MALAWI VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,421	7	4,929	+ 15,492
Stroke	2	9,188	5	5,939	+ 3,249
War	3	8,745	71	2	+ 8,743
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,111	2	7,739	+ 372
Low Birth Weight	5	5,965	8	4,339	+ 1,626
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,797	4	6,221	- 425
Birth Trauma	7	4,022	9	3,563	+ 459
Hypertension	8	3,584	17	1,797	+ 1,788
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,960	6	5,782	- 2,822
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,905	13	2,509	+ 396
Lung Disease	11	2,164	21	1,340	+ 824
Measles	12	2,044	67	6	+ 2,038
Liver Disease	13	1,958	10	3,259	- 1,301
Violence	14	1,922	32	406	+ 1,516
Kidney Disease	15	1,814	19	1,567	+ 246
Other Injuries	16	1,507	22	1,266	+ 241
Asthma	17	1,426	26	705	+ 721
Tuberculosis	18	1,286	11	2,992	- 1,706
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,215	14	2,267	- 1,052
Malaria	20	1,164	3	6,308	- 5,144
Suicide	21	1,150	23	1,007	+ 143
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	952	25	782	+ 169
Pertussis	23	839	31	436	+ 403
Falls	24	792	28	562	+ 230
Drownings	25	773	30	458	+ 316
Breast Cancer	26	768	27	600	+ 167
Malnutrition	27	717	20	1,499	- 783
Meningitis	28	690	18	1,792	- 1,103
Fires	29	671	34	380	+ 291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	618	44	234	+ 384
Stomach Cancer	31	611	45	206	+ 405
Maternal Conditions	32	603	15	1,854	- 1,251
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	564	39	280	+ 285
Leukemia	34	526	56	82	+ 444
Oesophagus Cancer	35	518	16	1,842	- 1,324
Endocrine Disorders	36	499	42	257	+ 243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	479	49	154	+ 324
Drug Use	38	415	59	48	+ 367
Liver Cancer	39	412	38	317	+ 96
Inflammatory/Heart	40	396	35	370	+ 26
Lung Cancers	41	385	51	131	+ 255
Oral Cancer	42	371	43	251	+ 120
Epilepsy	43	365	41	260	+ 105
Poisonings	44	360	37	325	+ 35
Lymphomas	45	293	24	839	- 546
HIV/AIDS	46	268	1	12,839	- 12,571
Tetanus	47	267	47	178	+ 90
Encephalitis	48	250	58	48	+ 202
Parkinson's Disease	49	245	46	200	+ 45
Hepatitis B	50	203	55	88	+ 115
Pancreas Cancer	51	192	60	38	+ 154
Ovary Cancer	52	127	48	158	- 30
Syphilis	53	119	29	480	- 361
Appendicitis	54	109	54	94	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	55	109	33	388	- 279
Schistosomiasis	56	84	50	143	- 59
Cervical Cancer	57	81	12	2,876	- 2,796
Skin Cancers	58	67	36	331	- 263
Alcohol	59	53	52	114	- 61
Dengue	60	48	65	9	+ 39
Skin Disease	61	30	53	101	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	62	28	66	9	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	63	27	40	271	- 244
Other Neoplasms	64	14	63	17	- 3
Ascariasis	65	11	69	4	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	61	29	- 19
Diphtheria	67	9	72	2	+ 8
Hepatitis C	68	6	64	15	- 9
Uterin Cancer	69	3	62	23	- 19
Upper Respiratory	70	3	57	60	- 56
Leishmaniasis	71	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	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

Yemen

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.