MAURITANIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,553	25	231	+ 2,323
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,539	1	2,756	- 1,217
Malaria	3	1,254	5	1,423	- 168
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,237	8	1,158	+ 79
Stroke	5	1,181	6	1,307	- 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,150	3	1,656	- 507
Coronary Heart Disease	7	980	4	1,636	- 655
Low Birth Weight	8	863	2	2,014	- 1,151
Birth Trauma	9	709	7	1,204	- 496
Liver Disease	10	648	13	586	+ 63
Tuberculosis	11	595	9	717	- 121
Cervical Cancer	12	572	20	333	+ 239
Congenital Anomalies	13	499	10	665	- 166
Diabetes Mellitus	14	451	12	594	- 144
Maternal Conditions	15	369	11	639	- 270
Oesophagus Cancer	16	366	54	30	+ 336
Hypertension	17	357	22	286	+ 71
Meningitis	18	356	18	357	- 1
Kidney Disease	19	312	15	555	- 243
Malnutrition	20	298	17	462	- 164
Lung Disease	21	267	23	275	- 8
Other Injuries	22	252	19	343	- 91
Suicide	23	200	30	141	+ 59
Lymphomas	24	167	43	65	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	156	24	251	- 96
Asthma	26	140	29	170	- 30
Breast Cancer	27	119	28	189	- 70
Falls	28	112	31	140	- 28
Syphilis	29	95	26	204	- 108
Drownings	30	91	35	116	- 25
Pertussis	31	87	14	574	- 488
Violence	32	81	16	491	- 411
Bladder Cancer	33	77	50	42	+ 35
Fires	34	75	33	123	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	35	74	36	110	- 36
Skin Cancers	36	66	46	50	+ 16
Poisonings	37	65	42	67	- 3
Liver Cancer	38	63	21	312	- 249
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	56	38	83	- 28
Prostate Cancer	40	54	34	118	- 64
Epilepsy	41	52	39	75	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	42	51	27	197	- 146
Oral Cancer	43	50	48	45	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	47	37	110	- 63
Stomach Cancer	45	41	32	132	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	46	40	41	69	- 29
Tetanus	47	35	45	58	- 22
Ovary Cancer	48	31	49	43	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	31	52	34	- 3
Schistosomiasis	50	28	59	14	+ 15
Lung Cancers	51	26	44	60	- 34
Alcohol	52	23	58	16	+ 7
Skin Disease	53	20	47	47	- 27
Appendicitis	54	19	60	9	+ 10
Hepatitis B	55	17	56	22	- 5
Leukemia	56	16	55	22	- 6
Upper Respiratory	57	12	68	3	+ 9
Encephalitis	58	10	53	33	- 24
Drug Use	59	9	40	71	- 62
Pancreas Cancer	60	8	51	39	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	64	4	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	62	5	57	17	- 12
Other Neoplasms	63	3	62	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	3	+ 0
Dengue	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	63	5	- 4
Measles	67	1	61	9	- 7
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
War	71	0	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	65	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Malawi

Mauritania

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.