MALAWI VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,222	7	4,929	+ 37,293
Diabetes Mellitus	2	26,816	14	2,267	+ 24,549
Stroke	3	26,026	5	5,939	+ 20,087
Kidney Disease	4	12,288	19	1,567	+ 10,721
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,314	2	7,739	+ 3,575
Lung Disease	6	9,007	21	1,340	+ 7,667
Suicide	7	7,016	23	1,007	+ 6,009
Hypertension	8	5,925	17	1,797	+ 4,128
Liver Disease	9	5,181	10	3,259	+ 1,922
Lung Cancers	10	5,011	51	131	+ 4,881
Drownings	11	3,763	30	458	+ 3,305
Breast Cancer	12	3,710	27	600	+ 3,110
Asthma	13	3,476	26	705	+ 2,771
Low Birth Weight	14	3,270	8	4,339	- 1,069
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,998	49	154	+ 2,844
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	2,934	6	5,782	- 2,848
Other Injuries	17	2,908	22	1,266	+ 1,642
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,901	13	2,509	+ 392
Tuberculosis	19	2,734	11	2,992	- 258
Stomach Cancer	20	2,565	45	206	+ 2,359
Birth Trauma	21	2,364	9	3,563	- 1,199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,842	44	234	+ 1,608
Cervical Cancer	23	1,819	12	2,876	- 1,057
Liver Cancer	24	1,783	38	317	+ 1,466
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,446	39	280	+ 1,166
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,424	25	782	+ 642
Falls	27	1,344	28	562	+ 782
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,316	35	370	+ 946
Prostate Cancer	29	1,204	40	271	+ 933
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,159	42	257	+ 903
Violence	31	1,151	32	406	+ 745
Leukemia	32	1,097	56	82	+ 1,015
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,020	46	200	+ 820
Maternal Conditions	34	801	15	1,854	- 1,053
Pancreas Cancer	35	792	60	38	+ 754
Lymphomas	36	786	24	839	- 53
Pertussis	37	770	31	436	+ 334
Oral Cancer	38	738	43	251	+ 487
Meningitis	39	697	18	1,792	- 1,095
Syphilis	40	660	29	480	+ 180
Uterin Cancer	41	626	62	23	+ 603
Skin Disease	42	599	53	101	+ 497
Epilepsy	43	596	41	260	+ 336
Malnutrition	44	581	20	1,499	- 919
Ovary Cancer	45	504	48	158	+ 347
Alcohol	46	497	52	114	+ 383
Oesophagus Cancer	47	477	16	1,842	- 1,365
Fires	48	440	34	380	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	49	341	33	388	- 47
Poisonings	50	222	37	325	- 102
Skin Cancers	51	199	36	331	- 132
Drug Use	52	135	59	48	+ 88
Encephalitis	53	130	58	48	+ 82
Appendicitis	54	97	54	94	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	81	63	17	+ 65
Measles	56	76	67	6	+ 70
Hepatitis B	57	66	55	88	- 22
Road Traffic Accidents	58	40	4	6,221	- 6,182
Tetanus	59	37	47	178	- 141
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	32	61	29	+ 3
Dengue	61	30	65	9	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	62	30	66	9	+ 22
Hepatitis C	63	8	64	15	- 7
Diphtheria	64	8	72	2	+ 6
Ascariasis	65	7	69	4	+ 3
War	66	3	71	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	3	70	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	2	57	60	- 58
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	50	143	- 143
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Micronesia

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.