MALAWI VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	44,243	1	12,839	+ 31,404
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	17,605	2	7,739	+ 9,866
Diabetes Mellitus	3	17,057	14	2,267	+ 14,790
Stroke	4	15,307	5	5,939	+ 9,368
Coronary Heart Disease	5	14,437	7	4,929	+ 9,508
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	9,889	6	5,782	+ 4,108
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,349	4	6,221	+ 1,127
Kidney Disease	8	7,289	19	1,567	+ 5,722
Suicide	9	6,455	23	1,007	+ 5,448
Hypertension	10	5,585	17	1,797	+ 3,789
Liver Disease	11	5,233	10	3,259	+ 1,974
Lung Disease	12	5,057	21	1,340	+ 3,717
Tuberculosis	13	4,892	11	2,992	+ 1,899
Low Birth Weight	14	4,456	8	4,339	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	15	4,110	12	2,876	+ 1,233
Violence	16	4,060	32	406	+ 3,653
Other Injuries	17	3,636	22	1,266	+ 2,369
Birth Trauma	18	3,183	9	3,563	- 380
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,068	13	2,509	+ 559
Asthma	20	2,859	26	705	+ 2,154
Maternal Conditions	21	2,214	15	1,854	+ 360
Malnutrition	22	2,023	20	1,499	+ 524
Meningitis	23	1,863	18	1,792	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,792	35	370	+ 1,421
Drownings	25	1,663	30	458	+ 1,205
Fires	26	1,599	34	380	+ 1,220
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,464	25	782	+ 682
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,418	42	257	+ 1,161
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	972	39	280	+ 692
Epilepsy	30	874	41	260	+ 614
Prostate Cancer	31	859	40	271	+ 588
Falls	32	788	28	562	+ 227
Pertussis	33	741	31	436	+ 305
Poisonings	34	717	37	325	+ 392
Breast Cancer	35	705	27	600	+ 105
Lymphomas	36	594	24	839	- 245
Liver Cancer	37	561	38	317	+ 244
Drug Use	38	513	59	48	+ 465
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	501	49	154	+ 346
Skin Disease	40	483	53	101	+ 382
Parkinson's Disease	41	456	46	200	+ 256
Skin Cancers	42	380	36	331	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	357	44	234	+ 122
Oesophagus Cancer	44	353	16	1,842	- 1,488
Syphilis	45	333	29	480	- 147
Lung Cancers	46	318	51	131	+ 187
Leukemia	47	312	56	82	+ 230
Alcohol	48	307	52	114	+ 193
Schistosomiasis	49	245	50	143	+ 102
Uterin Cancer	50	219	62	23	+ 196
Oral Cancer	51	196	43	251	- 56
Ovary Cancer	52	190	48	158	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	53	131	45	206	- 75
Appendicitis	54	126	54	94	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	55	115	33	388	- 273
Pancreas Cancer	56	115	60	38	+ 77
Hepatitis B	57	113	55	88	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	94	61	29	+ 65
Encephalitis	59	92	58	48	+ 44
Upper Respiratory	60	79	57	60	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	61	75	63	17	+ 59
Tetanus	62	70	47	178	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	63	29	66	9	+ 20
Measles	64	12	67	6	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	7	64	15	- 8
Ascariasis	66	6	69	4	+ 2
Malaria	67	5	3	6,308	- 6,303
Otitis Media	68	5	68	5	- 1
Chlamydia	69	4	70	3	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	3	72	2	+ 2
War	71	3	71	2	+ 1
Dengue	72	1	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Swaziland

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.