SOMALIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,679	33	610	+ 7,069
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,629	1	21,712	- 17,083
Malaria	3	3,773	22	1,942	+ 1,831
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,721	11	4,231	- 510
Stroke	5	3,552	6	8,595	- 5,043
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,458	2	15,363	- 11,904
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,948	7	7,233	- 4,285
Low Birth Weight	8	2,595	8	6,250	- 3,655
Birth Trauma	9	2,131	5	9,573	- 7,442
Liver Disease	10	1,949	13	3,917	- 1,968
Tuberculosis	11	1,790	4	10,261	- 8,472
Cervical Cancer	12	1,720	28	883	+ 837
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,501	15	3,410	- 1,909
Diabetes Mellitus	14	1,356	16	2,888	- 1,532
Maternal Conditions	15	1,109	12	4,127	- 3,018
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,102	40	516	+ 585
Hypertension	17	1,075	18	2,643	- 1,569
Meningitis	18	1,072	9	5,381	- 4,309
Kidney Disease	19	937	21	2,051	- 1,114
Malnutrition	20	897	10	4,825	- 3,928
Lung Disease	21	802	19	2,442	- 1,641
Other Injuries	22	757	14	3,602	- 2,844
Suicide	23	602	27	1,219	- 617
Lymphomas	24	502	34	605	- 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	468	32	647	- 179
Asthma	26	422	23	1,878	- 1,457
Breast Cancer	27	359	26	1,232	- 873
Falls	28	336	37	548	- 212
Syphilis	29	287	45	378	- 90
Drownings	30	274	25	1,272	- 998
Pertussis	31	261	20	2,054	- 1,793
Violence	32	243	29	828	- 585
Bladder Cancer	33	232	61	149	+ 83
Fires	34	227	30	810	- 583
Inflammatory/Heart	35	222	39	521	- 299
Skin Cancers	36	198	57	164	+ 34
Poisonings	37	194	31	758	- 564
Liver Cancer	38	189	53	256	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	167	36	559	- 392
Prostate Cancer	40	162	52	285	- 123
Epilepsy	41	155	43	419	- 263
Endocrine Disorders	42	153	44	406	- 253
Oral Cancer	43	150	46	328	- 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	140	38	546	- 406
Stomach Cancer	45	123	49	310	- 187
Parkinson's Disease	46	120	56	184	- 64
Tetanus	47	106	17	2,648	- 2,542
Ovary Cancer	48	94	50	295	- 201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	92	41	446	- 354
Schistosomiasis	50	86	42	435	- 350
Lung Cancers	51	78	54	233	- 155
Alcohol	52	68	59	151	- 83
Skin Disease	53	61	58	151	- 91
Appendicitis	54	56	55	188	- 132
Hepatitis B	55	53	48	315	- 262
Leukemia	56	49	35	562	- 512
Upper Respiratory	57	36	47	326	- 290
Encephalitis	58	29	63	91	- 62
Drug Use	59	28	65	54	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	60	23	62	108	- 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	17	66	35	- 18
Uterin Cancer	62	14	64	78	- 64
Other Neoplasms	63	10	70	12	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	34	- 26
Dengue	65	5	73	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	71	8	- 3
Measles	67	4	3	11,576	- 11,572
Otitis Media	68	3	68	32	- 28
Ascariasis	69	3	69	30	- 27
Chlamydia	70	1	72	5	- 3
War	71	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Diphtheria	72	1	60	150	- 149
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	290	- 290
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Malawi

Somalia

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.