MALTA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	237	3	213	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	176	55	1	+ 175
Stroke	3	156	2	291	- 136
Coronary Heart Disease	4	145	1	876	- 731
Road Traffic Accidents	5	125	31	18	+ 107
Birth Trauma	6	123	44	3	+ 120
Low Birth Weight	7	111	35	11	+ 100
Liver Disease	8	108	24	23	+ 85
Tuberculosis	9	85	52	2	+ 83
Diabetes Mellitus	10	64	6	163	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	11	62	32	17	+ 45
Hypertension	12	53	20	33	+ 20
Kidney Disease	13	48	11	79	- 31
Meningitis	14	48	56	1	+ 47
Lung Disease	15	47	8	127	- 80
Other Injuries	16	46	33	16	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	17	45	41	4	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	18	35	64	0	+ 35
Malnutrition	19	34	60	0	+ 34
Breast Cancer	20	34	10	85	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	33	4	207	- 174
Violence	22	32	40	4	+ 28
Pertussis	23	27	72	0	+ 27
Measles	24	25	73	0	+ 25
Suicide	25	24	22	27	- 3
Malaria	26	22	69	0	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	27	20	39	4	+ 15
Falls	28	18	14	52	- 34
Asthma	29	18	36	8	+ 9
Leukemia	30	17	21	28	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	15	7	147	- 132
Poisonings	32	15	58	1	+ 14
Lymphomas	33	14	12	53	- 39
Fires	34	13	62	0	+ 13
Drownings	35	12	48	2	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	36	10	17	34	- 24
Tetanus	37	9	74	0	+ 9
Lung Cancers	38	9	5	197	- 188
Inflammatory/Heart	39	9	27	22	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	40	7	29	20	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	7	37	7	- 0
Liver Cancer	42	7	18	34	- 27
Syphilis	43	7	81	0	+ 7
Epilepsy	44	6	43	3	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	45	6	30	19	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	46	6	16	50	- 43
Stomach Cancer	47	6	15	50	- 44
Oral Cancer	48	6	23	25	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	5	49	2	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	50	5	13	53	- 48
Bladder Cancer	51	4	19	33	- 29
Skin Cancers	52	4	34	14	- 10
Skin Disease	53	4	25	23	- 19
Schistosomiasis	54	3	70	0	+ 3
Alcohol	55	3	47	3	+ 0
Hepatitis B	56	3	61	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	3	59	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	3	63	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	59	2	66	0	+ 2
Drug Use	60	2	38	7	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	61	2	9	90	- 88
Uterin Cancer	62	2	28	21	- 19
Encephalitis	63	2	65	0	+ 1
War	64	1	54	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	51	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	26	22	- 21
Diphtheria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	53	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	0	45	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Ethiopia

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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.