EQU. GUINEA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,908	7	419	+ 1,489
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,220	2	913	+ 307
Stroke	3	1,122	6	437	+ 685
Road Traffic Accidents	4	373	8	368	+ 5
Lung Disease	5	345	20	120	+ 224
Kidney Disease	6	344	14	198	+ 146
Liver Disease	7	266	13	199	+ 67
Lung Cancers	8	224	41	27	+ 198
Diabetes Mellitus	9	213	11	299	- 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	208	29	55	+ 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	199	40	29	+ 171
Breast Cancer	12	160	24	84	+ 75
HIV/AIDS	13	139	1	1,838	- 1,699
Other Injuries	14	115	23	105	+ 10
Skin Disease	15	107	51	13	+ 94
Liver Cancer	16	103	34	43	+ 60
Oral Cancer	17	97	37	35	+ 62
Falls	18	96	32	46	+ 51
Suicide	19	95	22	107	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	92	9	349	- 257
Stomach Cancer	21	75	49	16	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	74	43	22	+ 52
Leukemia	23	73	61	4	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	24	73	12	249	- 176
Lymphomas	25	69	45	19	+ 49
Tuberculosis	26	64	10	321	- 257
Inflammatory/Heart	27	63	27	63	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	28	57	46	18	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	29	53	4	457	- 404
Asthma	30	53	26	65	- 13
Cervical Cancer	31	52	28	56	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	32	52	55	11	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	33	47	35	43	+ 4
Violence	34	45	33	45	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	35	43	52	13	+ 30
Drownings	36	43	36	39	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	37	42	25	73	- 31
Hypertension	38	34	16	165	- 131
Bladder Cancer	39	24	56	9	+ 16
Encephalitis	40	23	57	8	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	41	23	54	12	+ 11
Birth Trauma	42	19	5	441	- 422
Uterin Cancer	43	18	58	8	+ 11
Fires	44	17	39	30	- 13
Drug Use	45	17	30	50	- 34
Meningitis	46	16	19	127	- 111
Dengue	47	15	73	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	48	14	63	3	+ 11
Malnutrition	49	13	31	48	- 35
Skin Cancers	50	13	48	16	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	13	50	14	- 1
Epilepsy	52	12	38	32	- 21
Poisonings	53	11	44	21	- 10
Hepatitis B	54	11	65	3	+ 8
Alcohol	55	9	53	12	- 3
Maternal Conditions	56	9	17	139	- 130
Pertussis	57	4	21	109	- 105
Appendicitis	58	4	59	6	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	67	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	62	4	- 2
Tetanus	61	1	42	23	- 22
Syphilis	62	1	18	134	- 133
War	63	1	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	15	181	- 181
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	76	0	3	668	- 668
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	47	16	- 16
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Malaysia

Equ. Guinea

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.