47	- 8
Uterin Cancer	62	31	59	95	- 64
Other Neoplasms	63	22	65	24	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	20	67	16	+ 4
Dengue	65	12	72	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	66	12	66	18	- 6
Measles	67	8	6	9,172	- 9,164
Otitis Media	68	7	68	10	- 3
Ascariasis	69	6	70	5	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	3	69	7	- 3
War	71	3	54	155	- 151
Diphtheria	72	2	71	3	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Malawi

Madagascar

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.