NAMIBIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,654	1	2,928	- 1,274
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	997	2	1,464	- 468
Malaria	3	813	51	22	+ 791
Road Traffic Accidents	4	801	6	868	- 67
Stroke	5	765	4	1,333	- 568
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	745	8	645	+ 100
Coronary Heart Disease	7	635	5	1,221	- 586
Low Birth Weight	8	559	9	516	+ 43
Birth Trauma	9	459	13	345	+ 114
Liver Disease	10	420	14	336	+ 84
Tuberculosis	11	385	3	1,416	- 1,031
Cervical Cancer	12	371	23	133	+ 238
Congenital Anomalies	13	323	16	283	+ 40
Diabetes Mellitus	14	292	7	724	- 432
Maternal Conditions	15	239	25	110	+ 129
Oesophagus Cancer	16	237	52	21	+ 216
Hypertension	17	231	12	428	- 196
Meningitis	18	231	27	109	+ 122
Kidney Disease	19	202	15	322	- 120
Malnutrition	20	193	18	224	- 30
Lung Disease	21	173	10	461	- 288
Other Injuries	22	163	19	207	- 44
Suicide	23	130	17	243	- 113
Lymphomas	24	108	40	46	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	101	21	176	- 75
Asthma	26	91	20	200	- 110
Breast Cancer	27	77	24	121	- 44
Falls	28	72	34	62	+ 10
Syphilis	29	62	43	35	+ 27
Drownings	30	59	26	110	- 51
Pertussis	31	56	37	54	+ 2
Violence	32	52	11	450	- 397
Bladder Cancer	33	50	54	16	+ 34
Fires	34	49	28	109	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	35	48	22	162	- 114
Skin Cancers	36	43	29	108	- 65
Poisonings	37	42	39	46	- 4
Liver Cancer	38	41	41	45	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	36	32	76	- 40
Prostate Cancer	40	35	31	94	- 59
Epilepsy	41	33	38	49	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	42	33	33	73	- 40
Oral Cancer	43	32	30	100	- 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	30	36	54	- 24
Stomach Cancer	45	27	45	33	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	46	26	42	43	- 18
Tetanus	47	23	62	6	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	48	20	50	23	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	20	44	33	- 13
Schistosomiasis	50	18	55	14	+ 5
Lung Cancers	51	17	35	59	- 42
Alcohol	52	15	48	28	- 13
Skin Disease	53	13	47	31	- 18
Appendicitis	54	12	58	9	+ 3
Hepatitis B	55	11	63	4	+ 7
Leukemia	56	11	49	24	- 13
Upper Respiratory	57	8	61	6	+ 1
Encephalitis	58	6	59	8	- 2
Drug Use	59	6	46	32	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	60	5	53	18	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	57	9	- 6
Uterin Cancer	62	3	56	11	- 8
Other Neoplasms	63	2	60	8	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Dengue	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	64	2	- 1
Measles	67	1	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Malawi

Namibia

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.