ICELAND VS MALI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALI		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	246	6	82	+ 164
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	222	55	1	+ 221
Malaria	3	193	73	0	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	4	147	43	3	+ 144
Birth Trauma	5	138	46	2	+ 135
Stroke	6	102	3	141	- 39
Coronary Heart Disease	7	98	1	403	- 306
Malnutrition	8	97	57	1	+ 96
HIV/AIDS	9	96	59	0	+ 95
Meningitis	10	75	50	1	+ 74
Road Traffic Accidents	11	74	35	7	+ 67
Congenital Anomalies	12	62	34	7	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	13	47	60	0	+ 47
Liver Disease	14	45	31	9	+ 36
Other Injuries	15	38	11	50	- 12
Diabetes Mellitus	16	38	16	30	+ 8
Kidney Disease	17	36	15	33	+ 3
Violence	18	35	39	4	+ 31
Lung Disease	19	33	5	129	- 96
Cervical Cancer	20	29	32	9	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	21	27	27	16	+ 11
Measles	22	26	67	0	+ 26
Asthma	23	25	48	2	+ 23
Tuberculosis	24	25	82	0	+ 25
Hypertension	25	21	17	24	- 3
War	26	18	61	0	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	27	18	23	18	+ 0
Drownings	28	17	56	1	+ 17
Pertussis	29	17	62	0	+ 17
Breast Cancer	30	16	9	53	- 38
Falls	31	14	18	24	- 9
Suicide	32	13	13	40	- 27
Syphilis	33	13	80	0	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	13	2	295	- 283
Fires	35	12	58	1	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	12	7	73	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	10	41	3	+ 7
Liver Cancer	38	9	20	22	- 13
Poisonings	39	9	42	3	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	40	9	26	16	- 7
Epilepsy	41	8	37	5	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	42	7	21	20	- 13
Tetanus	43	7	68	0	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	44	6	8	61	- 55
Lymphomas	45	5	14	37	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	5	54	1	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	47	4	12	43	- 39
Oral Cancer	48	4	33	9	- 4
Lung Cancers	49	4	4	134	- 130
Parkinson's Disease	50	4	10	53	- 49
Schistosomiasis	51	4	75	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	52	3	63	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	53	3	25	16	- 13
Skin Cancers	54	3	29	13	- 10
Encephalitis	55	3	78	0	+ 3
Leukemia	56	3	22	19	- 16
Skin Disease	57	3	45	3	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	58	3	19	23	- 20
Drug Use	59	2	24	17	- 15
Alcohol	60	1	28	14	- 13
Uterin Cancer	61	1	36	7	- 6
Appendicitis	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	51	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	67	0	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	44	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	0	38	4	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Mali

Iceland

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.