SENEGAL VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,119	20	1,186	+ 9,932
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,702	1	7,184	- 482
Malaria	3	5,463	5	4,595	+ 868
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,388	6	3,832	+ 1,556
Stroke	5	5,143	4	5,342	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,007	3	5,343	- 336
Coronary Heart Disease	7	4,269	2	6,224	- 1,956
Low Birth Weight	8	3,758	7	3,636	+ 121
Birth Trauma	9	3,086	8	3,448	- 362
Liver Disease	10	2,822	13	2,147	+ 676
Tuberculosis	11	2,591	9	2,678	- 87
Cervical Cancer	12	2,491	17	1,405	+ 1,086
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,173	11	2,364	- 191
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,963	10	2,395	- 432
Maternal Conditions	15	1,606	14	1,669	- 63
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,595	55	99	+ 1,496
Hypertension	17	1,556	21	1,095	+ 461
Meningitis	18	1,552	15	1,628	- 76
Kidney Disease	19	1,357	12	2,210	- 853
Malnutrition	20	1,299	32	494	+ 804
Lung Disease	21	1,161	18	1,351	- 190
Other Injuries	22	1,097	16	1,512	- 415
Suicide	23	872	24	978	- 106
Lymphomas	24	726	39	315	+ 411
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	677	26	879	- 201
Asthma	26	610	25	936	- 326
Breast Cancer	27	520	27	861	- 341
Falls	28	487	30	622	- 136
Syphilis	29	416	53	122	+ 294
Drownings	30	396	33	494	- 97
Pertussis	31	378	28	771	- 394
Violence	32	352	19	1,247	- 895
Bladder Cancer	33	336	50	155	+ 181
Fires	34	329	34	448	- 120
Inflammatory/Heart	35	321	36	426	- 105
Skin Cancers	36	286	51	147	+ 140
Poisonings	37	281	40	315	- 33
Liver Cancer	38	274	22	1,087	- 813
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	242	35	433	- 191
Prostate Cancer	40	234	29	642	- 408
Epilepsy	41	225	38	330	- 105
Endocrine Disorders	42	222	23	1,041	- 819
Oral Cancer	43	217	43	208	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	203	37	384	- 181
Stomach Cancer	45	178	31	557	- 379
Parkinson's Disease	46	173	41	273	- 100
Tetanus	47	154	58	85	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	48	136	42	220	- 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	134	46	166	- 32
Schistosomiasis	50	124	45	176	- 52
Lung Cancers	51	113	44	180	- 67
Alcohol	52	98	59	74	+ 24
Skin Disease	53	88	47	159	- 72
Appendicitis	54	81	61	38	+ 43
Hepatitis B	55	76	60	70	+ 6
Leukemia	56	71	54	113	- 42
Upper Respiratory	57	52	66	15	+ 36
Encephalitis	58	41	57	85	- 44
Drug Use	59	41	52	138	- 97
Pancreas Cancer	60	33	48	159	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	25	67	15	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	62	20	56	94	- 74
Other Neoplasms	63	14	62	24	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	13	68	11	+ 2
Dengue	65	8	73	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	64	20	- 12
Measles	67	5	49	158	- 153
Otitis Media	68	5	72	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	69	4	65	18	- 14
Chlamydia	70	2	71	2	+ 1
War	71	2	69	4	- 2
Diphtheria	72	2	70	3	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	63	21	- 21
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Malawi

Senegal

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.