LATVIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,914	1	8,099	- 6,185
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,223	9	501	+ 722
Stroke	3	1,125	2	5,893	- 4,767
Road Traffic Accidents	4	374	27	154	+ 221
Lung Disease	5	346	18	346	- 1
Kidney Disease	6	345	17	356	- 11
Liver Disease	7	267	15	365	- 98
Lung Cancers	8	225	4	956	- 731
Diabetes Mellitus	9	214	8	529	- 315
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	208	7	664	- 455
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	200	6	722	- 522
Breast Cancer	12	160	10	472	- 312
HIV/AIDS	13	140	39	74	+ 66
Other Injuries	14	116	16	362	- 247
Skin Disease	15	108	38	76	+ 31
Liver Cancer	16	103	26	157	- 53
Oral Cancer	17	97	22	214	- 117
Falls	18	97	23	201	- 105
Suicide	19	95	14	384	- 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	92	54	14	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	21	75	11	470	- 394
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	74	31	142	- 68
Leukemia	23	74	25	186	- 113
Congenital Anomalies	24	73	43	46	+ 27
Lymphomas	25	69	19	245	- 177
Tuberculosis	26	64	40	71	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	27	63	5	921	- 858
Parkinson's Disease	28	58	35	125	- 68
Low Birth Weight	29	53	56	11	+ 42
Asthma	30	53	46	42	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	31	53	33	128	- 75
Pancreas Cancer	32	52	13	436	- 384
Prostate Cancer	33	47	12	464	- 417
Violence	34	45	37	94	- 49
Ovary Cancer	35	43	24	196	- 153
Drownings	36	43	34	127	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	37	42	41	59	- 17
Hypertension	38	34	3	1,194	- 1,160
Bladder Cancer	39	24	20	228	- 204
Encephalitis	40	24	69	0	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	41	23	32	131	- 109
Birth Trauma	42	19	55	12	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	43	18	29	148	- 129
Fires	44	17	36	103	- 86
Drug Use	45	17	48	41	- 24
Meningitis	46	16	52	15	+ 1
Dengue	47	15	83	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	48	14	28	153	- 139
Malnutrition	49	13	64	2	+ 11
Skin Cancers	50	13	30	144	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	13	47	41	- 28
Epilepsy	52	12	45	44	- 32
Poisonings	53	11	49	23	- 12
Hepatitis B	54	11	63	3	+ 8
Alcohol	55	9	21	227	- 218
Maternal Conditions	56	9	60	5	+ 4
Pertussis	57	4	70	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	4	59	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	50	20	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	51	20	- 18
Tetanus	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	65	1	- 0
War	63	1	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	42	53	- 53
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	4	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Malaysia

Latvia

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.