SUDAN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	29,772	22	2,331	+ 27,441
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	17,945	4	12,619	+ 5,326
Malaria	3	14,628	10	5,614	+ 9,014
Road Traffic Accidents	4	14,427	5	11,459	+ 2,968
Stroke	5	13,772	2	20,582	- 6,810
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	13,408	9	6,277	+ 7,131
Coronary Heart Disease	7	11,430	1	43,966	- 32,536
Low Birth Weight	8	10,062	3	16,036	- 5,975
Birth Trauma	9	8,262	7	8,526	- 264
Liver Disease	10	7,557	14	4,348	+ 3,209
Tuberculosis	11	6,939	15	4,250	+ 2,689
Cervical Cancer	12	6,670	41	770	+ 5,900
Congenital Anomalies	13	5,819	11	5,507	+ 311
Diabetes Mellitus	14	5,257	17	3,070	+ 2,186
Maternal Conditions	15	4,299	23	1,961	+ 2,339
Oesophagus Cancer	16	4,271	32	1,126	+ 3,145
Hypertension	17	4,166	8	7,287	- 3,121
Meningitis	18	4,156	33	1,092	+ 3,064
Kidney Disease	19	3,634	12	5,095	- 1,461
Malnutrition	20	3,477	34	1,089	+ 2,388
Lung Disease	21	3,108	13	4,382	- 1,273
Other Injuries	22	2,936	18	2,912	+ 24
Suicide	23	2,335	27	1,644	+ 691
Lymphomas	24	1,945	29	1,533	+ 411
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,814	20	2,584	- 770
Asthma	26	1,635	19	2,636	- 1,001
Breast Cancer	27	1,392	16	3,071	- 1,679
Falls	28	1,303	28	1,559	- 256
Syphilis	29	1,114	47	603	+ 510
Drownings	30	1,062	26	1,684	- 622
Pertussis	31	1,011	24	1,899	- 888
Violence	32	942	21	2,478	- 1,535
Bladder Cancer	33	900	54	369	+ 531
Fires	34	880	31	1,310	- 430
Inflammatory/Heart	35	859	38	839	+ 20
Skin Cancers	36	767	55	356	+ 411
Poisonings	37	753	42	744	+ 9
Liver Cancer	38	734	37	946	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	648	40	775	- 127
Prostate Cancer	40	628	49	523	+ 104
Epilepsy	41	603	43	735	- 132
Endocrine Disorders	42	595	30	1,459	- 864
Oral Cancer	43	582	50	493	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	544	35	1,049	- 505
Stomach Cancer	45	478	51	478	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	46	463	45	705	- 241
Tetanus	47	412	53	378	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	48	365	39	794	- 428
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	358	46	684	- 327
Schistosomiasis	50	332	63	68	+ 264
Lung Cancers	51	303	48	545	- 242
Alcohol	52	264	61	84	+ 179
Skin Disease	53	235	60	112	+ 123
Appendicitis	54	217	59	155	+ 63
Hepatitis B	55	204	44	730	- 527
Leukemia	56	190	25	1,828	- 1,638
Upper Respiratory	57	138	70	5	+ 133
Encephalitis	58	111	57	303	- 192
Drug Use	59	110	36	1,036	- 926
Pancreas Cancer	60	88	58	272	- 184
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	67	67	20	+ 47
Uterin Cancer	62	52	62	71	- 19
Other Neoplasms	63	39	65	35	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	34	68	17	+ 17
Dengue	65	21	72	0	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	66	20	64	54	- 34
Measles	67	14	6	9,301	- 9,287
Otitis Media	68	13	73	0	+ 13
Ascariasis	69	10	66	21	- 11
Chlamydia	70	6	71	1	+ 5
War	71	6	56	336	- 330
Diphtheria	72	4	69	11	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	52	448	- 448
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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 SUDAN

Malawi

Sudan

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.