LITHUANIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,793	1	15,329	- 12,537
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,785	7	654	+ 1,131
Stroke	3	1,642	2	5,643	- 4,001
Road Traffic Accidents	4	546	27	225	+ 322
Lung Disease	5	504	16	513	- 9
Kidney Disease	6	504	19	372	+ 132
Liver Disease	7	390	9	644	- 254
Lung Cancers	8	328	3	1,329	- 1,000
Diabetes Mellitus	9	312	14	525	- 213
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	304	8	649	- 345
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	291	5	1,074	- 782
Breast Cancer	12	234	11	629	- 395
HIV/AIDS	13	204	51	22	+ 181
Other Injuries	14	169	18	416	- 247
Skin Disease	15	157	44	48	+ 109
Liver Cancer	16	151	25	239	- 88
Oral Cancer	17	142	20	338	- 196
Falls	18	141	15	518	- 377
Suicide	19	139	6	721	- 583
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	135	42	59	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	21	110	10	639	- 530
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	108	22	313	- 204
Leukemia	23	107	24	284	- 176
Congenital Anomalies	24	107	41	62	+ 45
Lymphomas	25	100	21	321	- 221
Tuberculosis	26	93	38	119	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	27	92	17	484	- 392
Parkinson's Disease	28	84	29	222	- 138
Low Birth Weight	29	78	55	9	+ 69
Asthma	30	77	46	45	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	31	77	28	224	- 147
Pancreas Cancer	32	76	13	578	- 502
Prostate Cancer	33	69	12	598	- 529
Violence	34	66	36	132	- 65
Ovary Cancer	35	63	26	233	- 170
Drownings	36	62	35	150	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	37	62	39	72	- 10
Hypertension	38	49	4	1,289	- 1,240
Bladder Cancer	39	36	23	292	- 257
Encephalitis	40	34	65	2	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	41	33	30	219	- 186
Birth Trauma	42	27	53	10	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	43	27	34	159	- 133
Fires	44	26	43	51	- 26
Drug Use	45	24	37	122	- 98
Meningitis	46	23	52	19	+ 4
Dengue	47	21	76	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	48	20	31	212	- 192
Malnutrition	49	19	58	7	+ 12
Skin Cancers	50	19	32	197	- 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	19	48	29	- 10
Epilepsy	52	17	40	62	- 45
Poisonings	53	16	45	46	- 30
Hepatitis B	54	16	61	5	+ 11
Alcohol	55	14	33	192	- 178
Maternal Conditions	56	13	63	2	+ 11
Pertussis	57	6	69	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	5	54	10	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	49	29	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	47	41	- 39
Tetanus	61	2	62	2	- 1
Syphilis	62	1	70	0	+ 1
War	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	50	23	- 23
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	66	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	60	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.