MALTA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,393	1	876	+ 517
Stroke	2	710	2	291	+ 419
Lung Cancers	3	322	5	197	+ 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	248	7	147	+ 101
Lung Disease	5	239	8	127	+ 112
Diabetes Mellitus	6	222	6	163	+ 60
Kidney Disease	7	158	11	79	+ 79
Hypertension	8	125	20	33	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	121	4	207	- 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	116	3	213	- 97
Breast Cancer	11	115	10	85	+ 31
Falls	12	110	14	52	+ 59
Liver Disease	13	105	24	23	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	14	96	13	53	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	15	89	15	50	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	16	85	9	90	- 5
Suicide	17	77	22	27	+ 50
Lymphomas	18	63	12	53	+ 10
Liver Cancer	19	57	18	34	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	20	57	19	33	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	21	52	27	22	+ 30
Leukemia	22	49	21	28	+ 22
Other Injuries	23	48	33	16	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	24	48	16	50	- 2
Oral Cancer	25	38	23	25	+ 13
Skin Cancers	26	38	34	14	+ 24
Road Traffic Accidents	27	37	31	18	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	28	35	17	34	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	29	32	26	22	+ 10
Alcohol	30	25	47	3	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	23	37	7	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	32	23	28	21	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	33	21	29	20	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	34	18	39	4	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	15	49	2	+ 13
Epilepsy	36	11	43	3	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	37	11	32	17	- 7
Drownings	38	10	48	2	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	9	55	1	+ 8
Schizophrenia	40	9	57	1	+ 8
Asthma	41	8	36	8	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	42	8	30	19	- 11
Drug Use	43	8	38	7	+ 1
Tuberculosis	44	7	52	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	45	6	45	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	5	51	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	47	5	53	1	+ 4
Violence	48	5	40	4	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	5	42	3	+ 1
Fires	50	4	62	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	51	2	61	0	+ 2
Meningitis	52	2	56	1	+ 1
Anemia	53	2	46	3	- 1
Poisonings	54	2	58	1	+ 1
Birth Trauma	55	1	44	3	- 2
Low Birth Weight	56	1	35	11	- 10
Appendicitis	57	1	63	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	58	1	25	23	- 22
HIV/AIDS	59	1	41	4	- 3
Otitis Media	60	0	82	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	61	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	62	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	59	0	- 0
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
War	67	0	54	1	- 1
Tetanus	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	70	0	60	0	- 0
Syphilis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Croatia

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.