ZAMBIA VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,270	1	17,234	- 4,964
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,396	2	9,517	- 2,121
Malaria	3	6,029	4	7,882	- 1,853
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,946	11	3,654	+ 2,292
Stroke	5	5,676	3	7,948	- 2,272
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,526	5	6,275	- 750
Coronary Heart Disease	7	4,711	10	4,432	+ 279
Low Birth Weight	8	4,147	8	4,857	- 710
Birth Trauma	9	3,405	7	5,062	- 1,657
Liver Disease	10	3,115	9	4,501	- 1,386
Tuberculosis	11	2,860	6	5,941	- 3,082
Cervical Cancer	12	2,749	17	1,799	+ 950
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,398	12	3,146	- 748
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,166	14	2,395	- 229
Maternal Conditions	15	1,772	22	1,188	+ 584
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,760	36	359	+ 1,401
Hypertension	17	1,717	13	2,616	- 899
Meningitis	18	1,713	16	1,976	- 263
Kidney Disease	19	1,498	18	1,760	- 263
Malnutrition	20	1,433	15	2,303	- 870
Lung Disease	21	1,281	21	1,273	+ 9
Other Injuries	22	1,210	19	1,729	- 518
Suicide	23	962	20	1,303	- 340
Lymphomas	24	801	31	548	+ 254
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	748	29	590	+ 158
Asthma	26	674	26	741	- 67
Breast Cancer	27	574	35	366	+ 208
Falls	28	537	28	596	- 59
Syphilis	29	459	24	885	- 426
Drownings	30	438	27	689	- 251
Pertussis	31	417	25	743	- 326
Violence	32	388	23	1,153	- 765
Bladder Cancer	33	371	50	132	+ 239
Fires	34	363	32	546	- 184
Inflammatory/Heart	35	354	33	501	- 147
Skin Cancers	36	316	54	108	+ 208
Poisonings	37	310	34	456	- 146
Liver Cancer	38	303	46	177	+ 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	267	40	246	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	40	259	30	561	- 303
Epilepsy	41	248	38	332	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	42	245	37	354	- 108
Oral Cancer	43	240	48	155	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	224	43	203	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	45	197	42	206	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	46	191	47	164	+ 27
Tetanus	47	170	44	190	- 20
Ovary Cancer	48	151	57	82	+ 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	147	45	190	- 42
Schistosomiasis	50	137	51	128	+ 9
Lung Cancers	51	125	41	226	- 101
Alcohol	52	109	49	140	- 31
Skin Disease	53	97	52	126	- 29
Appendicitis	54	90	56	84	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	84	55	104	- 20
Leukemia	56	78	39	261	- 183
Upper Respiratory	57	57	60	68	- 11
Encephalitis	58	46	59	70	- 24
Drug Use	59	45	53	122	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	60	36	62	42	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	27	63	30	- 2
Uterin Cancer	62	22	64	30	- 8
Other Neoplasms	63	16	65	20	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	14	66	18	- 4
Dengue	65	9	74	1	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	8	67	13	- 5
Measles	67	6	61	48	- 42
Otitis Media	68	5	70	5	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	4	68	9	- 5
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 1
War	71	2	69	6	- 4
Diphtheria	72	2	73	3	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	74	0	58	72	- 72
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Malawi

Zambia

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.