URUGUAY VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,021	28	195	+ 1,825
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,218	6	1,370	- 152
Malaria	3	993	79	0	+ 993
Road Traffic Accidents	4	979	16	512	+ 468
Stroke	5	935	2	2,850	- 1,915
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	910	35	134	+ 776
Coronary Heart Disease	7	776	1	4,265	- 3,489
Low Birth Weight	8	683	42	73	+ 609
Birth Trauma	9	561	53	22	+ 539
Liver Disease	10	513	27	206	+ 307
Tuberculosis	11	471	41	81	+ 390
Cervical Cancer	12	453	29	172	+ 281
Congenital Anomalies	13	395	30	170	+ 225
Diabetes Mellitus	14	357	11	747	- 391
Maternal Conditions	15	292	60	9	+ 283
Oesophagus Cancer	16	290	24	286	+ 4
Hypertension	17	283	15	648	- 366
Meningitis	18	282	58	10	+ 272
Kidney Disease	19	247	8	1,040	- 793
Malnutrition	20	236	43	73	+ 163
Lung Disease	21	211	4	1,706	- 1,495
Other Injuries	22	199	10	774	- 575
Suicide	23	158	12	735	- 577
Lymphomas	24	132	20	457	- 325
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	123	3	1,899	- 1,775
Asthma	26	111	37	127	- 16
Breast Cancer	27	94	9	848	- 754
Falls	28	88	47	55	+ 33
Syphilis	29	76	66	3	+ 73
Drownings	30	72	45	65	+ 7
Pertussis	31	69	72	0	+ 68
Violence	32	64	23	295	- 231
Bladder Cancer	33	61	26	276	- 215
Fires	34	60	48	54	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	35	58	22	314	- 256
Skin Cancers	36	52	33	149	- 97
Poisonings	37	51	55	17	+ 35
Liver Cancer	38	50	34	147	- 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	44	46	57	- 13
Prostate Cancer	40	43	13	707	- 664
Epilepsy	41	41	40	86	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	42	40	17	487	- 447
Oral Cancer	43	40	31	167	- 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	37	7	1,245	- 1,208
Stomach Cancer	45	32	18	480	- 448
Parkinson's Disease	46	31	21	320	- 289
Tetanus	47	28	71	0	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	48	25	32	160	- 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	24	50	39	- 15
Schistosomiasis	50	23	77	0	+ 23
Lung Cancers	51	21	5	1,463	- 1,442
Alcohol	52	18	39	104	- 87
Skin Disease	53	16	36	130	- 114
Appendicitis	54	15	59	9	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	14	63	4	+ 10
Leukemia	56	13	25	280	- 267
Upper Respiratory	57	9	62	5	+ 4
Encephalitis	58	8	64	4	+ 4
Drug Use	59	7	49	41	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	60	6	14	656	- 650
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	51	35	- 30
Uterin Cancer	62	4	38	115	- 112
Other Neoplasms	63	3	19	464	- 461
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	3	- 1
Dengue	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	56	13	- 12
Measles	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	61	5	- 5
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Malawi

Uruguay

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.