MALAWI VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,357	1	12,839	- 3,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,331	2	7,739	+ 592
Malaria	3	5,995	3	6,308	- 313
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,746	4	6,221	- 475
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	5,345	6	5,782	- 437
Stroke	6	4,938	5	5,939	- 1,001
Birth Trauma	7	4,595	9	3,563	+ 1,032
Low Birth Weight	8	4,272	8	4,339	- 67
Coronary Heart Disease	9	3,879	7	4,929	- 1,050
Tuberculosis	10	3,204	11	2,992	+ 211
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,932	13	2,509	+ 423
Violence	12	2,727	32	406	+ 2,320
Liver Disease	13	2,262	10	3,259	- 997
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,117	14	2,267	- 150
Cervical Cancer	15	1,933	12	2,876	- 943
Meningitis	16	1,642	18	1,792	- 150
Maternal Conditions	17	1,608	15	1,854	- 246
Malnutrition	18	1,465	20	1,499	- 35
Kidney Disease	19	1,399	19	1,567	- 168
Other Injuries	20	1,382	22	1,266	+ 116
Hypertension	21	1,378	17	1,797	- 419
Lung Disease	22	1,347	21	1,340	+ 7
Syphilis	23	987	29	480	+ 507
Suicide	24	898	23	1,007	- 109
Pertussis	25	843	31	436	+ 407
Lymphomas	26	778	24	839	- 61
Asthma	27	771	26	705	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	28	739	16	1,842	- 1,102
Liver Cancer	29	672	38	317	+ 356
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	568	25	782	- 214
Drownings	31	547	30	458	+ 89
Breast Cancer	32	498	27	600	- 102
Falls	33	497	28	562	- 64
Prostate Cancer	34	419	40	271	+ 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	406	44	234	+ 171
Fires	36	385	34	380	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	37	379	35	370	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	38	336	42	257	+ 80
Poisonings	39	329	37	325	+ 4
Oral Cancer	40	323	43	251	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	303	39	280	+ 24
Leukemia	42	264	56	82	+ 183
Epilepsy	43	264	41	260	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	44	229	48	158	+ 72
Stomach Cancer	45	227	45	206	+ 21
Lung Cancers	46	195	51	131	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	47	158	60	38	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	48	155	46	200	- 45
Skin Cancers	49	154	36	331	- 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	154	49	154	- 1
Measles	51	152	67	6	+ 145
Schistosomiasis	52	126	50	143	- 17
Tetanus	53	119	47	178	- 58
Alcohol	54	113	52	114	- 1
Skin Disease	55	107	53	101	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	103	62	23	+ 81
Drug Use	57	103	59	48	+ 55
Appendicitis	58	93	54	94	- 1
Bladder Cancer	59	80	33	388	- 308
Upper Respiratory	60	63	57	60	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	55	55	88	- 33
Encephalitis	62	54	58	48	+ 6
War	63	39	71	2	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	24	61	29	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	65	22	73	0	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	66	17	63	17	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	13	64	15	- 1
Leishmaniasis	68	12	74	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	69	7	66	9	- 2
Ascariasis	70	7	69	4	+ 3
Otitis Media	71	5	68	5	- 0
Diphtheria	72	5	72	2	+ 3
Chlamydia	73	3	70	3	+ 0
Dengue	74	1	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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

Uganda

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.