MALAWI VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,759	7	4,929	+ 15,830
Stroke	2	12,197	5	5,939	+ 6,258
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	9,002	6	5,782	+ 3,220
Low Birth Weight	4	8,052	8	4,339	+ 3,713
Lung Disease	5	7,500	21	1,340	+ 6,159
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,199	2	7,739	- 539
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,506	14	2,267	+ 3,240
Birth Trauma	8	5,136	9	3,563	+ 1,573
Kidney Disease	9	4,898	19	1,567	+ 3,331
Liver Disease	10	4,729	10	3,259	+ 1,470
Tuberculosis	11	3,631	11	2,992	+ 639
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,429	4	6,221	- 3,792
Other Injuries	13	2,329	22	1,266	+ 1,063
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,270	13	2,509	- 239
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,244	49	154	+ 2,089
Hypertension	16	1,976	17	1,797	+ 180
Asthma	17	1,789	26	705	+ 1,085
Suicide	18	1,667	23	1,007	+ 660
Meningitis	19	1,554	18	1,792	- 238
Breast Cancer	20	1,553	27	600	+ 953
Oral Cancer	21	1,482	43	251	+ 1,231
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,312	25	782	+ 530
Violence	23	1,115	32	406	+ 708
Maternal Conditions	24	1,069	15	1,854	- 785
Endocrine Disorders	25	987	42	257	+ 730
Lung Cancers	26	835	51	131	+ 705
Malnutrition	27	763	20	1,499	- 736
Falls	28	745	28	562	+ 184
Oesophagus Cancer	29	678	16	1,842	- 1,163
Tetanus	30	650	47	178	+ 473
Lymphomas	31	605	24	839	- 233
HIV/AIDS	32	586	1	12,839	- 12,253
Encephalitis	33	574	58	48	+ 526
Pertussis	34	548	31	436	+ 112
Parkinson's Disease	35	530	46	200	+ 330
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	470	39	280	+ 190
Drownings	37	464	30	458	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	455	44	234	+ 221
Leukemia	39	453	56	82	+ 371
Epilepsy	40	420	41	260	+ 160
Liver Cancer	41	382	38	317	+ 65
Fires	42	371	34	380	- 8
Stomach Cancer	43	349	45	206	+ 143
Cervical Cancer	44	346	12	2,876	- 2,531
Prostate Cancer	45	307	40	271	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	46	305	48	158	+ 147
Poisonings	47	290	37	325	- 35
Bladder Cancer	48	235	33	388	- 153
Measles	49	222	67	6	+ 216
Alcohol	50	217	52	114	+ 104
Appendicitis	51	213	54	94	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	52	200	35	370	- 171
Hepatitis B	53	195	55	88	+ 108
Skin Cancers	54	133	36	331	- 198
Dengue	55	123	65	9	+ 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	120	61	29	+ 91
Syphilis	57	111	29	480	- 369
Hepatitis C	58	106	64	15	+ 91
Uterin Cancer	59	103	62	23	+ 80
Pancreas Cancer	60	92	60	38	+ 54
Drug Use	61	71	59	48	+ 24
War	62	51	71	2	+ 49
Malaria	63	51	3	6,308	- 6,257
Other Neoplasms	64	35	63	17	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	65	35	66	9	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	66	25	57	60	- 35
Skin Disease	67	11	53	101	- 90
Ascariasis	68	6	69	4	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	6	72	2	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	2	68	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Pakistan

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.