MALAWI VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,665	7	4,929	+ 32,736
Stroke	2	18,076	5	5,939	+ 12,137
HIV/AIDS	3	11,395	1	12,839	- 1,444
Liver Disease	4	7,644	10	3,259	+ 4,385
Low Birth Weight	5	4,400	8	4,339	+ 61
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,306	2	7,739	- 3,433
Birth Trauma	7	3,454	9	3,563	- 109
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,032	4	6,221	- 3,189
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,912	13	2,509	+ 402
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,628	14	2,267	+ 361
Inflammatory/Heart	11	2,513	35	370	+ 2,143
Kidney Disease	12	2,399	19	1,567	+ 831
Tuberculosis	13	2,254	11	2,992	- 738
Hypertension	14	1,810	17	1,797	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	15	1,677	45	206	+ 1,471
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,670	25	782	+ 888
Lung Cancers	17	1,582	51	131	+ 1,451
Breast Cancer	18	1,582	27	600	+ 981
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,485	16	1,842	- 357
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,327	6	5,782	- 4,455
Suicide	21	1,275	23	1,007	+ 268
Other Injuries	22	1,273	22	1,266	+ 7
Lung Disease	23	1,205	21	1,340	- 135
Liver Cancer	24	1,057	38	317	+ 741
Cervical Cancer	25	947	12	2,876	- 1,929
Oral Cancer	26	687	43	251	+ 436
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	671	44	234	+ 436
Violence	28	641	32	406	+ 234
Drownings	29	581	30	458	+ 124
Alcohol	30	541	52	114	+ 427
Endocrine Disorders	31	532	42	257	+ 276
Leukemia	32	512	56	82	+ 430
Lymphomas	33	496	24	839	- 343
Pancreas Cancer	34	474	60	38	+ 436
Fires	35	462	34	380	+ 82
Falls	36	392	28	562	- 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	389	39	280	+ 109
Epilepsy	38	374	41	260	+ 114
Parkinson's Disease	39	364	46	200	+ 164
Ovary Cancer	40	354	48	158	+ 196
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	346	49	154	+ 192
Encephalitis	42	277	58	48	+ 229
Bladder Cancer	43	261	33	388	- 127
Meningitis	44	237	18	1,792	- 1,555
Prostate Cancer	45	226	40	271	- 45
Uterin Cancer	46	220	62	23	+ 198
Skin Cancers	47	205	36	331	- 126
Drug Use	48	174	59	48	+ 126
Asthma	49	168	26	705	- 537
Poisonings	50	139	37	325	- 186
Hepatitis B	51	134	55	88	+ 46
Upper Respiratory	52	95	57	60	+ 36
Tetanus	53	58	47	178	- 120
Skin Disease	54	38	53	101	- 63
Multiple Sclerosis	55	38	66	9	+ 29
Malnutrition	56	30	20	1,499	- 1,469
Other Neoplasms	57	27	63	17	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	26	54	94	- 68
Maternal Conditions	59	17	15	1,854	- 1,837
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	16	61	29	- 13
Pertussis	61	13	31	436	- 423
Leishmaniasis	62	10	74	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	8	64	15	- 6
War	64	7	71	2	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	2	70	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	69	4	- 3
Syphilis	67	0	29	480	- 480
Dengue	68	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	67	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	50	143	- 143
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Turkmenistan

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.