ESTONIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,269	1	3,009	- 1,740
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	811	6	349	+ 462
Stroke	3	746	3	1,116	- 370
Road Traffic Accidents	4	248	35	59	+ 189
Lung Disease	5	229	13	229	+ 0
Kidney Disease	6	229	17	176	+ 53
Liver Disease	7	177	7	328	- 151
Lung Cancers	8	149	4	657	- 508
Diabetes Mellitus	9	142	19	146	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	138	12	229	- 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	132	5	527	- 395
Breast Cancer	12	106	11	260	- 154
HIV/AIDS	13	93	39	40	+ 52
Other Injuries	14	77	20	141	- 64
Skin Disease	15	71	41	29	+ 43
Liver Cancer	16	69	26	107	- 39
Oral Cancer	17	64	25	110	- 46
Falls	18	64	24	119	- 54
Suicide	19	63	16	197	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	61	53	8	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	21	50	9	290	- 240
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	49	36	55	- 6
Leukemia	23	49	22	126	- 77
Congenital Anomalies	24	48	43	25	+ 23
Lymphomas	25	46	15	213	- 167
Tuberculosis	26	42	47	16	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	27	42	14	217	- 175
Parkinson's Disease	28	38	29	82	- 44
Low Birth Weight	29	35	55	7	+ 28
Asthma	30	35	44	24	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	31	35	32	68	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	32	34	10	268	- 234
Prostate Cancer	33	31	8	298	- 267
Violence	34	30	42	28	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	35	29	28	87	- 59
Drownings	36	28	40	30	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	37	28	33	66	- 38
Hypertension	38	22	2	2,700	- 2,678
Bladder Cancer	39	16	21	126	- 110
Encephalitis	40	16	63	0	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	41	15	27	99	- 83
Birth Trauma	42	12	57	5	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	43	12	34	60	- 48
Fires	44	12	38	41	- 29
Drug Use	45	11	31	75	- 64
Meningitis	46	10	54	7	+ 3
Dengue	47	10	75	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	48	9	23	123	- 114
Malnutrition	49	9	79	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	50	9	30	79	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	8	45	22	- 13
Epilepsy	52	8	37	45	- 37
Poisonings	53	7	52	8	- 1
Hepatitis B	54	7	65	0	+ 7
Alcohol	55	6	18	148	- 142
Maternal Conditions	56	6	61	1	+ 5
Pertussis	57	3	83	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	2	59	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	46	17	- 16
Tetanus	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	62	1	- 0
War	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.