MALAYSIA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,939	1	36,729	- 4,790
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	26,872	10	3,996	+ 22,876
Stroke	3	18,378	3	21,592	- 3,214
Lung Cancers	4	18,026	8	4,319	+ 13,707
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	11,047	11	3,832	+ 7,215
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	9,994	2	23,477	- 13,483
Lung Disease	7	9,216	5	6,633	+ 2,584
Breast Cancer	8	7,854	12	3,071	+ 4,782
Other Injuries	9	7,643	14	2,222	+ 5,421
Pancreas Cancer	10	6,248	32	994	+ 5,254
Kidney Disease	11	5,802	6	6,629	- 827
Diabetes Mellitus	12	5,516	9	4,107	+ 1,409
Prostate Cancer	13	5,496	33	903	+ 4,593
Lymphomas	14	5,089	25	1,321	+ 3,768
Liver Cancer	15	4,839	16	1,984	+ 2,855
Suicide	16	4,530	19	1,823	+ 2,707
Other Neoplasms	17	4,434	48	265	+ 4,169
Falls	18	4,188	18	1,855	+ 2,333
Endocrine Disorders	19	4,088	37	809	+ 3,278
Parkinson's Disease	20	3,827	28	1,106	+ 2,721
Leukemia	21	3,770	23	1,412	+ 2,357
Liver Disease	22	3,732	7	5,125	- 1,394
Hypertension	23	3,594	38	649	+ 2,945
Bladder Cancer	24	3,319	39	467	+ 2,852
Inflammatory/Heart	25	3,066	27	1,214	+ 1,852
Stomach Cancer	26	2,796	21	1,441	+ 1,354
Oral Cancer	27	2,364	17	1,865	+ 499
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,362	41	435	+ 1,928
Malnutrition	29	2,129	49	249	+ 1,880
Ovary Cancer	30	2,004	35	827	+ 1,176
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,688	4	7,181	- 5,494
Skin Cancers	32	1,646	50	247	+ 1,399
Alcohol	33	1,612	55	181	+ 1,431
Uterin Cancer	34	1,375	43	352	+ 1,023
Congenital Anomalies	35	1,017	24	1,403	- 386
Drug Use	36	951	45	322	+ 629
Epilepsy	37	943	52	226	+ 717
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	914	20	1,773	- 859
Skin Disease	39	808	15	2,066	- 1,258
Cervical Cancer	40	795	31	1,010	- 215
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	700	51	246	+ 454
Asthma	42	525	30	1,013	- 488
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	498	22	1,424	- 926
Anemia	44	492	86	0	+ 492
Drownings	45	439	36	820	- 381
Multiple Sclerosis	46	380	59	30	+ 350
Low Birth Weight	47	329	29	1,020	- 691
Schizophrenia	48	327	83	0	+ 327
Violence	49	272	34	869	- 597
Tuberculosis	50	220	26	1,227	- 1,007
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	216	60	27	+ 188
Hepatitis C	52	210	64	6	+ 205
Fires	53	204	44	336	- 132
HIV/AIDS	54	183	13	2,679	- 2,496
Birth Trauma	55	156	42	359	- 202
Osteoarthritis	56	124	80	0	+ 124
Poisonings	57	115	53	211	- 96
Meningitis	58	83	46	301	- 218
Hepatitis B	59	68	54	206	- 137
Oral conditions	60	60	82	0	+ 60
Appendicitis	61	45	58	71	- 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	38	81	0	+ 38
Upper Respiratory	63	27	65	5	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	64	26	56	167	- 140
Otitis Media	65	8	66	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	66	4	40	452	- 448
War	67	3	63	11	- 7
Syphilis	68	2	62	19	- 17
Pertussis	69	1	57	80	- 79
Tetanus	70	1	61	21	- 20
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	47	280	- 280
Measles	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	68	2	- 2
Ascariasis	79	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

France

Malaysia

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.