SLOVAKIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,282	65	2	+ 3,280
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,978	6	2,024	- 46
Malaria	3	1,613	77	0	+ 1,613
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,590	27	331	+ 1,259
Stroke	5	1,518	3	3,756	- 2,238
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,478	47	34	+ 1,444
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,260	1	10,654	- 9,394
Low Birth Weight	8	1,109	39	97	+ 1,012
Birth Trauma	9	911	52	15	+ 896
Liver Disease	10	833	7	1,425	- 592
Tuberculosis	11	765	50	26	+ 738
Cervical Cancer	12	735	32	273	+ 463
Congenital Anomalies	13	641	36	167	+ 475
Diabetes Mellitus	14	579	16	750	- 170
Maternal Conditions	15	474	63	3	+ 471
Oesophagus Cancer	16	471	28	314	+ 157
Hypertension	17	459	11	1,034	- 575
Meningitis	18	458	51	25	+ 433
Kidney Disease	19	401	14	830	- 430
Malnutrition	20	383	49	29	+ 355
Lung Disease	21	343	9	1,121	- 779
Other Injuries	22	324	20	554	- 230
Suicide	23	257	19	660	- 402
Lymphomas	24	214	17	736	- 521
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	200	2	4,482	- 4,282
Asthma	26	180	44	47	+ 133
Breast Cancer	27	153	10	1,071	- 918
Falls	28	144	8	1,277	- 1,134
Syphilis	29	123	62	3	+ 119
Drownings	30	117	38	144	- 27
Pertussis	31	111	61	4	+ 108
Violence	32	104	42	59	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	33	99	21	489	- 389
Fires	34	97	46	39	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	35	95	25	339	- 244
Skin Cancers	36	85	24	357	- 273
Poisonings	37	83	48	30	+ 53
Liver Cancer	38	81	22	469	- 388
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	71	31	274	- 202
Prostate Cancer	40	69	12	968	- 899
Epilepsy	41	66	35	168	- 101
Endocrine Disorders	42	66	37	163	- 98
Oral Cancer	43	64	18	716	- 652
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	60	5	2,528	- 2,468
Stomach Cancer	45	53	15	827	- 774
Parkinson's Disease	46	51	29	310	- 259
Tetanus	47	45	71	0	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	48	40	26	334	- 294
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	39	41	70	- 30
Schistosomiasis	50	37	74	0	+ 37
Lung Cancers	51	33	4	2,562	- 2,528
Alcohol	52	29	33	219	- 190
Skin Disease	53	26	34	170	- 144
Appendicitis	54	24	55	9	+ 15
Hepatitis B	55	22	56	8	+ 14
Leukemia	56	21	23	448	- 427
Upper Respiratory	57	15	58	6	+ 9
Encephalitis	58	12	67	1	+ 11
Drug Use	59	12	45	45	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	60	10	13	876	- 866
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	53	15	- 8
Uterin Cancer	62	6	30	280	- 274
Other Neoplasms	63	4	40	93	- 89
Hepatitis C	64	4	54	12	- 9
Dengue	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	43	55	- 53
Measles	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
War	71	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	4	- 4
Anemia	81	0	59	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Malawi

Slovakia

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.