NEW ZEALAND VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,045	57	10	+ 3,034
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,835	7	920	+ 915
Malaria	3	1,496	78	0	+ 1,496
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,475	16	458	+ 1,017
Stroke	5	1,408	3	2,378	- 970
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,371	37	81	+ 1,290
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,169	1	5,095	- 3,926
Low Birth Weight	8	1,029	38	78	+ 951
Birth Trauma	9	845	54	15	+ 830
Liver Disease	10	773	32	158	+ 615
Tuberculosis	11	710	52	17	+ 692
Cervical Cancer	12	682	41	61	+ 621
Congenital Anomalies	13	595	30	176	+ 420
Diabetes Mellitus	14	538	8	769	- 231
Maternal Conditions	15	440	63	5	+ 435
Oesophagus Cancer	16	437	25	279	+ 158
Hypertension	17	426	20	327	+ 99
Meningitis	18	425	59	9	+ 416
Kidney Disease	19	372	17	432	- 60
Malnutrition	20	356	55	14	+ 342
Lung Disease	21	318	5	1,815	- 1,497
Other Injuries	22	300	28	218	+ 82
Suicide	23	239	15	528	- 290
Lymphomas	24	199	13	608	- 409
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	186	2	3,032	- 2,846
Asthma	26	167	36	91	+ 77
Breast Cancer	27	142	10	737	- 594
Falls	28	133	11	627	- 493
Syphilis	29	114	70	0	+ 114
Drownings	30	109	44	54	+ 54
Pertussis	31	103	65	1	+ 103
Violence	32	96	42	57	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	33	92	26	267	- 175
Fires	34	90	53	17	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	35	88	23	313	- 225
Skin Cancers	36	78	12	612	- 533
Poisonings	37	77	58	9	+ 68
Liver Cancer	38	75	24	288	- 213
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	66	39	70	- 4
Prostate Cancer	40	64	9	739	- 675
Epilepsy	41	62	43	55	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	42	61	21	325	- 264
Oral Cancer	43	60	31	164	- 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	56	6	1,495	- 1,439
Stomach Cancer	45	49	22	323	- 274
Parkinson's Disease	46	47	19	353	- 306
Tetanus	47	42	69	0	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	48	37	29	207	- 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	37	35	113	- 76
Schistosomiasis	50	34	77	0	+ 34
Lung Cancers	51	31	4	1,873	- 1,842
Alcohol	52	27	45	51	- 24
Skin Disease	53	24	34	118	- 94
Appendicitis	54	22	62	6	+ 16
Hepatitis B	55	21	56	14	+ 7
Leukemia	56	19	18	391	- 372
Upper Respiratory	57	14	64	4	+ 10
Encephalitis	58	11	66	1	+ 11
Drug Use	59	11	40	69	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	60	9	14	543	- 534
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	46	47	- 40
Uterin Cancer	62	5	33	145	- 139
Other Neoplasms	63	4	27	245	- 241
Hepatitis C	64	3	48	30	- 26
Dengue	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	47	43	- 41
Measles	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Malawi

New Zealand

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.