MALAWI VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	25,365	1	12,839	+ 12,526
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,679	2	7,739	+ 5,940
Coronary Heart Disease	3	10,777	7	4,929	+ 5,848
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,661	4	6,221	+ 1,440
Stroke	5	6,505	5	5,939	+ 566
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,830	6	5,782	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	7	5,124	8	4,339	+ 785
Birth Trauma	8	4,321	9	3,563	+ 759
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,243	14	2,267	+ 1,976
Malnutrition	10	3,041	20	1,499	+ 1,541
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,814	13	2,509	+ 304
Kidney Disease	12	2,809	19	1,567	+ 1,242
Suicide	13	2,625	23	1,007	+ 1,618
Cervical Cancer	14	2,567	12	2,876	- 309
Malaria	15	2,542	3	6,308	- 3,766
Tuberculosis	16	2,537	11	2,992	- 455
Liver Disease	17	2,463	10	3,259	- 795
Violence	18	2,432	32	406	+ 2,025
Maternal Conditions	19	2,220	15	1,854	+ 365
Other Injuries	20	2,101	22	1,266	+ 835
Asthma	21	1,942	26	705	+ 1,237
Meningitis	22	1,682	18	1,792	- 111
Lung Disease	23	1,476	21	1,340	+ 136
Hypertension	24	1,454	17	1,797	- 343
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,329	35	370	+ 959
Lymphomas	26	1,218	24	839	+ 379
Drownings	27	1,213	30	458	+ 755
Breast Cancer	28	1,065	27	600	+ 465
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,017	16	1,842	- 825
Fires	30	1,006	34	380	+ 626
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	974	25	782	+ 192
Prostate Cancer	32	797	40	271	+ 526
Stomach Cancer	33	709	45	206	+ 503
Endocrine Disorders	34	702	42	257	+ 446
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	696	39	280	+ 416
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	688	49	154	+ 533
Poisonings	37	654	37	325	+ 329
Liver Cancer	38	647	38	317	+ 330
Epilepsy	39	644	41	260	+ 384
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	641	44	234	+ 407
Falls	41	590	28	562	+ 28
Pertussis	42	531	31	436	+ 95
Lung Cancers	43	363	51	131	+ 232
Skin Cancers	44	335	36	331	+ 4
Leukemia	45	309	56	82	+ 227
Parkinson's Disease	46	286	46	200	+ 87
Pancreas Cancer	47	275	60	38	+ 237
Drug Use	48	270	59	48	+ 222
Oral Cancer	49	263	43	251	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	50	231	62	23	+ 208
Ovary Cancer	51	220	48	158	+ 62
Skin Disease	52	220	53	101	+ 118
Schistosomiasis	53	218	50	143	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	54	158	33	388	- 230
Syphilis	55	158	29	480	- 322
Encephalitis	56	149	58	48	+ 101
Tetanus	57	129	47	178	- 49
Appendicitis	58	84	54	94	- 10
Upper Respiratory	59	83	57	60	+ 23
Hepatitis B	60	72	55	88	- 16
Alcohol	61	61	52	114	- 53
Other Neoplasms	62	47	63	17	+ 31
Measles	63	39	67	6	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	33	61	29	+ 5
War	65	33	71	2	+ 31
Hepatitis C	66	18	64	15	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	18	66	9	+ 9
Otitis Media	68	4	68	5	- 1
Chlamydia	69	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	3	69	4	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	3	73	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	72	2	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	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

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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.