MALAWI VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,126	7	4,929	+ 18,197
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,782	2	7,739	+ 7,044
Stroke	3	13,595	5	5,939	+ 7,656
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,522	4	6,221	- 1,700
Lung Disease	5	4,176	21	1,340	+ 2,836
Kidney Disease	6	4,174	19	1,567	+ 2,607
Liver Disease	7	3,227	10	3,259	- 32
Lung Cancers	8	2,719	51	131	+ 2,589
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,586	14	2,267	+ 319
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,516	25	782	+ 1,734
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,413	44	234	+ 2,179
Breast Cancer	12	1,934	27	600	+ 1,334
HIV/AIDS	13	1,687	1	12,839	- 11,152
Other Injuries	14	1,399	22	1,266	+ 133
Skin Disease	15	1,301	53	101	+ 1,199
Liver Cancer	16	1,249	38	317	+ 933
Oral Cancer	17	1,174	43	251	+ 923
Falls	18	1,168	28	562	+ 606
Suicide	19	1,148	23	1,007	+ 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,116	6	5,782	- 4,666
Stomach Cancer	21	908	45	206	+ 702
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	897	39	280	+ 617
Leukemia	23	889	56	82	+ 807
Congenital Anomalies	24	883	13	2,509	- 1,626
Lymphomas	25	832	24	839	- 7
Tuberculosis	26	773	11	2,992	- 2,220
Inflammatory/Heart	27	764	35	370	+ 394
Parkinson's Disease	28	696	46	200	+ 497
Low Birth Weight	29	642	8	4,339	- 3,696
Asthma	30	638	26	705	- 67
Cervical Cancer	31	636	12	2,876	- 2,240
Pancreas Cancer	32	626	60	38	+ 588
Prostate Cancer	33	569	40	271	+ 298
Violence	34	547	32	406	+ 141
Ovary Cancer	35	521	48	158	+ 363
Drownings	36	516	30	458	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	37	510	42	257	+ 253
Hypertension	38	409	17	1,797	- 1,388
Bladder Cancer	39	294	33	388	- 94
Encephalitis	40	285	58	48	+ 237
Oesophagus Cancer	41	274	16	1,842	- 1,568
Birth Trauma	42	226	9	3,563	- 3,337
Uterin Cancer	43	222	62	23	+ 199
Fires	44	211	34	380	- 168
Drug Use	45	203	59	48	+ 155
Meningitis	46	189	18	1,792	- 1,603
Dengue	47	176	65	9	+ 167
Other Neoplasms	48	167	63	17	+ 150
Malnutrition	49	157	20	1,499	- 1,343
Skin Cancers	50	156	36	331	- 175
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	155	49	154	+ 1
Epilepsy	52	142	41	260	- 118
Poisonings	53	133	37	325	- 192
Hepatitis B	54	129	55	88	+ 42
Alcohol	55	114	52	114	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	56	105	15	1,854	- 1,749
Pertussis	57	50	31	436	- 386
Appendicitis	58	45	54	94	- 49
Multiple Sclerosis	59	19	66	9	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	17	61	29	- 12
Tetanus	61	13	47	178	- 164
Syphilis	62	12	29	480	- 468
War	63	7	71	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	15	- 11
Upper Respiratory	65	3	57	60	- 57
Otitis Media	66	2	68	5	- 3
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	72	2	- 1
Measles	70	0	67	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	50	143	- 143
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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Malawi

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.