MALAWI VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,133	7	4,929	+ 27,204
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	18,278	25	782	+ 17,496
Lung Disease	3	12,435	21	1,340	+ 11,094
Stroke	4	10,089	5	5,939	+ 4,150
Lung Cancers	5	9,898	51	131	+ 9,768
Kidney Disease	6	5,464	19	1,567	+ 3,897
Drug Use	7	4,737	59	48	+ 4,690
Hypertension	8	4,198	17	1,797	+ 2,401
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,935	44	234	+ 3,700
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,909	14	2,267	+ 1,642
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,839	2	7,739	- 3,900
Suicide	12	3,379	23	1,007	+ 2,372
Breast Cancer	13	3,098	27	600	+ 2,497
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,990	42	257	+ 2,734
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,819	60	38	+ 2,781
Liver Disease	16	2,762	10	3,259	- 497
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,654	4	6,221	- 3,568
Falls	18	2,572	28	562	+ 2,011
Lymphomas	19	2,564	24	839	+ 1,725
Prostate Cancer	20	2,266	40	271	+ 1,996
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,195	46	200	+ 1,995
Inflammatory/Heart	22	2,070	35	370	+ 1,700
Liver Cancer	23	1,722	38	317	+ 1,406
Leukemia	24	1,716	56	82	+ 1,634
Other Injuries	25	1,655	22	1,266	+ 388
Bladder Cancer	26	1,249	33	388	+ 861
Violence	27	1,208	32	406	+ 801
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,135	16	1,842	- 707
Other Neoplasms	29	1,129	63	17	+ 1,113
Alcohol	30	933	52	114	+ 819
Ovary Cancer	31	929	48	158	+ 771
Skin Cancers	32	911	36	331	+ 580
Stomach Cancer	33	832	45	206	+ 626
Congenital Anomalies	34	749	13	2,509	- 1,761
Oral Cancer	35	735	43	251	+ 484
Uterin Cancer	36	640	62	23	+ 618
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	634	6	5,782	- 5,148
Cervical Cancer	38	444	12	2,876	- 2,432
Low Birth Weight	39	441	8	4,339	- 3,898
Malnutrition	40	430	20	1,499	- 1,069
Hepatitis C	41	362	64	15	+ 347
HIV/AIDS	42	360	1	12,839	- 12,479
Skin Disease	43	344	53	101	+ 243
Multiple Sclerosis	44	322	66	9	+ 313
Drownings	45	259	30	458	- 199
Asthma	46	243	26	705	- 462
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	232	49	154	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	220	39	280	- 59
Fires	49	203	34	380	- 177
Epilepsy	50	201	41	260	- 59
Anemia	51	198	81	0	+ 198
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	157	61	29	+ 128
Poisonings	53	107	37	325	- 218
Birth Trauma	54	78	9	3,563	- 3,484
War	55	76	71	2	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	56	50	15	1,854	- 1,804
Schizophrenia	57	46	80	0	+ 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	43	85	0	+ 43
Hepatitis B	59	39	55	88	- 49
Meningitis	60	39	18	1,792	- 1,754
Osteoarthritis	61	37	84	0	+ 37
Tuberculosis	62	35	11	2,992	- 2,957
Appendicitis	63	27	54	94	- 67
Oral conditions	64	18	86	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	65	15	57	60	- 45
Syphilis	66	3	29	480	- 477
Otitis Media	67	2	68	5	- 3
Encephalitis	68	2	58	48	- 46
Pertussis	69	1	31	436	- 435
Chagas disease	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	47	178	- 178
Schistosomiasis	72	0	50	143	- 143
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	65	9	- 9
Malaria	77	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	67	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

United States

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.