GUYANA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	844	1	1,335	- 491
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	539	6	302	+ 238
Stroke	3	496	2	1,022	- 526
Road Traffic Accidents	4	165	11	175	- 10
Lung Disease	5	152	13	174	- 22
Kidney Disease	6	152	8	233	- 81
Liver Disease	7	118	9	197	- 79
Lung Cancers	8	99	29	38	+ 61
Diabetes Mellitus	9	94	3	579	- 484
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	92	38	23	+ 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	88	25	59	+ 29
Breast Cancer	12	71	19	96	- 25
HIV/AIDS	13	62	7	256	- 195
Other Injuries	14	51	14	167	- 116
Skin Disease	15	47	56	3	+ 44
Liver Cancer	16	46	34	29	+ 17
Oral Cancer	17	43	40	20	+ 23
Falls	18	43	48	11	+ 32
Suicide	19	42	5	315	- 273
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	41	27	48	- 7
Stomach Cancer	21	33	31	34	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	33	26	54	- 22
Leukemia	23	32	39	21	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	24	32	23	69	- 36
Lymphomas	25	30	32	32	- 2
Tuberculosis	26	28	16	137	- 109
Inflammatory/Heart	27	28	20	92	- 64
Parkinson's Disease	28	25	49	9	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	29	23	22	89	- 66
Asthma	30	23	36	25	- 2
Cervical Cancer	31	23	21	91	- 68
Pancreas Cancer	32	23	42	19	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	33	21	17	123	- 103
Violence	34	20	10	194	- 174
Ovary Cancer	35	19	43	18	+ 1
Drownings	36	19	15	145	- 126
Endocrine Disorders	37	19	12	174	- 156
Hypertension	38	15	4	320	- 305
Bladder Cancer	39	11	50	8	+ 3
Encephalitis	40	10	53	7	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	41	10	51	8	+ 2
Birth Trauma	42	8	24	64	- 56
Uterin Cancer	43	8	46	13	- 5
Fires	44	8	41	19	- 12
Drug Use	45	7	45	16	- 8
Meningitis	46	7	44	17	- 10
Dengue	47	6	60	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	48	6	28	40	- 34
Malnutrition	49	6	30	37	- 32
Skin Cancers	50	6	55	5	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	6	47	13	- 7
Epilepsy	52	5	37	24	- 18
Poisonings	53	5	65	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	54	5	59	2	+ 3
Alcohol	55	4	57	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	56	4	35	28	- 24
Pertussis	57	2	73	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	2	54	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	63	1	- 0
Tetanus	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	71	0	+ 0
War	63	0	64	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	33	30	- 30
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	18	99	- 99
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Malaysia

Guyana

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.