MALAWI VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NAMIBIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	22,732	1	12,839	+ 9,893
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,368	2	7,739	+ 3,629
Tuberculosis	3	10,994	11	2,992	+ 8,002
Stroke	4	10,347	5	5,939	+ 4,408
Coronary Heart Disease	5	9,475	7	4,929	+ 4,546
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,740	4	6,221	+ 519
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,623	14	2,267	+ 3,356
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	5,006	6	5,782	- 776
Low Birth Weight	9	4,005	8	4,339	- 334
Lung Disease	10	3,580	21	1,340	+ 2,239
Violence	11	3,491	32	406	+ 3,084
Hypertension	12	3,322	17	1,797	+ 1,525
Birth Trauma	13	2,675	9	3,563	- 888
Liver Disease	14	2,605	10	3,259	- 654
Kidney Disease	15	2,496	19	1,567	+ 929
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,198	13	2,509	- 311
Suicide	17	1,884	23	1,007	+ 877
Malnutrition	18	1,735	20	1,499	+ 236
Other Injuries	19	1,605	22	1,266	+ 338
Asthma	20	1,556	26	705	+ 851
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,363	25	782	+ 581
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,256	35	370	+ 886
Cervical Cancer	23	1,031	12	2,876	- 1,846
Breast Cancer	24	940	27	600	+ 340
Maternal Conditions	25	855	15	1,854	- 999
Drownings	26	851	30	458	+ 393
Meningitis	27	844	18	1,792	- 948
Fires	28	844	34	380	+ 465
Skin Cancers	29	836	36	331	+ 506
Oral Cancer	30	774	43	251	+ 523
Prostate Cancer	31	732	40	271	+ 461
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	588	39	280	+ 308
Endocrine Disorders	33	566	42	257	+ 309
Falls	34	482	28	562	- 80
Lung Cancers	35	456	51	131	+ 326
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	422	44	234	+ 188
Pertussis	37	420	31	436	- 16
Epilepsy	38	382	41	260	+ 122
Poisonings	39	360	37	325	+ 35
Lymphomas	40	356	24	839	- 483
Liver Cancer	41	349	38	317	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	42	337	46	200	+ 137
Syphilis	43	270	29	480	- 210
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	257	49	154	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	45	253	45	206	+ 47
Drug Use	46	246	59	48	+ 199
Skin Disease	47	240	53	101	+ 139
Alcohol	48	218	52	114	+ 104
Leukemia	49	184	56	82	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	50	181	48	158	+ 23
Malaria	51	167	3	6,308	- 6,141
Oesophagus Cancer	52	163	16	1,842	- 1,679
Pancreas Cancer	53	136	60	38	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	54	122	33	388	- 266
Schistosomiasis	55	106	50	143	- 37
Uterin Cancer	56	88	62	23	+ 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	73	61	29	+ 45
Appendicitis	58	68	54	94	- 26
Encephalitis	59	63	58	48	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	60	60	63	17	+ 43
Upper Respiratory	61	49	57	60	- 10
Tetanus	62	47	47	178	- 131
Hepatitis B	63	35	55	88	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	64	18	66	9	+ 9
Measles	65	16	67	6	+ 10
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	15	- 10
War	67	4	71	2	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	3	70	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	2	69	4	- 2
Otitis Media	70	2	68	5	- 3
Diphtheria	71	2	72	2	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Namibia

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.