NEW GUINEA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,675	1	6,835	+ 3,840
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,824	6	2,595	+ 4,229
Stroke	3	6,276	2	5,095	+ 1,181
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,087	12	1,105	+ 982
Lung Disease	5	1,928	3	4,538	- 2,610
Kidney Disease	6	1,927	18	687	+ 1,240
Liver Disease	7	1,490	22	624	+ 865
Lung Cancers	8	1,255	23	622	+ 633
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,194	4	4,533	- 3,339
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,161	33	343	+ 819
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,114	29	445	+ 669
Breast Cancer	12	893	17	764	+ 129
HIV/AIDS	13	779	24	611	+ 167
Other Injuries	14	646	20	647	- 1
Skin Disease	15	600	49	126	+ 474
Liver Cancer	16	577	21	644	- 67
Oral Cancer	17	542	25	580	- 38
Falls	18	539	26	502	+ 37
Suicide	19	530	37	259	+ 271
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	515	8	2,295	- 1,780
Stomach Cancer	21	419	28	447	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	414	35	302	+ 112
Leukemia	23	410	38	253	+ 157
Congenital Anomalies	24	408	16	951	- 543
Lymphomas	25	384	32	353	+ 31
Tuberculosis	26	357	5	3,969	- 3,612
Inflammatory/Heart	27	353	43	229	+ 124
Parkinson's Disease	28	321	45	185	+ 137
Low Birth Weight	29	297	10	1,661	- 1,365
Asthma	30	295	9	1,842	- 1,547
Cervical Cancer	31	294	19	665	- 371
Pancreas Cancer	32	289	52	107	+ 182
Prostate Cancer	33	263	36	285	- 22
Violence	34	253	15	969	- 716
Ovary Cancer	35	241	46	179	+ 61
Drownings	36	238	40	240	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	37	235	47	153	+ 82
Hypertension	38	189	13	1,096	- 907
Bladder Cancer	39	136	54	82	+ 53
Encephalitis	40	131	57	31	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	41	126	44	199	- 73
Birth Trauma	42	104	11	1,504	- 1,399
Uterin Cancer	43	102	55	81	+ 21
Fires	44	98	27	488	- 390
Drug Use	45	94	61	13	+ 81
Meningitis	46	87	34	324	- 236
Dengue	47	81	64	6	+ 75
Other Neoplasms	48	77	60	15	+ 62
Malnutrition	49	72	48	134	- 62
Skin Cancers	50	72	31	417	- 345
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	72	14	1,072	- 1,000
Epilepsy	52	66	51	111	- 45
Poisonings	53	61	50	121	- 60
Hepatitis B	54	60	58	27	+ 33
Alcohol	55	53	53	93	- 41
Maternal Conditions	56	48	30	421	- 372
Pertussis	57	23	39	248	- 224
Appendicitis	58	21	59	20	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	9	66	5	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	65	5	+ 3
Tetanus	61	6	56	48	- 41
Syphilis	62	5	42	234	- 228
War	63	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	62	8	- 6
Upper Respiratory	65	1	68	2	- 0
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	63	7	- 6
Chlamydia	68	0	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	41	238	- 238
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Malaysia

New Guinea

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.