TURKMENISTAN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		TURKMENISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,389	3	3,008	+ 381
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,043	6	1,137	+ 906
Malaria	3	1,665	76	0	+ 1,665
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,642	8	800	+ 842
Stroke	5	1,568	2	4,771	- 3,203
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,526	20	350	+ 1,176
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,301	1	9,941	- 8,640
Low Birth Weight	8	1,145	5	1,161	- 16
Birth Trauma	9	940	7	912	+ 29
Liver Disease	10	860	4	2,018	- 1,157
Tuberculosis	11	790	13	595	+ 195
Cervical Cancer	12	759	25	250	+ 509
Congenital Anomalies	13	662	9	768	- 106
Diabetes Mellitus	14	598	10	694	- 95
Maternal Conditions	15	489	59	4	+ 485
Oesophagus Cancer	16	486	19	392	+ 94
Hypertension	17	474	14	478	- 3
Meningitis	18	473	44	63	+ 410
Kidney Disease	19	414	12	633	- 219
Malnutrition	20	396	56	8	+ 388
Lung Disease	21	354	23	318	+ 36
Other Injuries	22	334	22	336	- 2
Suicide	23	266	21	337	- 71
Lymphomas	24	221	33	131	+ 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	206	16	441	- 234
Asthma	26	186	49	44	+ 142
Breast Cancer	27	158	18	417	- 259
Falls	28	148	36	103	+ 45
Syphilis	29	127	67	0	+ 127
Drownings	30	121	29	153	- 33
Pertussis	31	115	61	3	+ 112
Violence	32	107	28	169	- 62
Bladder Cancer	33	102	43	69	+ 34
Fires	34	100	35	122	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	35	98	11	663	- 566
Skin Cancers	36	87	47	54	+ 33
Poisonings	37	86	50	37	+ 49
Liver Cancer	38	84	24	279	- 196
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	74	37	103	- 29
Prostate Cancer	40	71	45	60	+ 12
Epilepsy	41	69	38	99	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	42	68	31	141	- 73
Oral Cancer	43	66	26	181	- 115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	62	27	177	- 115
Stomach Cancer	45	54	15	443	- 388
Parkinson's Disease	46	53	39	96	- 43
Tetanus	47	47	53	15	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	48	42	40	93	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	41	41	91	- 51
Schistosomiasis	50	38	79	0	+ 38
Lung Cancers	51	34	17	417	- 383
Alcohol	52	30	30	143	- 113
Skin Disease	53	27	54	10	+ 17
Appendicitis	54	25	58	7	+ 18
Hepatitis B	55	23	51	35	- 12
Leukemia	56	22	32	135	- 113
Upper Respiratory	57	16	52	25	- 9
Encephalitis	58	13	42	73	- 60
Drug Use	59	13	48	46	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	60	10	34	125	- 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	60	4	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	62	6	46	58	- 52
Other Neoplasms	63	4	57	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	4	63	2	+ 2
Dengue	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	55	10	- 8
Measles	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	65	0	+ 0
War	71	1	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	62	3	- 3
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKMENISTAN

Malawi

Turkmenistan

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.