NEPAL VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,071	2	19,677	+ 13,395
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,139	6	6,237	+ 14,902
Stroke	3	19,442	4	12,909	+ 6,533
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,466	9	4,654	+ 1,812
Lung Disease	5	5,972	1	27,027	- 21,055
Kidney Disease	6	5,969	10	4,284	+ 1,685
Liver Disease	7	4,615	5	6,383	- 1,768
Lung Cancers	8	3,889	12	3,586	+ 303
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,698	14	2,929	+ 769
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,598	19	2,022	+ 1,576
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	3,451	26	1,167	+ 2,283
Breast Cancer	12	2,766	27	1,038	+ 1,727
HIV/AIDS	13	2,412	34	737	+ 1,675
Other Injuries	14	2,001	22	1,655	+ 346
Skin Disease	15	1,860	67	17	+ 1,843
Liver Cancer	16	1,786	46	256	+ 1,531
Oral Cancer	17	1,679	24	1,389	+ 290
Falls	18	1,670	13	3,321	- 1,651
Suicide	19	1,642	16	2,571	- 929
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,596	7	6,071	- 4,475
Stomach Cancer	21	1,298	25	1,379	- 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,282	49	191	+ 1,091
Leukemia	23	1,272	36	668	+ 604
Congenital Anomalies	24	1,263	21	1,949	- 685
Lymphomas	25	1,189	32	768	+ 422
Tuberculosis	26	1,105	3	16,535	- 15,430
Inflammatory/Heart	27	1,093	48	217	+ 876
Parkinson's Disease	28	996	33	760	+ 236
Low Birth Weight	29	919	11	3,822	- 2,904
Asthma	30	912	8	5,930	- 5,018
Cervical Cancer	31	910	20	1,969	- 1,060
Pancreas Cancer	32	895	41	445	+ 450
Prostate Cancer	33	813	58	85	+ 728
Violence	34	782	35	704	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	35	745	37	585	+ 161
Drownings	36	738	23	1,505	- 767
Endocrine Disorders	37	729	45	257	+ 471
Hypertension	38	585	18	2,092	- 1,507
Bladder Cancer	39	421	44	325	+ 96
Encephalitis	40	407	29	882	- 475
Oesophagus Cancer	41	391	38	491	- 100
Birth Trauma	42	323	15	2,676	- 2,353
Uterin Cancer	43	317	60	56	+ 261
Fires	44	302	50	184	+ 119
Drug Use	45	290	57	93	+ 196
Meningitis	46	271	43	377	- 106
Dengue	47	252	55	120	+ 132
Other Neoplasms	48	238	61	50	+ 189
Malnutrition	49	224	31	845	- 621
Skin Cancers	50	223	42	400	- 177
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	222	17	2,320	- 2,098
Epilepsy	52	203	30	874	- 671
Poisonings	53	190	39	474	- 284
Hepatitis B	54	185	56	117	+ 68
Alcohol	55	163	52	168	- 5
Maternal Conditions	56	150	28	977	- 827
Pertussis	57	72	40	453	- 381
Appendicitis	58	64	47	220	- 156
Multiple Sclerosis	59	27	63	38	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	25	51	173	- 148
Tetanus	61	19	53	134	- 115
Syphilis	62	17	54	134	- 117
War	63	10	65	24	- 15
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	29	- 24
Upper Respiratory	65	4	66	24	- 19
Otitis Media	66	3	70	4	- 1
Ascariasis	67	2	69	4	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	68	5	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	59	60	- 60
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	62	39	- 39
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

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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.