MALTA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	374	2	291	+ 82
Coronary Heart Disease	2	302	1	876	- 574
Lung Disease	3	127	8	127	+ 1
Tuberculosis	4	104	52	2	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	101	55	1	+ 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	82	3	213	- 130
Diabetes Mellitus	7	81	6	163	- 82
Road Traffic Accidents	8	70	31	18	+ 52
Liver Disease	9	59	24	23	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	10	54	29	20	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	11	49	35	11	+ 37
Oral Cancer	12	43	23	25	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	42	4	207	- 165
Hypertension	14	41	20	33	+ 8
Birth Trauma	15	37	44	3	+ 34
Lung Cancers	16	34	5	197	- 163
Kidney Disease	17	30	11	79	- 49
Congenital Anomalies	18	28	32	17	+ 11
Measles	19	25	73	0	+ 25
Asthma	20	25	36	8	+ 16
Other Injuries	21	21	33	16	+ 5
Drownings	22	20	48	2	+ 17
Breast Cancer	23	19	10	85	- 66
Stomach Cancer	24	19	15	50	- 31
Suicide	25	17	22	27	- 10
Cervical Cancer	26	14	39	4	+ 10
Violence	27	13	40	4	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	13	7	147	- 134
Maternal Conditions	29	11	64	0	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	30	11	16	50	- 39
Falls	31	9	14	52	- 42
Drug Use	32	8	38	7	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	8	49	2	+ 6
Liver Cancer	34	8	18	34	- 26
Lymphomas	35	7	12	53	- 46
Malnutrition	36	7	60	0	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	37	6	17	34	- 28
Meningitis	38	6	56	1	+ 5
Pertussis	39	6	72	0	+ 6
Leukemia	40	5	21	28	- 22
Prostate Cancer	41	5	13	53	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	42	4	27	22	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	43	4	9	90	- 86
Epilepsy	44	4	43	3	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	45	4	30	19	- 15
Fires	46	4	62	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	47	4	63	0	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	3	37	7	- 4
Syphilis	49	3	81	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	50	3	25	23	- 20
Hepatitis B	51	3	61	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	52	3	19	33	- 30
Skin Cancers	53	2	34	14	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	2	51	2	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	55	2	41	4	- 2
Poisonings	56	1	58	1	+ 1
Tetanus	57	1	74	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	58	1	28	21	- 20
Encephalitis	59	1	65	0	+ 1
Alcohol	60	1	47	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	61	1	26	22	- 21
Hepatitis C	62	1	53	1	- 1
War	63	1	54	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	0	45	3	- 2
Dengue	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	86	0	50	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Bangladesh

Malta

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.