MALAWI VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,719	7	4,929	+ 20,790
Stroke	2	7,376	5	5,939	+ 1,437
War	3	7,077	71	2	+ 7,074
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,698	2	7,739	- 5,041
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,325	4	6,221	- 3,896
Kidney Disease	6	2,124	19	1,567	+ 557
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,966	6	5,782	- 3,816
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,894	13	2,509	- 615
Lung Cancers	9	1,867	51	131	+ 1,737
Breast Cancer	10	1,781	27	600	+ 1,181
Liver Disease	11	1,568	10	3,259	- 1,691
Low Birth Weight	12	1,506	8	4,339	- 2,832
Lung Disease	13	1,460	21	1,340	+ 120
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,414	25	782	+ 632
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,399	14	2,267	- 868
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,116	44	234	+ 881
Asthma	17	960	26	705	+ 255
Lymphomas	18	754	24	839	- 84
Leukemia	19	726	56	82	+ 644
Bladder Cancer	20	691	33	388	+ 303
Birth Trauma	21	679	9	3,563	- 2,884
Stomach Cancer	22	661	45	206	+ 455
Hypertension	23	645	17	1,797	- 1,151
Other Injuries	24	475	22	1,266	- 791
Violence	25	405	32	406	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	26	381	42	257	+ 125
Pancreas Cancer	27	375	60	38	+ 337
Prostate Cancer	28	368	40	271	+ 98
Falls	29	349	28	562	- 213
Parkinson's Disease	30	335	46	200	+ 135
Liver Cancer	31	334	38	317	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	32	308	35	370	- 63
Suicide	33	303	23	1,007	- 704
Ovary Cancer	34	299	48	158	+ 141
Meningitis	35	269	18	1,792	- 1,523
Oral Cancer	36	264	43	251	+ 13
Pertussis	37	263	31	436	- 173
Skin Cancers	38	252	36	331	- 79
Drug Use	39	227	59	48	+ 180
Drownings	40	196	30	458	- 262
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	180	49	154	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	42	172	12	2,876	- 2,705
Fires	43	163	34	380	- 217
Uterin Cancer	44	133	62	23	+ 110
Maternal Conditions	45	96	15	1,854	- 1,759
Poisonings	46	89	37	325	- 235
Oesophagus Cancer	47	89	16	1,842	- 1,753
Epilepsy	48	84	41	260	- 176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	72	39	280	- 207
Encephalitis	50	70	58	48	+ 22
Malnutrition	51	66	20	1,499	- 1,433
Tetanus	52	52	47	178	- 125
Alcohol	53	46	52	114	- 68
Appendicitis	54	33	54	94	- 60
Syphilis	55	28	29	480	- 452
Tuberculosis	56	21	11	2,992	- 2,971
Other Neoplasms	57	19	63	17	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	58	13	1	12,839	- 12,825
Multiple Sclerosis	59	13	66	9	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	60	10	50	143	- 133
Skin Disease	61	7	53	101	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	61	29	- 23
Hepatitis B	63	5	55	88	- 83
Diphtheria	64	5	72	2	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	57	60	- 57
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	15	- 14
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Measles	70	0	67	6	- 6
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	72	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

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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.