MALAWI VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,002	2	7,739	+ 3,263
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	8,144	6	5,782	+ 2,362
Stroke	3	7,226	5	5,939	+ 1,287
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,706	7	4,929	+ 1,777
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,795	4	6,221	- 427
Birth Trauma	6	5,711	9	3,563	+ 2,148
Low Birth Weight	7	5,144	8	4,339	+ 805
Liver Disease	8	5,006	10	3,259	+ 1,747
Tuberculosis	9	3,939	11	2,992	+ 947
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,985	14	2,267	+ 718
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,871	13	2,509	+ 362
Hypertension	12	2,473	17	1,797	+ 676
Kidney Disease	13	2,222	19	1,567	+ 655
Meningitis	14	2,206	18	1,792	+ 414
Lung Disease	15	2,179	21	1,340	+ 839
Other Injuries	16	2,154	22	1,266	+ 888
HIV/AIDS	17	2,106	1	12,839	- 10,733
Maternal Conditions	18	1,631	15	1,854	- 223
Malnutrition	19	1,587	20	1,499	+ 87
Breast Cancer	20	1,558	27	600	+ 958
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,516	25	782	+ 734
Violence	22	1,483	32	406	+ 1,076
Pertussis	23	1,266	31	436	+ 830
Measles	24	1,161	67	6	+ 1,155
Suicide	25	1,107	23	1,007	+ 100
Malaria	26	1,033	3	6,308	- 5,275
Cervical Cancer	27	921	12	2,876	- 1,955
Falls	28	828	28	562	+ 266
Asthma	29	823	26	705	+ 118
Leukemia	30	775	56	82	+ 693
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	689	44	234	+ 455
Poisonings	32	673	37	325	+ 349
Lymphomas	33	659	24	839	- 180
Fires	34	597	34	380	+ 218
Drownings	35	575	30	458	+ 117
Ovary Cancer	36	445	48	158	+ 287
Tetanus	37	404	47	178	+ 227
Lung Cancers	38	404	51	131	+ 274
Inflammatory/Heart	39	398	35	370	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	40	338	16	1,842	- 1,504
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	323	39	280	+ 43
Liver Cancer	42	318	38	317	+ 1
Syphilis	43	312	29	480	- 168
Epilepsy	44	298	41	260	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	45	298	42	257	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	46	290	46	200	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	47	279	45	206	+ 73
Oral Cancer	48	271	43	251	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	246	49	154	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	50	228	40	271	- 42
Bladder Cancer	51	198	33	388	- 190
Skin Cancers	52	185	36	331	- 146
Skin Disease	53	166	53	101	+ 65
Schistosomiasis	54	154	50	143	+ 11
Alcohol	55	138	52	114	+ 24
Hepatitis B	56	136	55	88	+ 48
Upper Respiratory	57	130	57	60	+ 71
Appendicitis	58	124	54	94	+ 31
Leishmaniasis	59	106	74	0	+ 106
Drug Use	60	94	59	48	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	61	90	60	38	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	62	77	62	23	+ 55
Encephalitis	63	71	58	48	+ 23
War	64	52	71	2	+ 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	40	61	29	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	66	27	63	17	+ 11
Diphtheria	67	27	72	2	+ 25
Ascariasis	68	24	69	4	+ 20
Hepatitis C	69	21	64	15	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	70	11	66	9	+ 3
Otitis Media	71	7	68	5	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	4	70	3	+ 1
Dengue	73	4	65	9	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Ethiopia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.