PANAMA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,637	8	653	+ 1,984
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,590	7	697	+ 893
Malaria	3	1,296	81	0	+ 1,296
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,278	9	591	+ 687
Stroke	5	1,220	2	2,006	- 786
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,188	28	163	+ 1,025
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,012	1	2,624	- 1,612
Low Birth Weight	8	891	22	238	+ 653
Birth Trauma	9	732	36	94	+ 638
Liver Disease	10	669	15	325	+ 344
Tuberculosis	11	615	23	223	+ 392
Cervical Cancer	12	591	26	185	+ 406
Congenital Anomalies	13	515	13	378	+ 138
Diabetes Mellitus	14	466	4	1,070	- 604
Maternal Conditions	15	381	48	32	+ 348
Oesophagus Cancer	16	378	45	52	+ 327
Hypertension	17	369	10	510	- 141
Meningitis	18	368	52	27	+ 341
Kidney Disease	19	322	3	1,106	- 784
Malnutrition	20	308	31	122	+ 186
Lung Disease	21	275	5	815	- 540
Other Injuries	22	260	35	100	+ 160
Suicide	23	207	32	121	+ 86
Lymphomas	24	172	24	205	- 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	161	17	296	- 136
Asthma	26	145	43	56	+ 89
Breast Cancer	27	123	19	279	- 155
Falls	28	115	37	92	+ 24
Syphilis	29	99	65	1	+ 97
Drownings	30	94	34	103	- 9
Pertussis	31	90	74	0	+ 89
Violence	32	83	6	730	- 646
Bladder Cancer	33	80	46	33	+ 47
Fires	34	78	57	11	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	35	76	20	270	- 194
Skin Cancers	36	68	44	56	+ 12
Poisonings	37	67	61	4	+ 63
Liver Cancer	38	65	27	182	- 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	57	50	30	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	40	56	12	390	- 334
Epilepsy	41	53	39	66	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	42	53	18	279	- 226
Oral Cancer	43	52	38	78	- 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	48	14	352	- 304
Stomach Cancer	45	42	11	397	- 355
Parkinson's Disease	46	41	33	115	- 74
Tetanus	47	36	69	0	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	48	32	41	64	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	32	53	25	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	50	29	80	0	+ 29
Lung Cancers	51	27	16	303	- 276
Alcohol	52	23	49	30	- 7
Skin Disease	53	21	30	127	- 107
Appendicitis	54	19	56	11	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	18	59	7	+ 11
Leukemia	56	17	25	189	- 172
Upper Respiratory	57	12	54	14	- 1
Encephalitis	58	10	63	3	+ 7
Drug Use	59	10	47	33	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	60	8	29	135	- 127
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	6	55	14	- 8
Uterin Cancer	62	5	40	66	- 61
Other Neoplasms	63	3	21	256	- 253
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 2
Dengue	65	2	64	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	62	3	- 1
Measles	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	58	10	- 10
Anemia	81	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	28	- 28
Oral conditions	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Malawi

Panama

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.