FINLAND VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,979	2	9,831	- 3,852
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,822	21	436	+ 3,385
Stroke	3	3,515	3	4,115	- 600
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,169	33	215	+ 954
Lung Disease	5	1,080	8	1,289	- 210
Kidney Disease	6	1,079	26	342	+ 737
Liver Disease	7	834	10	1,068	- 234
Lung Cancers	8	703	4	2,312	- 1,609
Diabetes Mellitus	9	669	22	418	+ 251
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	650	1	11,120	- 10,470
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	624	6	1,433	- 809
Breast Cancer	12	500	12	948	- 448
HIV/AIDS	13	436	59	6	+ 431
Other Injuries	14	362	20	437	- 75
Skin Disease	15	336	47	27	+ 309
Liver Cancer	16	323	16	545	- 222
Oral Cancer	17	304	34	207	+ 96
Falls	18	302	7	1,325	- 1,023
Suicide	19	297	15	846	- 549
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	289	52	15	+ 273
Stomach Cancer	21	235	19	447	- 212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	232	36	151	+ 80
Leukemia	23	230	24	371	- 141
Congenital Anomalies	24	228	35	192	+ 36
Lymphomas	25	215	14	851	- 636
Tuberculosis	26	200	46	32	+ 168
Inflammatory/Heart	27	198	17	518	- 320
Parkinson's Disease	28	180	13	853	- 673
Low Birth Weight	29	166	48	26	+ 140
Asthma	30	165	40	85	+ 80
Cervical Cancer	31	164	44	62	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	32	162	9	1,247	- 1,085
Prostate Cancer	33	147	11	970	- 823
Violence	34	141	43	64	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	35	135	25	344	- 210
Drownings	36	133	37	106	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	37	132	31	257	- 125
Hypertension	38	106	5	2,030	- 1,924
Bladder Cancer	39	76	28	308	- 232
Encephalitis	40	74	66	0	+ 73
Oesophagus Cancer	41	71	27	320	- 249
Birth Trauma	42	58	56	8	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	43	57	32	225	- 168
Fires	44	55	45	62	- 7
Drug Use	45	52	30	269	- 217
Meningitis	46	49	55	9	+ 40
Dengue	47	46	82	0	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	48	43	23	377	- 334
Malnutrition	49	41	57	7	+ 34
Skin Cancers	50	40	29	297	- 257
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	40	50	19	+ 21
Epilepsy	52	37	38	104	- 67
Poisonings	53	34	49	25	+ 10
Hepatitis B	54	33	63	2	+ 32
Alcohol	55	29	18	464	- 435
Maternal Conditions	56	27	64	2	+ 26
Pertussis	57	13	69	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	58	12	54	10	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	42	80	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	41	83	- 79
Tetanus	61	3	70	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	67	0	+ 3
War	63	2	65	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	2	- 1
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	58	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Malaysia

Finland

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.