MALAWI VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,033	1	12,839	+ 5,195
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,958	2	7,739	+ 2,219
Stroke	3	8,316	5	5,939	+ 2,377
Malaria	4	8,247	3	6,308	+ 1,939
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,566	6	5,782	+ 784
Tuberculosis	6	6,217	11	2,992	+ 3,224
Birth Trauma	7	5,296	9	3,563	+ 1,733
Low Birth Weight	8	5,082	8	4,339	+ 743
Liver Disease	9	4,709	10	3,259	+ 1,450
Coronary Heart Disease	10	4,637	7	4,929	- 292
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,823	4	6,221	- 2,398
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,292	13	2,509	+ 782
Hypertension	13	2,738	17	1,797	+ 941
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2,506	14	2,267	+ 239
Malnutrition	15	2,409	20	1,499	+ 910
Meningitis	16	2,068	18	1,792	+ 275
Cervical Cancer	17	1,882	12	2,876	- 994
Kidney Disease	18	1,842	19	1,567	+ 275
Other Injuries	19	1,809	22	1,266	+ 543
Suicide	20	1,363	23	1,007	+ 356
Lung Disease	21	1,332	21	1,340	- 9
Maternal Conditions	22	1,243	15	1,854	- 611
Violence	23	1,207	32	406	+ 800
Syphilis	24	926	29	480	+ 446
Pertussis	25	777	31	436	+ 341
Asthma	26	775	26	705	+ 70
Drownings	27	721	30	458	+ 263
Falls	28	624	28	562	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	617	25	782	- 165
Prostate Cancer	30	588	40	271	+ 317
Lymphomas	31	573	24	839	- 265
Fires	32	572	34	380	+ 192
Inflammatory/Heart	33	524	35	370	+ 154
Poisonings	34	477	37	325	+ 153
Breast Cancer	35	383	27	600	- 217
Oesophagus Cancer	36	375	16	1,842	- 1,466
Endocrine Disorders	37	370	42	257	+ 113
Epilepsy	38	347	41	260	+ 87
Leukemia	39	273	56	82	+ 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	257	39	280	- 23
Lung Cancers	41	236	51	131	+ 106
Stomach Cancer	42	216	45	206	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	212	44	234	- 22
Tetanus	44	199	47	178	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	198	49	154	+ 44
Liver Cancer	46	185	38	317	- 132
Parkinson's Disease	47	172	46	200	- 28
Oral Cancer	48	162	43	251	- 89
Alcohol	49	146	52	114	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	50	138	33	388	- 250
Schistosomiasis	51	134	50	143	- 9
Skin Disease	52	132	53	101	+ 30
Drug Use	53	128	59	48	+ 81
Skin Cancers	54	113	36	331	- 218
Hepatitis B	55	109	55	88	+ 21
Appendicitis	56	88	54	94	- 6
Ovary Cancer	57	86	48	158	- 71
Leishmaniasis	58	76	74	0	+ 76
Encephalitis	59	73	58	48	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	60	71	57	60	+ 11
Measles	61	51	67	6	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	62	44	60	38	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	31	61	29	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	64	31	62	23	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	65	21	63	17	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	18	64	15	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	14	66	9	+ 5
Ascariasis	68	9	69	4	+ 5
War	69	7	71	2	+ 4
Otitis Media	70	5	68	5	- 0
Chlamydia	71	4	70	3	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	3	73	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	73	3	72	2	+ 1
Dengue	74	1	65	9	- 8
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	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

Zambia

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.