MALTA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	639	1	876	- 237
Stroke	2	428	2	291	+ 136
Diabetes Mellitus	3	368	6	163	+ 205
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	222	3	213	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	5	199	13	53	+ 146
Kidney Disease	6	165	11	79	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	7	115	30	19	+ 96
Hypertension	8	111	20	33	+ 77
Breast Cancer	9	102	10	85	+ 17
Other Injuries	10	88	33	16	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	82	7	147	- 65
Skin Disease	12	74	25	23	+ 51
Lung Disease	13	64	8	127	- 62
Lung Cancers	14	62	5	197	- 135
Uterin Cancer	15	50	28	21	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	16	46	9	90	- 45
Birth Trauma	17	44	44	3	+ 41
Liver Disease	18	44	24	23	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	43	4	207	- 165
Cervical Cancer	20	42	39	4	+ 37
Lymphomas	21	41	12	53	- 12
Road Traffic Accidents	22	37	31	18	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	23	33	15	50	- 16
Violence	24	30	40	4	+ 26
Liver Cancer	25	29	18	34	- 5
Congenital Anomalies	26	28	32	17	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	27	28	35	11	+ 16
Oral Cancer	28	27	23	25	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	29	27	26	22	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	30	24	29	20	+ 4
Alcohol	31	24	47	3	+ 21
Anemia	32	23	46	3	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	19	37	7	+ 12
Falls	34	19	14	52	- 33
Ovary Cancer	35	18	17	34	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	36	18	27	22	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	17	42	3	+ 14
Leukemia	38	17	21	28	- 11
Drownings	39	17	48	2	+ 14
Malnutrition	40	15	60	0	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	41	15	19	33	- 19
HIV/AIDS	42	14	41	4	+ 10
Asthma	43	12	36	8	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	44	11	16	50	- 38
Epilepsy	45	9	43	3	+ 5
Fires	46	8	62	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	7	49	2	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	7	55	1	+ 5
Drug Use	49	5	38	7	- 2
Osteoarthritis	50	4	50	2	+ 2
Tuberculosis	51	4	52	2	+ 2
Suicide	52	3	22	27	- 24
Appendicitis	53	3	63	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	54	3	34	14	- 11
Maternal Conditions	55	2	64	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	2	51	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	57	2	59	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	1	61	0	+ 1
Syphilis	59	1	81	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	0	58	1	- 0
War	61	0	54	1	- 1
Pertussis	62	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	63	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	79	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	56	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	53	1	- 1
Encephalitis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	82	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	45	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Grenada

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.