INDIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,497,361	1	1,520,034	- 22,673
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	957,120	6	392,425	+ 564,695
Stroke	3	880,260	3	697,038	+ 183,222
Road Traffic Accidents	4	292,772	12	212,596	+ 80,176
Lung Disease	5	270,395	2	879,732	- 609,338
Kidney Disease	6	270,256	11	222,903	+ 47,353
Liver Disease	7	208,951	8	268,580	- 59,629
Lung Cancers	8	176,071	21	88,276	+ 87,795
Diabetes Mellitus	9	167,435	7	271,495	- 104,060
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	162,916	17	126,593	+ 36,323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	156,242	25	77,368	+ 78,874
Breast Cancer	12	125,214	22	82,821	+ 42,394
HIV/AIDS	13	109,212	31	44,406	+ 64,806
Other Injuries	14	90,591	15	149,570	- 58,979
Skin Disease	15	84,214	45	17,857	+ 66,356
Liver Cancer	16	80,886	39	30,369	+ 50,517
Oral Cancer	17	76,017	16	134,187	- 58,169
Falls	18	75,626	10	225,755	- 150,129
Suicide	19	74,332	14	173,347	- 99,015
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	72,265	4	670,315	- 598,049
Stomach Cancer	21	58,767	24	81,058	- 22,291
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	58,066	26	68,108	- 10,042
Leukemia	23	57,571	35	33,383	+ 24,188
Congenital Anomalies	24	57,196	23	82,769	- 25,573
Lymphomas	25	53,855	33	40,159	+ 13,695
Tuberculosis	26	50,025	5	435,882	- 385,857
Inflammatory/Heart	27	49,481	49	12,651	+ 36,830
Parkinson's Disease	28	45,085	32	43,398	+ 1,687
Low Birth Weight	29	41,599	9	238,739	- 197,140
Asthma	30	41,310	13	196,051	- 154,740
Cervical Cancer	31	41,190	30	45,319	- 4,130
Pancreas Cancer	32	40,531	37	32,812	+ 7,719
Prostate Cancer	33	36,828	38	30,945	+ 5,883
Violence	34	35,419	27	51,767	- 16,348
Ovary Cancer	35	33,735	44	21,947	+ 11,788
Drownings	36	33,424	28	48,774	- 15,351
Endocrine Disorders	37	33,000	47	15,264	+ 17,736
Hypertension	38	26,472	19	108,050	- 81,578
Bladder Cancer	39	19,046	48	14,081	+ 4,965
Encephalitis	40	18,438	29	48,080	- 29,642
Oesophagus Cancer	41	17,714	34	38,898	- 21,184
Birth Trauma	42	14,618	20	102,819	- 88,200
Uterin Cancer	43	14,356	59	6,841	+ 7,515
Fires	44	13,690	42	23,265	- 9,575
Drug Use	45	13,127	52	11,747	+ 1,380
Meningitis	46	12,267	36	33,337	- 21,069
Dengue	47	11,415	46	17,546	- 6,130
Other Neoplasms	48	10,788	62	2,968	+ 7,820
Malnutrition	49	10,158	55	8,626	+ 1,531
Skin Cancers	50	10,082	60	5,054	+ 5,028
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	10,031	18	126,079	- 116,048
Epilepsy	52	9,197	40	30,307	- 21,111
Poisonings	53	8,592	61	3,540	+ 5,052
Hepatitis B	54	8,379	56	8,184	+ 195
Alcohol	55	7,368	43	23,097	- 15,729
Maternal Conditions	56	6,794	41	25,917	- 19,123
Pertussis	57	3,260	54	10,094	- 6,834
Appendicitis	58	2,913	53	11,245	- 8,333
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1,234	63	2,328	- 1,094
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1,115	50	11,931	- 10,816
Tetanus	61	872	58	7,093	- 6,221
Syphilis	62	771	64	2,007	- 1,237
War	63	431	67	890	- 459
Hepatitis C	64	226	65	1,364	- 1,138
Upper Respiratory	65	196	68	584	- 388
Otitis Media	66	132	71	68	+ 64
Ascariasis	67	81	70	126	- 45
Chlamydia	68	64	69	379	- 315
Diphtheria	69	20	72	65	- 45
Measles	70	0	51	11,923	- 11,923
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	57	7,705	- 7,705
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	973	- 973
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

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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.