RWANDA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,037	7	2,826	+ 5,211
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,844	1	5,280	- 435
Malaria	3	3,949	5	3,298	+ 651
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,894	3	3,718	+ 176
Stroke	5	3,718	2	5,060	- 1,343
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,619	6	3,121	+ 498
Coronary Heart Disease	7	3,085	4	3,605	- 520
Low Birth Weight	8	2,716	9	2,193	+ 523
Birth Trauma	9	2,230	10	1,888	+ 342
Liver Disease	10	2,040	8	2,548	- 508
Tuberculosis	11	1,873	26	625	+ 1,248
Cervical Cancer	12	1,800	18	941	+ 860
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,571	12	1,777	- 207
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,419	11	1,858	- 439
Maternal Conditions	15	1,161	21	722	+ 438
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,153	44	213	+ 940
Hypertension	17	1,125	14	1,357	- 233
Meningitis	18	1,122	19	847	+ 275
Kidney Disease	19	981	15	1,206	- 225
Malnutrition	20	939	16	1,168	- 229
Lung Disease	21	839	13	1,555	- 715
Other Injuries	22	793	17	944	- 152
Suicide	23	630	24	704	- 73
Lymphomas	24	525	30	450	+ 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	490	25	657	- 168
Asthma	26	441	22	717	- 276
Breast Cancer	27	376	27	600	- 224
Falls	28	352	31	412	- 61
Syphilis	29	301	46	173	+ 128
Drownings	30	287	36	285	+ 2
Pertussis	31	273	42	218	+ 55
Violence	32	254	29	548	- 294
Bladder Cancer	33	243	62	35	+ 208
Fires	34	238	38	270	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	35	232	34	347	- 115
Skin Cancers	36	207	50	113	+ 94
Poisonings	37	203	40	220	- 17
Liver Cancer	38	198	23	706	- 508
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	175	33	362	- 187
Prostate Cancer	40	169	32	396	- 227
Epilepsy	41	163	45	191	- 29
Endocrine Disorders	42	161	41	219	- 59
Oral Cancer	43	157	37	272	- 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	147	28	591	- 444
Stomach Cancer	45	129	20	780	- 651
Parkinson's Disease	46	125	47	146	- 21
Tetanus	47	111	58	53	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	48	99	53	92	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	97	48	136	- 39
Schistosomiasis	50	90	51	111	- 21
Lung Cancers	51	82	39	234	- 152
Alcohol	52	71	49	125	- 54
Skin Disease	53	63	52	103	- 39
Appendicitis	54	59	54	70	- 11
Hepatitis B	55	55	55	68	- 13
Leukemia	56	51	35	317	- 266
Upper Respiratory	57	37	57	58	- 21
Encephalitis	58	30	61	39	- 9
Drug Use	59	30	60	45	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	60	24	43	214	- 190
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	18	63	23	- 5
Uterin Cancer	62	14	56	58	- 44
Other Neoplasms	63	10	64	16	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	9	65	12	- 3
Dengue	65	6	72	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	66	7	- 2
Measles	67	4	59	51	- 48
Otitis Media	68	3	68	4	- 0
Ascariasis	69	3	67	5	- 2
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	- 1
War	71	2	69	3	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	71	1	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Malawi

Rwanda

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.