MALAWI VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	25,923	1	12,839	+ 13,084
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,165	2	7,739	+ 6,427
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,788	7	4,929	+ 6,859
Stroke	4	11,052	5	5,939	+ 5,113
Diabetes Mellitus	5	10,869	14	2,267	+ 8,603
Tuberculosis	6	7,909	11	2,992	+ 4,917
Violence	7	7,561	32	406	+ 7,155
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	5,705	6	5,782	- 77
Kidney Disease	9	5,510	19	1,567	+ 3,942
Suicide	10	4,960	23	1,007	+ 3,953
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,686	4	6,221	- 1,535
Hypertension	12	4,605	17	1,797	+ 2,808
Lung Disease	13	4,283	21	1,340	+ 2,942
Liver Disease	14	3,245	10	3,259	- 13
Lung Cancers	15	2,774	51	131	+ 2,644
Low Birth Weight	16	2,250	8	4,339	- 2,088
Other Injuries	17	2,165	22	1,266	+ 899
Asthma	18	2,148	26	705	+ 1,443
Endocrine Disorders	19	2,121	42	257	+ 1,864
Cervical Cancer	20	2,000	12	2,876	- 876
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,947	35	370	+ 1,577
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,684	25	782	+ 901
Breast Cancer	23	1,632	27	600	+ 1,032
Prostate Cancer	24	1,575	40	271	+ 1,304
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,566	13	2,509	- 943
Meningitis	26	1,318	18	1,792	- 474
Fires	27	1,303	34	380	+ 923
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,291	44	234	+ 1,057
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,255	16	1,842	- 587
Birth Trauma	30	1,081	9	3,563	- 2,481
Lymphomas	31	1,015	24	839	+ 176
Drownings	32	865	30	458	+ 408
Liver Cancer	33	858	38	317	+ 542
Malnutrition	34	857	20	1,499	- 642
Pancreas Cancer	35	723	60	38	+ 685
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	682	39	280	+ 402
Epilepsy	37	673	41	260	+ 413
Maternal Conditions	38	612	15	1,854	- 1,242
Stomach Cancer	39	553	45	206	+ 347
Leukemia	40	527	56	82	+ 445
Oral Cancer	41	506	43	251	+ 255
Falls	42	504	28	562	- 58
Pertussis	43	411	31	436	- 25
Syphilis	44	407	29	480	- 73
Skin Disease	45	397	53	101	+ 295
Parkinson's Disease	46	388	46	200	+ 188
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	365	49	154	+ 211
Skin Cancers	48	357	36	331	+ 27
Alcohol	49	355	52	114	+ 242
Poisonings	50	351	37	325	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	51	342	48	158	+ 185
Bladder Cancer	52	299	33	388	- 89
Drug Use	53	277	59	48	+ 230
Uterin Cancer	54	184	62	23	+ 162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	135	61	29	+ 107
Appendicitis	56	99	54	94	+ 5
Measles	57	97	67	6	+ 91
Other Neoplasms	58	96	63	17	+ 79
Encephalitis	59	84	58	48	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	60	80	57	60	+ 21
Hepatitis B	61	50	55	88	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	62	41	66	9	+ 32
Malaria	63	30	3	6,308	- 6,278
War	64	24	71	2	+ 21
Tetanus	65	14	47	178	- 164
Schistosomiasis	66	13	50	143	- 131
Otitis Media	67	7	68	5	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	7	70	3	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	6	72	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	70	3	64	15	- 12
Ascariasis	71	1	69	4	- 3
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

South Africa

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.