MALAYSIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,602	1	36,729	- 18,127
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	17,505	2	23,477	- 5,972
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,125	9	4,107	+ 9,018
Kidney Disease	4	11,884	6	6,629	+ 5,255
Liver Disease	5	10,763	7	5,125	+ 5,638
Stroke	6	9,180	3	21,592	- 12,412
Violence	7	8,351	34	869	+ 7,482
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,624	4	7,181	+ 442
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,956	20	1,773	+ 3,183
Other Injuries	10	4,669	14	2,222	+ 2,446
Malnutrition	11	3,750	49	249	+ 3,501
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,705	10	3,996	- 291
Lung Disease	13	3,600	5	6,633	- 3,032
Alcohol	14	3,406	55	181	+ 3,225
Liver Cancer	15	3,342	16	1,984	+ 1,358
Low Birth Weight	16	3,140	29	1,020	+ 2,120
Stomach Cancer	17	2,974	21	1,441	+ 1,532
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,871	24	1,403	+ 1,469
Birth Trauma	19	2,776	42	359	+ 2,417
Falls	20	2,597	18	1,855	+ 742
HIV/AIDS	21	2,220	13	2,679	- 459
Suicide	22	1,968	19	1,823	+ 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,949	22	1,424	+ 525
Prostate Cancer	24	1,601	33	903	+ 698
Cervical Cancer	25	1,529	31	1,010	+ 519
Hypertension	26	1,286	38	649	+ 637
Leukemia	27	1,137	23	1,412	- 275
Breast Cancer	28	938	12	3,071	- 2,133
Endocrine Disorders	29	919	37	809	+ 110
Maternal Conditions	30	887	56	167	+ 720
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	879	11	3,832	- 2,954
Drownings	32	877	36	820	+ 57
Epilepsy	33	876	52	226	+ 651
Parkinson's Disease	34	743	28	1,106	- 362
Lung Cancers	35	741	8	4,319	- 3,578
Asthma	36	634	30	1,013	- 380
Tuberculosis	37	571	26	1,227	- 656
Pancreas Cancer	38	534	32	994	- 460
Poisonings	39	521	53	211	+ 310
Drug Use	40	514	45	322	+ 192
Meningitis	41	513	46	301	+ 212
Skin Disease	42	439	15	2,066	- 1,626
Lymphomas	43	434	25	1,321	- 887
Inflammatory/Heart	44	427	27	1,214	- 787
Fires	45	393	44	336	+ 57
Skin Cancers	46	369	50	247	+ 122
Appendicitis	47	310	58	71	+ 239
Oesophagus Cancer	48	272	41	435	- 162
Oral Cancer	49	269	17	1,865	- 1,596
Ovary Cancer	50	252	35	827	- 576
Encephalitis	51	196	40	452	- 256
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	155	60	27	+ 128
Pertussis	53	132	57	80	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	117	51	246	- 129
Bladder Cancer	55	109	39	467	- 358
Other Neoplasms	56	80	48	265	- 185
Upper Respiratory	57	65	65	5	+ 60
Dengue	58	62	47	280	- 218
Uterin Cancer	59	52	43	352	- 301
Multiple Sclerosis	60	39	59	30	+ 9
Chagas disease	61	36	78	0	+ 36
Tetanus	62	19	61	21	- 3
Ascariasis	63	13	67	2	+ 11
Syphilis	64	5	62	19	- 14
Hepatitis B	65	5	54	206	- 201
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	6	- 1
Chlamydia	67	4	68	2	+ 3
War	68	4	63	11	- 7
Leishmaniasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Guatemala

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.