NORWAY VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,250	61	10	+ 3,240
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,959	6	1,797	+ 163
Malaria	3	1,597	84	0	+ 1,597
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,575	42	114	+ 1,461
Stroke	5	1,504	4	2,475	- 972
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,464	37	128	+ 1,336
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,248	1	5,321	- 4,073
Low Birth Weight	8	1,098	52	23	+ 1,075
Birth Trauma	9	902	54	17	+ 885
Liver Disease	10	825	30	214	+ 611
Tuberculosis	11	758	56	15	+ 743
Cervical Cancer	12	728	39	125	+ 603
Congenital Anomalies	13	635	34	136	+ 499
Diabetes Mellitus	14	574	16	560	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	15	469	66	1	+ 468
Oesophagus Cancer	16	466	27	248	+ 218
Hypertension	17	455	28	230	+ 225
Meningitis	18	454	58	14	+ 440
Kidney Disease	19	397	14	611	- 214
Malnutrition	20	380	35	135	+ 244
Lung Disease	21	339	3	2,723	- 2,384
Other Injuries	22	321	15	583	- 262
Suicide	23	255	13	633	- 378
Lymphomas	24	212	12	646	- 433
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	198	2	4,464	- 4,266
Asthma	26	178	43	85	+ 94
Breast Cancer	27	152	11	698	- 546
Falls	28	142	9	777	- 635
Syphilis	29	122	67	1	+ 121
Drownings	30	116	45	65	+ 51
Pertussis	31	110	64	1	+ 109
Violence	32	103	50	32	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	33	98	20	356	- 258
Fires	34	96	48	45	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	35	94	29	221	- 127
Skin Cancers	36	84	18	407	- 324
Poisonings	37	82	57	14	+ 68
Liver Cancer	38	80	26	259	- 179
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	71	33	160	- 89
Prostate Cancer	40	69	8	1,172	- 1,104
Epilepsy	41	66	40	119	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	42	65	19	359	- 294
Oral Cancer	43	64	32	168	- 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	59	7	1,787	- 1,727
Stomach Cancer	45	52	22	343	- 291
Parkinson's Disease	46	51	17	554	- 504
Tetanus	47	45	69	0	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	48	40	24	309	- 269
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	39	46	61	- 22
Schistosomiasis	50	36	83	0	+ 36
Lung Cancers	51	33	5	2,320	- 2,287
Alcohol	52	29	31	205	- 176
Skin Disease	53	26	38	128	- 102
Appendicitis	54	24	59	12	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	22	63	3	+ 19
Leukemia	56	21	21	354	- 333
Upper Respiratory	57	15	60	12	+ 3
Encephalitis	58	12	70	0	+ 12
Drug Use	59	12	25	264	- 252
Pancreas Cancer	60	10	10	770	- 760
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	47	60	- 53
Uterin Cancer	62	6	36	134	- 128
Other Neoplasms	63	4	23	324	- 320
Hepatitis C	64	4	55	17	- 13
Dengue	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	41	119	- 117
Measles	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	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	53	23	- 23
Anemia	81	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Malawi

Norway

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.