SYRIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,079	58	15	+ 14,064
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,486	4	2,958	+ 5,528
Malaria	3	6,917	79	0	+ 6,917
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,822	5	2,550	+ 4,272
Stroke	5	6,513	2	8,088	- 1,576
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,340	7	2,156	+ 4,184
Coronary Heart Disease	7	5,405	1	28,203	- 22,798
Low Birth Weight	8	4,758	12	1,652	+ 3,106
Birth Trauma	9	3,907	21	744	+ 3,163
Liver Disease	10	3,574	11	1,720	+ 1,854
Tuberculosis	11	3,281	56	23	+ 3,258
Cervical Cancer	12	3,154	42	188	+ 2,966
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,752	8	2,077	+ 674
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,486	15	1,534	+ 952
Maternal Conditions	15	2,033	45	105	+ 1,928
Oesophagus Cancer	16	2,020	47	97	+ 1,922
Hypertension	17	1,970	23	707	+ 1,263
Meningitis	18	1,965	35	295	+ 1,670
Kidney Disease	19	1,719	6	2,329	- 610
Malnutrition	20	1,644	51	73	+ 1,572
Lung Disease	21	1,470	13	1,601	- 131
Other Injuries	22	1,388	24	521	+ 867
Suicide	23	1,104	33	333	+ 772
Lymphomas	24	920	18	827	+ 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	858	14	1,551	- 693
Asthma	26	773	17	1,052	- 279
Breast Cancer	27	658	10	1,953	- 1,295
Falls	28	616	29	383	+ 233
Syphilis	29	527	55	31	+ 496
Drownings	30	502	40	215	+ 287
Pertussis	31	478	37	289	+ 189
Violence	32	446	25	444	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	33	425	20	757	- 332
Fires	34	416	43	179	+ 237
Inflammatory/Heart	35	406	32	337	+ 69
Skin Cancers	36	363	38	276	+ 86
Poisonings	37	356	46	98	+ 258
Liver Cancer	38	347	31	366	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	307	49	79	+ 227
Prostate Cancer	40	297	28	404	- 107
Epilepsy	41	285	48	92	+ 193
Endocrine Disorders	42	281	26	418	- 137
Oral Cancer	43	275	36	289	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	257	16	1,224	- 967
Stomach Cancer	45	226	22	725	- 499
Parkinson's Disease	46	219	30	367	- 148
Tetanus	47	195	52	57	+ 137
Ovary Cancer	48	173	34	328	- 155
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	169	41	197	- 28
Schistosomiasis	50	157	60	11	+ 146
Lung Cancers	51	143	9	2,048	- 1,905
Alcohol	52	125	53	51	+ 74
Skin Disease	53	111	61	8	+ 103
Appendicitis	54	103	54	36	+ 66
Hepatitis B	55	96	63	5	+ 91
Leukemia	56	90	19	796	- 706
Upper Respiratory	57	65	66	3	+ 62
Encephalitis	58	53	50	77	- 25
Drug Use	59	52	39	249	- 197
Pancreas Cancer	60	42	27	411	- 369
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	32	62	7	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	62	25	44	146	- 121
Other Neoplasms	63	18	57	21	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	16	68	1	+ 15
Dengue	65	10	72	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	9	59	14	- 5
Measles	67	7	70	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	6	71	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	69	5	67	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	3	69	1	+ 2
War	71	3	3	7,760	- 7,758
Diphtheria	72	2	64	5	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	5	- 5
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	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	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Malawi

Syria

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.