MALTA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	499	1	876	- 377
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	319	3	213	+ 106
Stroke	3	293	2	291	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	4	98	31	18	+ 80
Lung Disease	5	90	8	127	- 36
Kidney Disease	6	90	11	79	+ 11
Liver Disease	7	70	24	23	+ 47
Lung Cancers	8	59	5	197	- 138
Diabetes Mellitus	9	56	6	163	- 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	54	4	207	- 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	52	7	147	- 95
Breast Cancer	12	42	10	85	- 43
HIV/AIDS	13	36	41	4	+ 33
Other Injuries	14	30	33	16	+ 14
Skin Disease	15	28	25	23	+ 5
Liver Cancer	16	27	18	34	- 7
Oral Cancer	17	25	23	25	+ 0
Falls	18	25	14	52	- 26
Suicide	19	25	22	27	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	24	55	1	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	21	20	15	50	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	19	37	7	+ 12
Leukemia	23	19	21	28	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	24	19	32	17	+ 2
Lymphomas	25	18	12	53	- 35
Tuberculosis	26	17	52	2	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	27	16	27	22	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	15	16	50	- 35
Low Birth Weight	29	14	35	11	+ 3
Asthma	30	14	36	8	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	31	14	39	4	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	32	14	9	90	- 77
Prostate Cancer	33	12	13	53	- 41
Violence	34	12	40	4	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	35	11	17	34	- 23
Drownings	36	11	48	2	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	37	11	30	19	- 8
Hypertension	38	9	20	33	- 24
Bladder Cancer	39	6	19	33	- 27
Encephalitis	40	6	65	0	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	41	6	29	20	- 14
Birth Trauma	42	5	44	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	43	5	28	21	- 16
Fires	44	5	62	0	+ 4
Drug Use	45	4	38	7	- 2
Meningitis	46	4	56	1	+ 3
Dengue	47	4	78	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	48	4	26	22	- 18
Malnutrition	49	3	60	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	50	3	34	14	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	3	49	2	+ 1
Epilepsy	52	3	43	3	- 0
Poisonings	53	3	58	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	54	3	61	0	+ 2
Alcohol	55	2	47	3	- 0
Maternal Conditions	56	2	64	0	+ 2
Pertussis	57	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	0	45	3	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	51	2	- 2
Tetanus	61	0	74	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	81	0	+ 0
War	63	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	53	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.