MALAWI VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,840	1	12,839	- 3,999
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,397	2	7,739	+ 658
Malaria	3	7,019	3	6,308	+ 711
Tuberculosis	4	6,539	11	2,992	+ 3,547
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,824	4	6,221	- 397
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,673	6	5,782	- 108
Stroke	7	5,450	5	5,939	- 489
Birth Trauma	8	4,867	9	3,563	+ 1,304
Coronary Heart Disease	9	4,263	7	4,929	- 666
Low Birth Weight	10	3,927	8	4,339	- 412
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,158	13	2,509	+ 649
Maternal Conditions	12	2,205	15	1,854	+ 351
Liver Disease	13	2,125	10	3,259	- 1,134
Cervical Cancer	14	2,072	12	2,876	- 804
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,015	14	2,267	- 252
Malnutrition	16	1,798	20	1,499	+ 299
Hypertension	17	1,680	17	1,797	- 116
Violence	18	1,520	32	406	+ 1,114
Kidney Disease	19	1,467	19	1,567	- 100
Other Injuries	20	1,377	22	1,266	+ 111
Meningitis	21	1,029	18	1,792	- 764
Lung Disease	22	984	21	1,340	- 356
Pertussis	23	895	31	436	+ 459
Suicide	24	798	23	1,007	- 209
Oesophagus Cancer	25	725	16	1,842	- 1,117
Syphilis	26	682	29	480	+ 202
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	661	25	782	- 122
Prostate Cancer	28	587	40	271	+ 316
Endocrine Disorders	29	574	42	257	+ 317
Asthma	30	548	26	705	- 156
Oral Cancer	31	531	43	251	+ 280
Drownings	32	530	30	458	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	506	44	234	+ 271
Falls	34	495	28	562	- 67
Fires	35	459	34	380	+ 80
Liver Cancer	36	456	38	317	+ 139
Breast Cancer	37	415	27	600	- 186
Inflammatory/Heart	38	396	35	370	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	39	384	45	206	+ 178
Poisonings	40	377	37	325	+ 53
Lymphomas	41	260	24	839	- 579
Skin Cancers	42	240	36	331	- 91
Epilepsy	43	228	41	260	- 32
Bladder Cancer	44	215	33	388	- 173
Parkinson's Disease	45	166	46	200	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	149	39	280	- 131
Leukemia	47	134	56	82	+ 52
Drug Use	48	130	59	48	+ 83
Tetanus	49	130	47	178	- 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	129	49	154	- 25
Schistosomiasis	51	120	50	143	- 24
Skin Disease	52	116	53	101	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	53	109	48	158	- 49
Upper Respiratory	54	96	57	60	+ 37
Measles	55	95	67	6	+ 89
Alcohol	56	87	52	114	- 26
Uterin Cancer	57	70	62	23	+ 48
Appendicitis	58	70	54	94	- 24
Encephalitis	59	64	58	48	+ 16
Hepatitis B	60	54	55	88	- 34
Lung Cancers	61	51	51	131	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	62	51	60	38	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	26	61	29	- 3
Other Neoplasms	64	19	63	17	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	18	69	4	+ 14
Hepatitis C	66	13	64	15	- 2
War	67	10	71	2	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	68	9	66	9	- 0
Otitis Media	69	5	68	5	- 0
Diphtheria	70	3	72	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	3	70	3	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	1	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	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
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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

Tanzania

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.