GUATEMALA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,398	1	9,825	+ 9,574
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,399	2	9,245	+ 3,154
Stroke	3	11,404	6	4,849	+ 6,555
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,793	8	4,026	- 234
Lung Disease	5	3,503	13	1,901	+ 1,602
Kidney Disease	6	3,501	4	6,277	- 2,776
Liver Disease	7	2,707	5	5,684	- 2,978
Lung Cancers	8	2,281	35	391	+ 1,890
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,169	3	6,932	- 4,763
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,111	12	1,957	+ 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,024	31	464	+ 1,560
Breast Cancer	12	1,622	28	495	+ 1,127
HIV/AIDS	13	1,415	21	1,173	+ 242
Other Injuries	14	1,174	10	2,466	- 1,292
Skin Disease	15	1,091	42	232	+ 859
Liver Cancer	16	1,048	15	1,765	- 717
Oral Cancer	17	985	49	142	+ 843
Falls	18	980	20	1,371	- 392
Suicide	19	963	22	1,039	- 76
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	936	9	2,617	- 1,681
Stomach Cancer	21	761	17	1,570	- 809
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	752	23	1,029	- 277
Leukemia	23	746	27	601	+ 145
Congenital Anomalies	24	741	18	1,517	- 776
Lymphomas	25	698	43	229	+ 469
Tuberculosis	26	648	37	301	+ 347
Inflammatory/Heart	27	641	44	225	+ 416
Parkinson's Disease	28	584	34	393	+ 191
Low Birth Weight	29	539	16	1,658	- 1,120
Asthma	30	535	36	335	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	31	534	25	808	- 274
Pancreas Cancer	32	525	38	282	+ 243
Prostate Cancer	33	477	24	846	- 368
Violence	34	459	7	4,411	- 3,952
Ovary Cancer	35	437	50	133	+ 304
Drownings	36	433	32	463	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	37	428	29	486	- 58
Hypertension	38	343	26	679	- 336
Bladder Cancer	39	247	55	57	+ 189
Encephalitis	40	239	51	104	+ 135
Oesophagus Cancer	41	229	48	144	+ 86
Birth Trauma	42	189	19	1,466	- 1,277
Uterin Cancer	43	186	59	27	+ 159
Fires	44	177	45	207	- 30
Drug Use	45	170	40	272	- 102
Meningitis	46	159	41	271	- 112
Dengue	47	148	58	33	+ 115
Other Neoplasms	48	140	56	42	+ 98
Malnutrition	49	132	11	1,981	- 1,849
Skin Cancers	50	131	46	195	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	130	54	62	+ 68
Epilepsy	52	119	33	463	- 344
Poisonings	53	111	39	275	- 164
Hepatitis B	54	109	65	2	+ 106
Alcohol	55	95	14	1,799	- 1,703
Maternal Conditions	56	88	30	468	- 380
Pertussis	57	42	53	70	- 28
Appendicitis	58	38	47	164	- 126
Multiple Sclerosis	59	16	60	21	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	14	52	82	- 67
Tetanus	61	11	62	10	+ 1
Syphilis	62	10	64	3	+ 7
War	63	6	68	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	3	57	34	- 32
Otitis Media	66	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	63	7	- 6
Chlamydia	68	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Malaysia

Guatemala

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.