MALAWI VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,065	7	4,929	+ 25,136
Stroke	2	12,918	5	5,939	+ 6,979
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,534	2	7,739	- 1,205
Liver Disease	4	4,318	10	3,259	+ 1,059
Hypertension	5	3,603	17	1,797	+ 1,806
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,385	14	2,267	+ 1,118
Low Birth Weight	7	3,271	8	4,339	- 1,067
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,059	4	6,221	- 3,163
Birth Trauma	9	2,661	9	3,563	- 902
Lung Disease	10	2,465	21	1,340	+ 1,125
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,270	13	2,509	- 240
Stomach Cancer	12	1,578	45	206	+ 1,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,537	6	5,782	- 4,245
Tuberculosis	14	1,534	11	2,992	- 1,458
Drownings	15	1,214	30	458	+ 756
Oesophagus Cancer	16	1,136	16	1,842	- 705
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	1,084	25	782	+ 302
Epilepsy	18	893	41	260	+ 633
Kidney Disease	19	855	19	1,567	- 712
Suicide	20	835	23	1,007	- 172
Falls	21	774	28	562	+ 212
Meningitis	22	712	18	1,792	- 1,080
Fires	23	666	34	380	+ 286
Lung Cancers	24	640	51	131	+ 509
HIV/AIDS	25	611	1	12,839	- 12,227
Pertussis	26	607	31	436	+ 171
Other Injuries	27	602	22	1,266	- 664
Asthma	28	577	26	705	- 128
Parkinson's Disease	29	532	46	200	+ 332
Liver Cancer	30	495	38	317	+ 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	465	49	154	+ 311
Lymphomas	32	465	24	839	- 374
Breast Cancer	33	451	27	600	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	34	426	42	257	+ 170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	422	44	234	+ 188
Violence	36	355	32	406	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	338	39	280	+ 58
Alcohol	38	266	52	114	+ 152
Cervical Cancer	39	239	12	2,876	- 2,637
Uterin Cancer	40	232	62	23	+ 210
Oral Cancer	41	225	43	251	- 26
Leukemia	42	221	56	82	+ 139
Pancreas Cancer	43	203	60	38	+ 165
Inflammatory/Heart	44	164	35	370	- 206
Maternal Conditions	45	132	15	1,854	- 1,722
Ovary Cancer	46	124	48	158	- 33
Upper Respiratory	47	115	57	60	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	48	107	33	388	- 281
Hepatitis B	49	84	55	88	- 4
Poisonings	50	81	37	325	- 244
Skin Cancers	51	76	36	331	- 254
Prostate Cancer	52	69	40	271	- 202
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	58	61	29	+ 29
Encephalitis	54	57	58	48	+ 9
Drug Use	55	45	59	48	- 3
Syphilis	56	43	29	480	- 438
Tetanus	57	42	47	178	- 136
Appendicitis	58	37	54	94	- 57
Skin Disease	59	19	53	101	- 82
Hepatitis C	60	17	64	15	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	15	63	17	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	66	9	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	63	8	74	0	+ 8
Malnutrition	64	5	20	1,499	- 1,494
Chlamydia	65	3	70	3	+ 0
War	66	2	71	2	- 0
Diphtheria	67	1	72	2	- 0
Ascariasis	68	1	69	4	- 3
Dengue	69	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Measles	71	0	67	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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

Tajikistan

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.