MALAWI VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,960	7	4,929	+ 14,031
Stroke	2	8,876	5	5,939	+ 2,937
Low Birth Weight	3	6,915	8	4,339	+ 2,577
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,442	2	7,739	- 2,297
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,941	4	6,221	- 1,280
Measles	6	4,011	67	6	+ 4,005
Birth Trauma	7	3,677	9	3,563	+ 114
Hypertension	8	3,142	17	1,797	+ 1,346
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,707	6	5,782	- 3,075
Malaria	10	2,421	3	6,308	- 3,887
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,375	13	2,509	- 134
Kidney Disease	12	2,197	19	1,567	+ 630
Lung Disease	13	1,890	21	1,340	+ 549
Liver Disease	14	1,875	10	3,259	- 1,384
Tuberculosis	15	1,833	11	2,992	- 1,160
Breast Cancer	16	1,324	27	600	+ 724
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,324	14	2,267	- 943
Other Injuries	18	1,256	22	1,266	- 10
Asthma	19	1,137	26	705	+ 432
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	1,114	25	782	+ 332
Violence	21	1,069	32	406	+ 662
HIV/AIDS	22	1,005	1	12,839	- 11,833
Maternal Conditions	23	846	15	1,854	- 1,008
Pertussis	24	819	31	436	+ 383
Leukemia	25	788	56	82	+ 706
Drownings	26	726	30	458	+ 268
Suicide	27	709	23	1,007	- 298
Falls	28	672	28	562	+ 111
Lymphomas	29	661	24	839	- 177
Endocrine Disorders	30	629	42	257	+ 373
Fires	31	565	34	380	+ 185
Oesophagus Cancer	32	485	16	1,842	- 1,356
Meningitis	33	471	18	1,792	- 1,321
Malnutrition	34	470	20	1,499	- 1,030
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	452	44	234	+ 218
Drug Use	36	447	59	48	+ 399
Liver Cancer	37	408	38	317	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	38	362	35	370	- 9
Ovary Cancer	39	342	48	158	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	334	39	280	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	41	332	12	2,876	- 2,544
Poisonings	42	321	37	325	- 4
Epilepsy	43	317	41	260	+ 57
Hepatitis B	44	315	55	88	+ 227
Parkinson's Disease	45	304	46	200	+ 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	295	49	154	+ 141
Syphilis	47	260	29	480	- 220
Lung Cancers	48	235	51	131	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	49	226	40	271	- 45
Oral Cancer	50	212	43	251	- 39
Stomach Cancer	51	206	45	206	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	52	193	74	0	+ 193
Tetanus	53	163	47	178	- 15
Bladder Cancer	54	159	33	388	- 229
Skin Cancers	55	154	36	331	- 177
War	56	145	71	2	+ 142
Encephalitis	57	131	58	48	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	58	117	60	38	+ 79
Appendicitis	59	67	54	94	- 27
Skin Disease	60	48	53	101	- 53
Alcohol	61	36	52	114	- 77
Uterin Cancer	62	31	62	23	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	63	29	50	143	- 114
Multiple Sclerosis	64	23	66	9	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	65	15	63	17	- 2
Ascariasis	66	9	69	4	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	9	61	29	- 20
Hepatitis C	68	7	64	15	- 7
Diphtheria	69	5	72	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	70	2	57	60	- 57
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 2
Dengue	72	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	73	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	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.