CENTRAL AFRICA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,005	7	2,900	+ 3,105
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,838	1	5,231	- 1,393
Stroke	3	3,530	5	3,284	+ 246
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,174	10	1,790	- 616
Lung Disease	5	1,084	18	956	+ 128
Kidney Disease	6	1,084	21	710	+ 374
Liver Disease	7	838	14	1,153	- 315
Lung Cancers	8	706	55	47	+ 659
Diabetes Mellitus	9	671	15	1,141	- 470
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	653	33	204	+ 449
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	627	45	116	+ 510
Breast Cancer	12	502	26	344	+ 158
HIV/AIDS	13	438	4	3,753	- 3,315
Other Injuries	14	363	23	621	- 257
Skin Disease	15	338	54	48	+ 290
Liver Cancer	16	324	44	117	+ 208
Oral Cancer	17	305	46	91	+ 214
Falls	18	303	36	181	+ 122
Suicide	19	298	24	585	- 287
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	290	3	4,684	- 4,394
Stomach Cancer	21	236	49	65	+ 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	233	27	317	- 84
Leukemia	23	231	47	88	+ 143
Congenital Anomalies	24	229	19	776	- 546
Lymphomas	25	216	42	119	+ 97
Tuberculosis	26	201	2	4,704	- 4,503
Inflammatory/Heart	27	198	30	270	- 71
Parkinson's Disease	28	181	48	67	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	29	167	8	2,228	- 2,061
Asthma	30	166	20	761	- 595
Cervical Cancer	31	165	32	230	- 65
Pancreas Cancer	32	163	60	37	+ 126
Prostate Cancer	33	148	38	156	- 9
Violence	34	142	17	1,009	- 867
Ovary Cancer	35	135	50	64	+ 71
Drownings	36	134	34	202	- 68
Endocrine Disorders	37	132	25	423	- 291
Hypertension	38	106	12	1,252	- 1,146
Bladder Cancer	39	76	64	23	+ 53
Encephalitis	40	74	62	28	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	41	71	53	48	+ 23
Birth Trauma	42	59	9	2,192	- 2,133
Uterin Cancer	43	58	65	20	+ 38
Fires	44	55	39	142	- 87
Drug Use	45	53	57	44	+ 9
Meningitis	46	49	16	1,015	- 966
Dengue	47	46	74	0	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	48	43	70	5	+ 38
Malnutrition	49	41	22	691	- 650
Skin Cancers	50	40	58	43	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	40	35	194	- 154
Epilepsy	52	37	43	119	- 82
Poisonings	53	34	40	134	- 100
Hepatitis B	54	34	61	33	+ 1
Alcohol	55	30	52	62	- 32
Maternal Conditions	56	27	13	1,174	- 1,147
Pertussis	57	13	31	265	- 252
Appendicitis	58	12	51	62	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	72	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	66	15	- 11
Tetanus	61	3	29	280	- 277
Syphilis	62	3	41	120	- 117
War	63	2	28	314	- 312
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	65	1	63	24	- 24
Otitis Media	66	1	68	6	- 6
Ascariasis	67	0	71	5	- 4
Chlamydia	68	0	73	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	67	11	- 11
Measles	70	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	37	169	- 169
Malaria	76	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Leishmaniasis	77	0	56	46	- 46
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	59	40	- 40
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Malaysia

Central Africa

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.