NAMIBIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,979	5	1,221	+ 1,759
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,904	2	1,464	+ 440
Stroke	3	1,751	4	1,333	+ 418
Road Traffic Accidents	4	583	6	868	- 286
Lung Disease	5	538	10	461	+ 77
Kidney Disease	6	538	15	322	+ 216
Liver Disease	7	416	14	336	+ 80
Lung Cancers	8	350	35	59	+ 292
Diabetes Mellitus	9	333	7	724	- 391
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	324	21	176	+ 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	311	36	54	+ 256
Breast Cancer	12	249	24	121	+ 128
HIV/AIDS	13	217	1	2,928	- 2,711
Other Injuries	14	180	19	207	- 26
Skin Disease	15	168	47	31	+ 137
Liver Cancer	16	161	41	45	+ 116
Oral Cancer	17	151	30	100	+ 52
Falls	18	150	34	62	+ 88
Suicide	19	148	17	243	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	144	8	645	- 501
Stomach Cancer	21	117	45	33	+ 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	116	32	76	+ 40
Leukemia	23	115	49	24	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	24	114	16	283	- 169
Lymphomas	25	107	40	46	+ 61
Tuberculosis	26	100	3	1,416	- 1,317
Inflammatory/Heart	27	98	22	162	- 63
Parkinson's Disease	28	90	42	43	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	29	83	9	516	- 433
Asthma	30	82	20	200	- 118
Cervical Cancer	31	82	23	133	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	32	81	53	18	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	33	73	31	94	- 21
Violence	34	70	11	450	- 379
Ovary Cancer	35	67	50	23	+ 44
Drownings	36	67	26	110	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	37	66	33	73	- 7
Hypertension	38	53	12	428	- 375
Bladder Cancer	39	38	54	16	+ 22
Encephalitis	40	37	59	8	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	41	35	52	21	+ 14
Birth Trauma	42	29	13	345	- 315
Uterin Cancer	43	29	56	11	+ 17
Fires	44	27	28	109	- 82
Drug Use	45	26	46	32	- 6
Meningitis	46	24	27	109	- 84
Dengue	47	23	74	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	48	21	60	8	+ 14
Malnutrition	49	20	18	224	- 203
Skin Cancers	50	20	29	108	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	20	44	33	- 13
Epilepsy	52	18	38	49	- 31
Poisonings	53	17	39	46	- 29
Hepatitis B	54	17	63	4	+ 12
Alcohol	55	15	48	28	- 13
Maternal Conditions	56	14	25	110	- 97
Pertussis	57	6	37	54	- 48
Appendicitis	58	6	58	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	64	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	57	9	- 7
Tetanus	61	2	62	6	- 4
Syphilis	62	2	43	35	- 33
War	63	1	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	61	6	- 6
Otitis Media	66	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Malaysia

Namibia

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.