NEW ZEALAND VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,484	1	5,095	+ 389
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,506	7	920	+ 2,586
Stroke	3	3,224	3	2,378	+ 846
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,072	16	458	+ 614
Lung Disease	5	990	5	1,815	- 824
Kidney Disease	6	990	17	432	+ 558
Liver Disease	7	765	32	158	+ 608
Lung Cancers	8	645	4	1,873	- 1,229
Diabetes Mellitus	9	613	8	769	- 155
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	597	2	3,032	- 2,435
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	572	6	1,495	- 922
Breast Cancer	12	459	10	737	- 278
HIV/AIDS	13	400	57	10	+ 390
Other Injuries	14	332	28	218	+ 114
Skin Disease	15	308	34	118	+ 191
Liver Cancer	16	296	24	288	+ 8
Oral Cancer	17	278	31	164	+ 115
Falls	18	277	11	627	- 350
Suicide	19	272	15	528	- 256
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	265	37	81	+ 184
Stomach Cancer	21	215	22	323	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	213	39	70	+ 142
Leukemia	23	211	18	391	- 180
Congenital Anomalies	24	209	30	176	+ 34
Lymphomas	25	197	13	608	- 411
Tuberculosis	26	183	52	17	+ 166
Inflammatory/Heart	27	181	23	313	- 132
Parkinson's Disease	28	165	19	353	- 188
Low Birth Weight	29	152	38	78	+ 74
Asthma	30	151	36	91	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	31	151	41	61	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	32	148	14	543	- 394
Prostate Cancer	33	135	9	739	- 604
Violence	34	130	42	57	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	35	124	29	207	- 83
Drownings	36	122	44	54	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	37	121	21	325	- 204
Hypertension	38	97	20	327	- 230
Bladder Cancer	39	70	26	267	- 197
Encephalitis	40	68	66	1	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	41	65	25	279	- 214
Birth Trauma	42	54	54	15	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	43	53	33	145	- 92
Fires	44	50	53	17	+ 33
Drug Use	45	48	40	69	- 21
Meningitis	46	45	59	9	+ 36
Dengue	47	42	75	0	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	48	40	27	245	- 205
Malnutrition	49	37	55	14	+ 23
Skin Cancers	50	37	12	612	- 575
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	37	35	113	- 76
Epilepsy	52	34	43	55	- 21
Poisonings	53	31	58	9	+ 22
Hepatitis B	54	31	56	14	+ 17
Alcohol	55	27	45	51	- 24
Maternal Conditions	56	25	63	5	+ 20
Pertussis	57	12	65	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	58	11	62	6	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	47	43	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	46	47	- 43
Tetanus	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	70	0	+ 2
War	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	48	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	4	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Malaysia

New Zealand

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.