GUINEA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,862	6	5,665	+ 9,197
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,500	1	12,790	- 3,290
Stroke	3	8,737	5	5,777	+ 2,960
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,906	9	3,788	- 882
Lung Disease	5	2,684	20	1,373	+ 1,311
Kidney Disease	6	2,682	16	1,939	+ 743
Liver Disease	7	2,074	12	2,550	- 476
Lung Cancers	8	1,748	50	128	+ 1,619
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,662	15	2,138	- 476
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,617	30	579	+ 1,038
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,551	53	100	+ 1,451
Breast Cancer	12	1,243	38	345	+ 898
HIV/AIDS	13	1,084	10	3,020	- 1,936
Other Injuries	14	899	18	1,504	- 605
Skin Disease	15	836	51	127	+ 709
Liver Cancer	16	803	23	1,167	- 364
Oral Cancer	17	755	52	122	+ 633
Falls	18	751	33	480	+ 271
Suicide	19	738	29	892	- 154
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	717	3	6,788	- 6,071
Stomach Cancer	21	583	41	245	+ 338
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	576	34	448	+ 128
Leukemia	23	571	67	17	+ 554
Congenital Anomalies	24	568	14	2,181	- 1,613
Lymphomas	25	535	48	158	+ 377
Tuberculosis	26	497	13	2,369	- 1,872
Inflammatory/Heart	27	491	35	439	+ 52
Parkinson's Disease	28	447	44	212	+ 236
Low Birth Weight	29	413	8	4,319	- 3,906
Asthma	30	410	22	1,179	- 769
Cervical Cancer	31	409	19	1,491	- 1,083
Pancreas Cancer	32	402	65	19	+ 383
Prostate Cancer	33	366	32	525	- 160
Violence	34	352	26	1,128	- 777
Ovary Cancer	35	335	54	93	+ 242
Drownings	36	332	31	528	- 197
Endocrine Disorders	37	328	25	1,140	- 812
Hypertension	38	263	21	1,348	- 1,085
Bladder Cancer	39	189	60	32	+ 157
Encephalitis	40	183	56	81	+ 102
Oesophagus Cancer	41	176	63	20	+ 156
Birth Trauma	42	145	7	4,797	- 4,652
Uterin Cancer	43	142	59	38	+ 105
Fires	44	136	36	410	- 274
Drug Use	45	130	46	169	- 38
Meningitis	46	122	11	2,633	- 2,511
Dengue	47	113	73	0	+ 113
Other Neoplasms	48	107	68	16	+ 91
Malnutrition	49	101	28	1,032	- 931
Skin Cancers	50	100	49	152	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	100	42	238	- 138
Epilepsy	52	91	37	350	- 258
Poisonings	53	85	40	295	- 210
Hepatitis B	54	83	47	162	- 79
Alcohol	55	73	55	83	- 10
Maternal Conditions	56	67	17	1,793	- 1,726
Pertussis	57	32	24	1,165	- 1,133
Appendicitis	58	29	57	41	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	59	12	66	18	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	11	70	13	- 2
Tetanus	61	9	45	170	- 161
Syphilis	62	8	39	328	- 320
War	63	4	64	20	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	2	61	22	- 20
Upper Respiratory	65	2	69	15	- 13
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	62	22	- 21
Chlamydia	68	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	58	40	- 39
Measles	70	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	43	232	- 232
Malaria	76	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Malaysia

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.