MALTA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	269	1	876	- 607
Stroke	2	245	2	291	- 47
Kidney Disease	3	102	11	79	+ 23
Lung Disease	4	102	8	127	- 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	101	4	207	- 107
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	99	3	213	- 114
Hypertension	7	96	20	33	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	8	91	15	50	+ 42
Lung Cancers	9	87	5	197	- 110
Diabetes Mellitus	10	80	6	163	- 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	76	7	147	- 71
Road Traffic Accidents	12	71	31	18	+ 53
Liver Disease	13	67	24	23	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	14	61	13	53	+ 8
Suicide	15	43	22	27	+ 16
Breast Cancer	16	42	10	85	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	17	39	9	90	- 51
Lymphomas	18	35	12	53	- 18
Liver Cancer	19	34	18	34	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	20	34	26	22	+ 12
Other Injuries	21	33	33	16	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	22	32	30	19	+ 13
Falls	23	23	14	52	- 29
Leukemia	24	22	21	28	- 6
Congenital Anomalies	25	22	32	17	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	26	20	16	50	- 30
Cervical Cancer	27	20	39	4	+ 15
Skin Disease	28	19	25	23	- 4
Violence	29	19	40	4	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	30	18	29	20	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	31	18	27	22	- 4
Bladder Cancer	32	16	19	33	- 17
HIV/AIDS	33	14	41	4	+ 10
Skin Cancers	34	13	34	14	- 1
Ovary Cancer	35	13	17	34	- 21
Low Birth Weight	36	11	35	11	- 0
Malnutrition	37	11	60	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	38	10	52	2	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	8	55	1	+ 7
Oral Cancer	40	8	23	25	- 17
Fires	41	7	62	0	+ 7
Asthma	42	7	36	8	- 1
Epilepsy	43	7	43	3	+ 4
Drownings	44	7	48	2	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	45	7	28	21	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	6	37	7	- 2
Alcohol	47	5	47	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	5	51	2	+ 3
Anemia	49	5	46	3	+ 2
Drug Use	50	4	38	7	- 3
Osteoarthritis	51	3	50	2	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	3	49	2	+ 0
Meningitis	53	2	56	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	2	44	3	- 1
Chagas disease	55	2	68	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	42	3	- 2
Poisonings	57	2	58	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	58	1	57	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	1	53	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	45	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	63	1	64	0	+ 0
War	64	0	54	1	- 1
Oral conditions	65	0	86	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.