SIERRA LEONE VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,381	9	2,546	+ 2,835
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,243	1	7,420	- 4,176
Malaria	3	2,644	2	6,824	- 4,180
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,607	8	2,581	+ 26
Stroke	5	2,489	5	3,769	- 1,280
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,423	3	5,275	- 2,852
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,066	4	4,027	- 1,961
Low Birth Weight	8	1,818	7	2,791	- 973
Birth Trauma	9	1,493	6	2,888	- 1,395
Liver Disease	10	1,366	13	1,312	+ 53
Tuberculosis	11	1,254	10	2,414	- 1,160
Cervical Cancer	12	1,205	35	264	+ 942
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,052	11	1,532	- 481
Diabetes Mellitus	14	950	14	1,190	- 240
Maternal Conditions	15	777	18	880	- 103
Oesophagus Cancer	16	772	57	37	+ 735
Hypertension	17	753	21	623	+ 130
Meningitis	18	751	12	1,415	- 664
Kidney Disease	19	657	15	1,082	- 426
Malnutrition	20	628	17	924	- 295
Lung Disease	21	562	20	791	- 230
Other Injuries	22	531	16	1,040	- 510
Suicide	23	422	25	521	- 99
Lymphomas	24	351	42	132	+ 219
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	328	28	373	- 45
Asthma	26	295	24	613	- 318
Breast Cancer	27	252	23	615	- 364
Falls	28	235	30	324	- 88
Syphilis	29	201	41	180	+ 21
Drownings	30	192	29	366	- 174
Pertussis	31	183	26	469	- 286
Violence	32	170	22	618	- 447
Bladder Cancer	33	163	52	78	+ 85
Fires	34	159	33	275	- 116
Inflammatory/Heart	35	155	32	288	- 133
Skin Cancers	36	139	48	86	+ 53
Poisonings	37	136	38	218	- 82
Liver Cancer	38	133	27	400	- 267
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	117	31	308	- 191
Prostate Cancer	40	113	34	274	- 160
Epilepsy	41	109	37	230	- 121
Endocrine Disorders	42	108	19	798	- 690
Oral Cancer	43	105	50	82	+ 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	98	39	192	- 94
Stomach Cancer	45	86	36	232	- 145
Parkinson's Disease	46	84	44	117	- 33
Tetanus	47	74	45	103	- 28
Ovary Cancer	48	66	53	77	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	65	43	127	- 62
Schistosomiasis	50	60	46	101	- 41
Lung Cancers	51	55	49	85	- 30
Alcohol	52	48	55	52	- 4
Skin Disease	53	42	51	81	- 38
Appendicitis	54	39	61	27	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	37	47	92	- 55
Leukemia	56	34	59	37	- 2
Upper Respiratory	57	25	64	10	+ 15
Encephalitis	58	20	56	50	- 30
Drug Use	59	20	40	185	- 166
Pancreas Cancer	60	16	54	62	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	12	68	7	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	62	9	60	31	- 21
Other Neoplasms	63	7	66	10	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	6	63	13	- 7
Dengue	65	4	72	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	65	10	- 7
Measles	67	3	58	37	- 34
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	62	15	- 13
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
War	71	1	67	8	- 7
Diphtheria	72	1	69	4	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 SIERRA LEONE

Malawi

Sierra Leone

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.