LIBERIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,778	7	1,885	+ 3,893
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,693	2	2,693	+ 1,000
Stroke	3	3,397	11	1,578	+ 1,818
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,130	5	1,920	- 791
Lung Disease	5	1,043	26	294	+ 750
Kidney Disease	6	1,043	16	609	+ 434
Liver Disease	7	806	13	858	- 52
Lung Cancers	8	679	44	66	+ 613
Diabetes Mellitus	9	646	15	650	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	629	29	235	+ 394
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	603	40	90	+ 513
Breast Cancer	12	483	27	246	+ 238
HIV/AIDS	13	421	6	1,919	- 1,498
Other Injuries	14	350	22	380	- 31
Skin Disease	15	325	51	41	+ 284
Liver Cancer	16	312	20	439	- 127
Oral Cancer	17	293	48	50	+ 243
Falls	18	292	33	155	+ 136
Suicide	19	287	30	220	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	279	10	1,592	- 1,313
Stomach Cancer	21	227	37	122	+ 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	224	36	126	+ 98
Leukemia	23	222	58	23	+ 199
Congenital Anomalies	24	221	14	833	- 612
Lymphomas	25	208	39	93	+ 114
Tuberculosis	26	193	1	2,766	- 2,573
Inflammatory/Heart	27	191	38	115	+ 76
Parkinson's Disease	28	174	43	72	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	29	161	8	1,652	- 1,491
Asthma	30	159	31	200	- 40
Cervical Cancer	31	159	19	474	- 315
Pancreas Cancer	32	156	53	38	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	33	142	25	297	- 155
Violence	34	137	18	477	- 340
Ovary Cancer	35	130	47	50	+ 80
Drownings	36	129	35	127	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	37	127	28	245	- 118
Hypertension	38	102	23	371	- 268
Bladder Cancer	39	73	59	19	+ 55
Encephalitis	40	71	56	27	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	41	68	60	16	+ 53
Birth Trauma	42	56	9	1,601	- 1,545
Uterin Cancer	43	55	55	28	+ 27
Fires	44	53	34	153	- 100
Drug Use	45	51	50	42	+ 8
Meningitis	46	47	17	552	- 505
Dengue	47	44	72	0	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	48	42	62	6	+ 36
Malnutrition	49	39	24	353	- 314
Skin Cancers	50	39	46	51	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	39	49	50	- 11
Epilepsy	52	35	42	81	- 45
Poisonings	53	33	41	82	- 49
Hepatitis B	54	32	52	39	- 7
Alcohol	55	28	57	25	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	56	26	12	870	- 843
Pertussis	57	13	32	197	- 185
Appendicitis	58	11	61	12	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	63	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	64	4	+ 0
Tetanus	61	3	54	31	- 28
Syphilis	62	3	21	394	- 391
War	63	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	65	1	67	3	- 2
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	45	51	- 51
Malaria	76	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Malaysia

Liberia

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.