IRELAND VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,561	1	4,762	+ 799
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,555	6	1,298	+ 2,256
Stroke	3	3,269	5	1,770	+ 1,500
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,087	33	153	+ 934
Lung Disease	5	1,004	4	1,915	- 911
Kidney Disease	6	1,004	10	566	+ 437
Liver Disease	7	776	19	279	+ 497
Lung Cancers	8	654	3	1,916	- 1,262
Diabetes Mellitus	9	622	16	414	+ 208
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	605	2	3,209	- 2,604
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	580	7	1,095	- 515
Breast Cancer	12	465	8	760	- 295
HIV/AIDS	13	406	57	9	+ 397
Other Injuries	14	336	30	171	+ 166
Skin Disease	15	313	42	58	+ 255
Liver Cancer	16	300	18	318	- 18
Oral Cancer	17	282	28	183	+ 100
Falls	18	281	25	247	+ 34
Suicide	19	276	14	470	- 194
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	268	45	53	+ 216
Stomach Cancer	21	218	17	357	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	216	38	67	+ 149
Leukemia	23	214	20	274	- 60
Congenital Anomalies	24	212	32	153	+ 59
Lymphomas	25	200	13	513	- 313
Tuberculosis	26	186	50	23	+ 163
Inflammatory/Heart	27	184	26	240	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	28	167	12	530	- 362
Low Birth Weight	29	154	44	56	+ 99
Asthma	30	153	41	58	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	31	153	35	103	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	32	151	11	530	- 380
Prostate Cancer	33	137	9	585	- 448
Violence	34	132	47	38	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	35	125	21	273	- 148
Drownings	36	124	43	57	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	37	123	24	249	- 127
Hypertension	38	98	29	175	- 76
Bladder Cancer	39	71	22	256	- 185
Encephalitis	40	68	66	0	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	41	66	15	419	- 353
Birth Trauma	42	54	56	10	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	43	53	34	126	- 73
Fires	44	51	48	30	+ 21
Drug Use	45	49	31	167	- 118
Meningitis	46	46	58	7	+ 38
Dengue	47	42	78	0	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	48	40	27	218	- 178
Malnutrition	49	38	63	2	+ 36
Skin Cancers	50	37	23	252	- 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	37	46	50	- 13
Epilepsy	52	34	36	85	- 51
Poisonings	53	32	53	14	+ 18
Hepatitis B	54	31	59	6	+ 25
Alcohol	55	27	39	64	- 37
Maternal Conditions	56	25	61	3	+ 22
Pertussis	57	12	67	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	58	11	60	3	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	37	83	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	40	59	- 55
Tetanus	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	68	0	+ 3
War	63	2	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	19	- 18
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Malaysia

Ireland

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.