TRINIDAD/TOB. VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	831	12	196	+ 635
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	501	10	205	+ 296
Malaria	3	408	72	0	+ 408
Road Traffic Accidents	4	403	15	130	+ 273
Stroke	5	384	3	822	- 438
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	374	45	18	+ 356
Coronary Heart Disease	7	319	1	1,476	- 1,157
Low Birth Weight	8	281	23	83	+ 198
Birth Trauma	9	231	40	25	+ 205
Liver Disease	10	211	14	136	+ 75
Tuberculosis	11	194	43	22	+ 172
Cervical Cancer	12	186	21	97	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	13	162	22	93	+ 69
Diabetes Mellitus	14	147	2	1,275	- 1,129
Maternal Conditions	15	120	50	10	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	16	119	41	24	+ 95
Hypertension	17	116	11	201	- 85
Meningitis	18	116	52	9	+ 107
Kidney Disease	19	101	5	439	- 338
Malnutrition	20	97	47	17	+ 81
Lung Disease	21	87	16	129	- 42
Other Injuries	22	82	30	61	+ 21
Suicide	23	65	17	121	- 56
Lymphomas	24	54	20	111	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	51	9	215	- 164
Asthma	26	46	35	40	+ 5
Breast Cancer	27	39	7	258	- 219
Falls	28	36	33	43	- 7
Syphilis	29	31	61	0	+ 31
Drownings	30	30	39	31	- 1
Pertussis	31	28	67	0	+ 28
Violence	32	26	4	549	- 523
Bladder Cancer	33	25	34	41	- 15
Fires	34	25	48	16	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	35	24	25	72	- 48
Skin Cancers	36	21	57	4	+ 17
Poisonings	37	21	59	1	+ 20
Liver Cancer	38	20	28	66	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	18	31	52	- 34
Prostate Cancer	40	18	6	330	- 312
Epilepsy	41	17	37	32	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	42	17	18	119	- 103
Oral Cancer	43	16	38	31	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	15	13	196	- 180
Stomach Cancer	45	13	26	69	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	46	13	32	51	- 38
Tetanus	47	12	65	0	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	48	10	24	80	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	10	49	11	- 1
Schistosomiasis	50	9	71	0	+ 9
Lung Cancers	51	8	8	217	- 209
Alcohol	52	7	42	23	- 16
Skin Disease	53	7	36	39	- 32
Appendicitis	54	6	56	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	6	60	0	+ 5
Leukemia	56	5	29	62	- 57
Upper Respiratory	57	4	64	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	58	3	54	6	- 3
Drug Use	59	3	44	19	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	19	114	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	53	8	- 6
Uterin Cancer	62	1	27	68	- 66
Other Neoplasms	63	1	51	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Dengue	65	1	55	5	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	58	2	- 2
Measles	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	+ 0
War	71	0	46	17	- 17
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Malawi

Trinidad/Tob.

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.