ERITREA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,741	4	2,154	+ 4,587
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,309	1	3,277	+ 1,032
Stroke	3	3,963	2	2,564	+ 1,399
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,318	5	1,326	- 8
Lung Disease	5	1,217	9	662	+ 555
Kidney Disease	6	1,217	12	578	+ 639
Liver Disease	7	941	6	1,215	- 274
Lung Cancers	8	793	46	62	+ 731
Diabetes Mellitus	9	754	7	944	- 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	733	24	310	+ 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	703	35	113	+ 590
Breast Cancer	12	564	23	311	+ 252
HIV/AIDS	13	492	25	308	+ 184
Other Injuries	14	408	15	540	- 132
Skin Disease	15	379	50	45	+ 334
Liver Cancer	16	364	45	69	+ 295
Oral Cancer	17	342	44	71	+ 271
Falls	18	340	26	168	+ 172
Suicide	19	335	21	382	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	325	3	2,292	- 1,967
Stomach Cancer	21	265	48	48	+ 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	261	27	147	+ 114
Leukemia	23	259	29	144	+ 115
Congenital Anomalies	24	257	18	432	- 175
Lymphomas	25	242	28	147	+ 96
Tuberculosis	26	225	14	543	- 318
Inflammatory/Heart	27	223	32	123	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	28	203	37	85	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	29	187	16	531	- 344
Asthma	30	186	22	326	- 140
Cervical Cancer	31	185	30	132	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	32	182	58	20	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	33	166	47	54	+ 112
Violence	34	159	20	384	- 225
Ovary Cancer	35	152	40	79	+ 72
Drownings	36	150	33	118	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	37	149	43	71	+ 77
Hypertension	38	119	8	926	- 806
Bladder Cancer	39	86	51	42	+ 44
Encephalitis	40	83	62	16	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	41	80	39	81	- 1
Birth Trauma	42	66	11	616	- 551
Uterin Cancer	43	65	61	18	+ 47
Fires	44	62	31	132	- 70
Drug Use	45	59	53	36	+ 23
Meningitis	46	55	19	404	- 349
Dengue	47	51	73	0	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	48	49	66	6	+ 42
Malnutrition	49	46	10	660	- 614
Skin Cancers	50	45	56	30	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	45	41	77	- 32
Epilepsy	52	41	38	81	- 40
Poisonings	53	39	34	114	- 76
Hepatitis B	54	38	57	28	+ 10
Alcohol	55	33	49	45	- 12
Maternal Conditions	56	31	13	544	- 513
Pertussis	57	15	36	90	- 75
Appendicitis	58	13	55	31	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	67	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	64	12	- 7
Tetanus	61	4	52	37	- 34
Syphilis	62	3	54	35	- 31
War	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	65	1	60	18	- 17
Otitis Media	66	1	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	63	13	- 13
Leprosy	71	0	78	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	42	73	- 73
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Malaysia

Eritrea

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.