COLOMBIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,693	1	43,066	+ 9,627
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	33,682	5	10,773	+ 22,908
Stroke	3	30,977	3	16,573	+ 14,404
Road Traffic Accidents	4	10,303	6	7,765	+ 2,538
Lung Disease	5	9,515	4	15,928	- 6,413
Kidney Disease	6	9,511	7	6,834	+ 2,677
Liver Disease	7	7,353	19	2,426	+ 4,927
Lung Cancers	8	6,196	10	5,250	+ 946
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,892	11	5,028	+ 864
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,733	22	2,157	+ 3,576
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	5,498	12	4,371	+ 1,127
Breast Cancer	12	4,406	13	3,669	+ 737
HIV/AIDS	13	3,843	17	2,683	+ 1,160
Other Injuries	14	3,188	28	1,592	+ 1,596
Skin Disease	15	2,964	34	1,102	+ 1,862
Liver Cancer	16	2,846	24	2,065	+ 782
Oral Cancer	17	2,675	37	807	+ 1,868
Falls	18	2,661	29	1,518	+ 1,144
Suicide	19	2,616	26	1,965	+ 651
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	2,543	38	747	+ 1,796
Stomach Cancer	21	2,068	9	6,112	- 4,044
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	2,043	39	698	+ 1,345
Leukemia	23	2,026	21	2,208	- 182
Congenital Anomalies	24	2,013	16	2,963	- 950
Lymphomas	25	1,895	18	2,603	- 708
Tuberculosis	26	1,760	32	1,272	+ 489
Inflammatory/Heart	27	1,741	31	1,329	+ 412
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,587	47	383	+ 1,204
Low Birth Weight	29	1,464	23	2,095	- 631
Asthma	30	1,454	54	191	+ 1,262
Cervical Cancer	31	1,450	20	2,266	- 817
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,426	25	2,022	- 596
Prostate Cancer	33	1,296	14	3,584	- 2,288
Violence	34	1,246	2	19,268	- 18,022
Ovary Cancer	35	1,187	33	1,122	+ 65
Drownings	36	1,176	40	689	+ 487
Endocrine Disorders	37	1,161	30	1,367	- 206
Hypertension	38	932	8	6,400	- 5,468
Bladder Cancer	39	670	42	609	+ 61
Encephalitis	40	649	64	38	+ 611
Oesophagus Cancer	41	623	36	835	- 212
Birth Trauma	42	514	41	648	- 134
Uterin Cancer	43	505	45	423	+ 82
Fires	44	482	56	127	+ 355
Drug Use	45	462	44	492	- 30
Meningitis	46	432	50	244	+ 188
Dengue	47	402	55	133	+ 268
Other Neoplasms	48	380	15	3,205	- 2,825
Malnutrition	49	357	27	1,878	- 1,521
Skin Cancers	50	355	35	1,028	- 674
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	353	63	38	+ 315
Epilepsy	52	324	43	597	- 274
Poisonings	53	302	61	61	+ 242
Hepatitis B	54	295	62	50	+ 244
Alcohol	55	259	68	23	+ 236
Maternal Conditions	56	239	46	394	- 155
Pertussis	57	115	69	18	+ 97
Appendicitis	58	102	52	213	- 110
Multiple Sclerosis	59	43	60	62	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	39	51	242	- 203
Tetanus	61	31	71	14	+ 17
Syphilis	62	27	65	30	- 3
War	63	15	49	260	- 245
Hepatitis C	64	8	59	65	- 57
Upper Respiratory	65	7	66	27	- 20
Otitis Media	66	5	73	7	- 3
Ascariasis	67	3	76	5	- 2
Chlamydia	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	80	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	67	26	- 26
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	7	- 7
Chagas disease	78	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	48	333	- 333
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	18	- 18
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	57	101	- 101
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Malaysia

Colombia

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.