YEMEN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,961	46	396	+ 18,564
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,429	4	11,978	- 550
Malaria	3	9,316	20	1,719	+ 7,597
Road Traffic Accidents	4	9,188	6	8,561	+ 627
Stroke	5	8,771	2	13,570	- 4,799
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,539	9	4,372	+ 4,167
Coronary Heart Disease	7	7,279	1	30,158	- 22,879
Low Birth Weight	8	6,408	5	8,810	- 2,402
Birth Trauma	9	5,262	7	5,939	- 678
Liver Disease	10	4,813	13	2,891	+ 1,922
Tuberculosis	11	4,419	18	1,899	+ 2,519
Cervical Cancer	12	4,248	57	119	+ 4,129
Congenital Anomalies	13	3,706	10	4,291	- 585
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,348	19	1,794	+ 1,553
Maternal Conditions	15	2,738	32	890	+ 1,848
Oesophagus Cancer	16	2,720	35	765	+ 1,955
Hypertension	17	2,653	8	5,293	- 2,640
Meningitis	18	2,647	28	1,018	+ 1,628
Kidney Disease	19	2,315	15	2,679	- 364
Malnutrition	20	2,214	27	1,058	+ 1,156
Lung Disease	21	1,980	11	3,196	- 1,216
Other Injuries	22	1,870	16	2,225	- 355
Suicide	23	1,487	21	1,699	- 211
Lymphomas	24	1,238	45	433	+ 806
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,155	22	1,405	- 250
Asthma	26	1,041	17	2,106	- 1,065
Breast Cancer	27	886	26	1,134	- 247
Falls	28	830	24	1,170	- 340
Syphilis	29	709	53	175	+ 534
Drownings	30	676	25	1,142	- 466
Pertussis	31	644	23	1,239	- 595
Violence	32	600	14	2,839	- 2,239
Bladder Cancer	33	573	55	160	+ 413
Fires	34	561	29	991	- 430
Inflammatory/Heart	35	547	40	585	- 38
Skin Cancers	36	488	58	100	+ 389
Poisonings	37	480	44	532	- 52
Liver Cancer	38	468	39	609	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	413	33	833	- 421
Prostate Cancer	40	400	63	39	+ 360
Epilepsy	41	384	43	539	- 155
Endocrine Disorders	42	379	36	738	- 359
Oral Cancer	43	371	42	547	- 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	346	30	913	- 567
Stomach Cancer	45	304	31	902	- 598
Parkinson's Disease	46	295	49	362	- 66
Tetanus	47	262	47	395	- 132
Ovary Cancer	48	233	52	188	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	228	37	707	- 479
Schistosomiasis	50	212	56	124	+ 88
Lung Cancers	51	193	41	569	- 376
Alcohol	52	168	59	78	+ 90
Skin Disease	53	150	61	44	+ 106
Appendicitis	54	138	54	162	- 23
Hepatitis B	55	130	50	299	- 170
Leukemia	56	121	34	776	- 655
Upper Respiratory	57	88	70	5	+ 83
Encephalitis	58	71	48	369	- 298
Drug Use	59	70	38	613	- 543
Pancreas Cancer	60	56	51	283	- 227
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	42	66	14	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	62	33	69	5	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	63	25	64	21	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	22	68	8	+ 13
Dengue	65	14	60	71	- 58
Multiple Sclerosis	66	13	62	42	- 29
Measles	67	9	12	3,019	- 3,010
Otitis Media	68	8	73	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	69	6	65	17	- 11
Chlamydia	70	4	72	1	+ 3
War	71	4	3	12,915	- 12,911
Diphtheria	72	3	67	14	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	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	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 YEMEN

Malawi

Yemen

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.