MALAWI VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	19,055	2	7,739	+ 11,316
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	13,304	6	5,782	+ 7,522
Tuberculosis	3	11,705	11	2,992	+ 8,713
Malaria	4	9,281	3	6,308	+ 2,973
Birth Trauma	5	9,210	9	3,563	+ 5,647
Low Birth Weight	6	8,821	8	4,339	+ 4,482
Coronary Heart Disease	7	5,642	7	4,929	+ 713
Stroke	8	5,308	5	5,939	- 631
Congenital Anomalies	9	4,568	13	2,509	+ 2,059
HIV/AIDS	10	4,056	1	12,839	- 8,783
Meningitis	11	4,013	18	1,792	+ 2,221
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,833	4	6,221	- 2,389
Liver Disease	13	3,523	10	3,259	+ 264
Measles	14	2,706	67	6	+ 2,700
Maternal Conditions	15	2,164	15	1,854	+ 310
Pertussis	16	2,140	31	436	+ 1,704
Other Injuries	17	2,086	22	1,266	+ 820
Diabetes Mellitus	18	2,068	14	2,267	- 199
Violence	19	1,692	32	406	+ 1,286
Kidney Disease	20	1,672	19	1,567	+ 105
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,452	42	257	+ 1,196
Lung Disease	22	1,155	21	1,340	- 185
Breast Cancer	23	1,092	27	600	+ 492
Hypertension	24	983	17	1,797	- 814
Cervical Cancer	25	972	12	2,876	- 1,904
Tetanus	26	768	47	178	+ 590
Asthma	27	753	26	705	+ 48
Falls	28	692	28	562	+ 130
Fires	29	656	34	380	+ 276
Suicide	30	645	23	1,007	- 362
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	624	25	782	- 158
Drownings	32	605	30	458	+ 147
Poisonings	33	604	37	325	+ 279
Drug Use	34	577	59	48	+ 529
Prostate Cancer	35	544	40	271	+ 273
Malnutrition	36	542	20	1,499	- 957
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	537	39	280	+ 258
Syphilis	38	501	29	480	+ 21
Liver Cancer	39	486	38	317	+ 170
Lymphomas	40	478	24	839	- 360
Epilepsy	41	460	41	260	+ 200
Inflammatory/Heart	42	444	35	370	+ 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	382	44	234	+ 147
Diphtheria	44	349	72	2	+ 348
War	45	298	71	2	+ 296
Parkinson's Disease	46	227	46	200	+ 28
Leukemia	47	207	56	82	+ 126
Oral Cancer	48	206	43	251	- 45
Ovary Cancer	49	196	48	158	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	50	196	45	206	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	51	182	60	38	+ 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	179	49	154	+ 25
Skin Cancers	53	178	36	331	- 153
Schistosomiasis	54	139	50	143	- 5
Hepatitis B	55	137	55	88	+ 49
Skin Disease	56	135	53	101	+ 34
Lung Cancers	57	119	51	131	- 11
Alcohol	58	95	52	114	- 19
Encephalitis	59	86	58	48	+ 38
Appendicitis	60	70	54	94	- 24
Ascariasis	61	63	69	4	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	62	62	62	23	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	63	62	33	388	- 326
Oesophagus Cancer	64	51	16	1,842	- 1,790
Hepatitis C	65	28	64	15	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	66	27	63	17	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	67	24	57	60	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	68	16	66	9	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	15	61	29	- 14
Leishmaniasis	70	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	1	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Nigeria

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.