MAURITIUS VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	773	13	141	+ 632
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	466	7	346	+ 120
Malaria	3	380	70	0	+ 380
Road Traffic Accidents	4	375	11	155	+ 219
Stroke	5	358	3	985	- 627
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	348	42	23	+ 326
Coronary Heart Disease	7	297	2	1,805	- 1,508
Low Birth Weight	8	261	35	37	+ 224
Birth Trauma	9	215	36	37	+ 178
Liver Disease	10	196	12	145	+ 51
Tuberculosis	11	180	45	17	+ 163
Cervical Cancer	12	173	30	49	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	13	151	25	57	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	14	136	1	1,873	- 1,737
Maternal Conditions	15	112	48	11	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	16	111	37	35	+ 75
Hypertension	17	108	6	592	- 483
Meningitis	18	108	57	2	+ 106
Kidney Disease	19	94	4	724	- 630
Malnutrition	20	90	54	4	+ 86
Lung Disease	21	81	5	646	- 566
Other Injuries	22	76	21	66	+ 11
Suicide	23	61	14	120	- 60
Lymphomas	24	50	24	57	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	47	34	42	+ 5
Asthma	26	42	17	107	- 65
Breast Cancer	27	36	8	232	- 196
Falls	28	34	26	57	- 23
Syphilis	29	29	67	0	+ 29
Drownings	30	28	33	43	- 16
Pertussis	31	26	66	0	+ 26
Violence	32	24	41	30	- 5
Bladder Cancer	33	23	44	21	+ 3
Fires	34	23	50	10	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	35	22	16	108	- 86
Skin Cancers	36	20	53	5	+ 15
Poisonings	37	20	49	11	+ 9
Liver Cancer	38	19	27	56	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	17	43	22	- 6
Prostate Cancer	40	16	15	115	- 99
Epilepsy	41	16	38	35	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	42	15	19	101	- 85
Oral Cancer	43	15	23	63	- 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	14	10	182	- 168
Stomach Cancer	45	12	18	104	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	47	12	+ 0
Tetanus	47	11	76	0	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	48	9	32	46	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	9	56	3	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	50	9	69	0	+ 9
Lung Cancers	51	8	9	182	- 174
Alcohol	52	7	29	53	- 46
Skin Disease	53	6	22	64	- 58
Appendicitis	54	6	59	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	5	65	0	+ 5
Leukemia	56	5	31	48	- 43
Upper Respiratory	57	4	63	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	58	3	61	1	+ 2
Drug Use	59	3	46	16	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	28	55	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	60	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	62	1	40	32	- 30
Other Neoplasms	63	1	20	77	- 76
Hepatitis C	64	1	51	9	- 8
Dengue	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Measles	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
War	71	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Malawi

Mauritius

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.