MALAWI VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	18,899	21	1,340	+ 17,559
Coronary Heart Disease	2	13,759	7	4,929	+ 8,830
Tuberculosis	3	11,562	11	2,992	+ 8,570
Stroke	4	9,027	5	5,939	+ 3,088
Liver Disease	5	4,464	10	3,259	+ 1,205
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,362	2	7,739	- 3,377
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	4,245	6	5,782	- 1,537
Asthma	8	4,147	26	705	+ 3,442
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,255	4	6,221	- 2,967
Kidney Disease	10	2,996	19	1,567	+ 1,429
Low Birth Weight	11	2,673	8	4,339	- 1,666
Lung Cancers	12	2,508	51	131	+ 2,377
Falls	13	2,322	28	562	+ 1,761
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,048	14	2,267	- 218
Birth Trauma	15	1,871	9	3,563	- 1,692
Suicide	16	1,798	23	1,007	+ 791
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,622	49	154	+ 1,468
Hypertension	18	1,463	17	1,797	- 334
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,414	25	782	+ 632
Cervical Cancer	20	1,377	12	2,876	- 1,499
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,363	13	2,509	- 1,147
Other Injuries	22	1,157	22	1,266	- 109
Drownings	23	1,052	30	458	+ 595
Oral Cancer	24	971	43	251	+ 720
Stomach Cancer	25	965	45	206	+ 759
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	816	44	234	+ 582
Breast Cancer	27	726	27	600	+ 126
Maternal Conditions	28	683	15	1,854	- 1,171
Encephalitis	29	617	58	48	+ 569
Epilepsy	30	611	41	260	+ 351
Malnutrition	31	591	20	1,499	- 909
Lymphomas	32	537	24	839	- 302
Parkinson's Disease	33	531	46	200	+ 331
HIV/AIDS	34	515	1	12,839	- 12,324
Violence	35	492	32	406	+ 86
Leukemia	36	467	56	82	+ 385
Ovary Cancer	37	409	48	158	+ 251
Oesophagus Cancer	38	343	16	1,842	- 1,498
Poisonings	39	331	37	325	+ 6
Pertussis	40	317	31	436	- 120
Pancreas Cancer	41	311	60	38	+ 273
Skin Cancers	42	279	36	331	- 51
Meningitis	43	264	18	1,792	- 1,528
Bladder Cancer	44	227	33	388	- 161
Endocrine Disorders	45	180	42	257	- 76
Liver Cancer	46	179	38	317	- 138
Appendicitis	47	154	54	94	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	48	152	35	370	- 219
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	134	39	280	- 146
Fires	50	128	34	380	- 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	121	61	29	+ 92
Alcohol	52	117	52	114	+ 3
Tetanus	53	94	47	178	- 84
Syphilis	54	94	29	480	- 386
Dengue	55	84	65	9	+ 75
Hepatitis B	56	82	55	88	- 6
Drug Use	57	65	59	48	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	58	60	40	271	- 211
Measles	59	42	67	6	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	60	39	62	23	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	61	35	63	17	+ 18
Leishmaniasis	62	27	74	0	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	63	27	66	9	+ 18
Hepatitis C	64	20	64	15	+ 5
War	65	17	71	2	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	66	17	57	60	- 43
Skin Disease	67	12	53	101	- 90
Chlamydia	68	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	3	69	4	- 1
Otitis Media	70	3	68	5	- 3
Diphtheria	71	1	72	2	- 1
Malaria	72	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	73	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Nepal

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.