MALAWI VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,225	7	4,929	+ 4,296
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,913	14	2,267	+ 1,646
Stroke	3	2,175	5	5,939	- 3,764
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,755	4	6,221	- 4,466
Liver Disease	5	1,727	10	3,259	- 1,532
Kidney Disease	6	1,527	19	1,567	- 40
Suicide	7	1,410	23	1,007	+ 403
Falls	8	1,096	28	562	+ 534
Other Injuries	9	979	22	1,266	- 287
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	919	2	7,739	- 6,820
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	708	44	234	+ 473
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	638	25	782	- 144
Lung Cancers	13	620	51	131	+ 490
Congenital Anomalies	14	597	13	2,509	- 1,912
Lung Disease	15	584	21	1,340	- 757
Leukemia	16	488	56	82	+ 406
Breast Cancer	17	449	27	600	- 151
Lymphomas	18	413	24	839	- 426
Drownings	19	385	30	458	- 73
Low Birth Weight	20	382	8	4,339	- 3,957
Liver Cancer	21	379	38	317	+ 62
Fires	22	362	34	380	- 17
Stomach Cancer	23	358	45	206	+ 152
Endocrine Disorders	24	333	42	257	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	25	275	35	370	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	26	239	46	200	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	27	230	33	388	- 158
Hypertension	28	225	17	1,797	- 1,572
Oral Cancer	29	214	43	251	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	30	212	60	38	+ 174
Prostate Cancer	31	150	40	271	- 120
Ovary Cancer	32	146	48	158	- 11
Skin Disease	33	136	53	101	+ 35
Violence	34	120	32	406	- 287
Epilepsy	35	114	41	260	- 146
Cervical Cancer	36	109	12	2,876	- 2,767
Oesophagus Cancer	37	108	16	1,842	- 1,734
Birth Trauma	38	107	9	3,563	- 3,456
Drug Use	39	104	59	48	+ 56
Asthma	40	87	26	705	- 617
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	85	6	5,782	- 5,697
Poisonings	42	76	37	325	- 249
Skin Cancers	43	69	36	331	- 262
Tuberculosis	44	68	11	2,992	- 2,924
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	67	49	154	- 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	62	39	280	- 217
Meningitis	47	60	18	1,792	- 1,732
Alcohol	48	60	52	114	- 54
Uterin Cancer	49	54	62	23	+ 31
Encephalitis	50	44	58	48	- 4
Other Neoplasms	51	23	63	17	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	52	22	15	1,854	- 1,832
Syphilis	53	21	29	480	- 460
Pertussis	54	20	31	436	- 416
Multiple Sclerosis	55	16	66	9	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	16	55	88	- 72
Appendicitis	57	10	54	94	- 83
Malnutrition	58	7	20	1,499	- 1,492
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	4	61	29	- 25
Tetanus	60	3	47	178	- 175
War	61	2	71	2	- 0
Dengue	62	1	65	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	15	- 14
Ascariasis	64	0	69	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	57	60	- 59
Diphtheria	66	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	67	0	67	6	- 6
Chlamydia	68	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	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

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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.