MALTA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,184	1	876	+ 308
Hypertension	2	1,062	20	33	+ 1,029
Stroke	3	439	2	291	+ 148
Lung Cancers	4	259	5	197	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	207	7	147	+ 60
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	137	3	213	- 75
Liver Disease	7	129	24	23	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	8	117	13	53	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	9	114	15	50	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	10	106	9	90	+ 15
Breast Cancer	11	102	10	85	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	90	4	207	- 117
Lung Disease	13	90	8	127	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	14	85	27	22	+ 63
Lymphomas	15	84	12	53	+ 31
Suicide	16	78	22	27	+ 51
Kidney Disease	17	69	11	79	- 10
Alcohol	18	58	47	3	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	19	57	6	163	- 105
Other Injuries	20	56	33	16	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	21	49	19	33	+ 16
Leukemia	22	49	21	28	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	23	49	26	22	+ 26
Falls	24	47	14	52	- 5
Oral Cancer	25	43	23	25	+ 18
Liver Cancer	26	42	18	34	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	27	39	29	20	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	28	34	17	34	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	29	32	16	50	- 17
Skin Cancers	30	31	34	14	+ 17
Drug Use	31	30	38	7	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	32	27	39	4	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	33	26	30	19	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	34	24	28	21	+ 3
Road Traffic Accidents	35	23	31	18	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	22	37	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	37	18	43	3	+ 14
Fires	38	16	62	0	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	39	16	41	4	+ 12
Drownings	40	12	48	2	+ 10
Skin Disease	41	11	25	23	- 12
Violence	42	11	40	4	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	43	10	32	17	- 7
Asthma	44	9	36	8	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	49	2	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	7	51	2	+ 5
Tuberculosis	47	6	52	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	48	6	45	3	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	5	42	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	50	4	50	2	+ 2
Anemia	51	4	46	3	+ 1
Poisonings	52	3	58	1	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	3	55	1	+ 2
Meningitis	54	3	56	1	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	55	3	35	11	- 9
Schizophrenia	56	2	57	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	2	44	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	58	2	53	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	1	63	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	60	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	81	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	65	0	- 0
War	64	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	65	0	61	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	60	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Estonia

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.