MALAWI VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,248	7	4,929	+ 18,319
Stroke	2	10,001	5	5,939	+ 4,062
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,335	4	6,221	+ 1,114
Kidney Disease	4	5,390	19	1,567	+ 3,823
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,652	2	7,739	- 4,087
Falls	6	3,180	28	562	+ 2,618
Liver Disease	7	2,937	10	3,259	- 322
Other Injuries	8	2,385	22	1,266	+ 1,118
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,317	14	2,267	+ 50
Lung Disease	10	1,693	21	1,340	+ 352
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,454	25	782	+ 672
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,374	13	2,509	- 1,135
Suicide	13	1,218	23	1,007	+ 211
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	971	44	234	+ 736
Endocrine Disorders	15	862	42	257	+ 605
Inflammatory/Heart	16	799	35	370	+ 429
Asthma	17	695	26	705	- 10
Low Birth Weight	18	589	8	4,339	- 3,750
Leukemia	19	551	56	82	+ 469
Breast Cancer	20	541	27	600	- 60
Liver Cancer	21	503	38	317	+ 187
Hypertension	22	497	17	1,797	- 1,300
Fires	23	492	34	380	+ 112
Drownings	24	489	30	458	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	25	462	46	200	+ 263
Lung Cancers	26	462	51	131	+ 331
Tuberculosis	27	448	11	2,992	- 2,544
Lymphomas	28	426	24	839	- 412
Epilepsy	29	414	41	260	+ 154
Violence	30	385	32	406	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	31	313	60	38	+ 275
Skin Disease	32	307	53	101	+ 206
Drug Use	33	292	59	48	+ 245
Oral Cancer	34	277	43	251	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	272	6	5,782	- 5,510
Stomach Cancer	36	232	45	206	+ 26
Birth Trauma	37	204	9	3,563	- 3,359
Uterin Cancer	38	192	62	23	+ 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	167	49	154	+ 12
Poisonings	40	166	37	325	- 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	164	39	280	- 116
Ovary Cancer	42	147	48	158	- 10
Encephalitis	43	140	58	48	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	44	137	16	1,842	- 1,705
Meningitis	45	135	18	1,792	- 1,657
Bladder Cancer	46	127	33	388	- 261
HIV/AIDS	47	114	1	12,839	- 12,724
Maternal Conditions	48	103	15	1,854	- 1,751
Cervical Cancer	49	93	12	2,876	- 2,783
Prostate Cancer	50	88	40	271	- 182
Alcohol	51	76	52	114	- 37
Malnutrition	52	47	20	1,499	- 1,452
Hepatitis B	53	34	55	88	- 54
Pertussis	54	33	31	436	- 403
Skin Cancers	55	33	36	331	- 298
Multiple Sclerosis	56	29	66	9	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	57	24	63	17	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	21	54	94	- 73
Syphilis	59	19	29	480	- 461
Schistosomiasis	60	15	50	143	- 128
Tetanus	61	9	47	178	- 168
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	61	29	- 23
Dengue	63	5	65	9	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	15	- 10
War	65	2	71	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	69	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	67	6	- 6
Diphtheria	69	0	72	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	57	60	- 59
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	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.