MALAWI VS UZBEKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UZBEKISTAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,551	7	4,929	+ 36,622
Stroke	2	12,833	5	5,939	+ 6,894
Liver Disease	3	5,702	10	3,259	+ 2,443
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,698	14	2,267	+ 1,431
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,726	2	7,739	- 5,013
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,296	4	6,221	- 3,925
Kidney Disease	7	1,867	19	1,567	+ 300
Hypertension	8	1,662	17	1,797	- 135
Suicide	9	1,581	23	1,007	+ 574
Low Birth Weight	10	1,416	8	4,339	- 2,923
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,381	13	2,509	- 1,128
Stomach Cancer	12	1,271	45	206	+ 1,065
Lung Cancers	13	1,203	51	131	+ 1,073
Lung Disease	14	1,183	21	1,340	- 157
Breast Cancer	15	1,085	27	600	+ 485
Birth Trauma	16	1,051	9	3,563	- 2,512
Tuberculosis	17	920	11	2,992	- 2,072
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	866	25	782	+ 84
Other Injuries	19	848	22	1,266	- 418
Liver Cancer	20	712	38	317	+ 395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	701	49	154	+ 546
Drownings	22	684	30	458	+ 226
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	607	44	234	+ 372
Asthma	24	549	26	705	- 156
Cervical Cancer	25	500	12	2,876	- 2,376
Epilepsy	26	489	41	260	+ 229
Falls	27	448	28	562	- 114
HIV/AIDS	28	427	1	12,839	- 12,412
Pancreas Cancer	29	399	60	38	+ 361
Oral Cancer	30	399	43	251	+ 148
Oesophagus Cancer	31	378	16	1,842	- 1,464
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	367	39	280	+ 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	357	6	5,782	- 5,425
Lymphomas	34	350	24	839	- 489
Leukemia	35	338	56	82	+ 256
Parkinson's Disease	36	336	46	200	+ 136
Fires	37	323	34	380	- 56
Violence	38	289	32	406	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	39	252	35	370	- 118
Encephalitis	40	247	58	48	+ 199
Prostate Cancer	41	201	40	271	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	42	198	42	257	- 59
Ovary Cancer	43	191	48	158	+ 33
Poisonings	44	165	37	325	- 160
Upper Respiratory	45	164	57	60	+ 105
Drug Use	46	160	59	48	+ 113
Uterin Cancer	47	136	62	23	+ 114
Maternal Conditions	48	128	15	1,854	- 1,726
Bladder Cancer	49	120	33	388	- 268
Skin Cancers	50	98	36	331	- 233
Meningitis	51	78	18	1,792	- 1,714
Alcohol	52	65	52	114	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	57	61	29	+ 28
Hepatitis B	54	54	55	88	- 34
Skin Disease	55	22	53	101	- 79
Appendicitis	56	18	54	94	- 76
Other Neoplasms	57	16	63	17	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	14	66	9	+ 6
Tetanus	59	11	47	178	- 167
Malnutrition	60	8	20	1,499	- 1,492
Leishmaniasis	61	3	74	0	+ 3
War	62	2	71	2	- 0
Pertussis	63	2	31	436	- 435
Diphtheria	64	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	65	1	70	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	15	- 14
Syphilis	67	0	29	480	- 480
Ascariasis	68	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	69	0	67	6	- 6
Dengue	70	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	71	0	68	5	- 5
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
Schistosomiasis	76	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Uzbekistan

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.