NORWAY VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,855	1	5,321	+ 534
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,742	6	1,797	+ 1,946
Stroke	3	3,442	4	2,475	+ 966
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,145	42	114	+ 1,031
Lung Disease	5	1,057	3	2,723	- 1,666
Kidney Disease	6	1,057	14	611	+ 446
Liver Disease	7	817	30	214	+ 603
Lung Cancers	8	688	5	2,320	- 1,631
Diabetes Mellitus	9	655	16	560	+ 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	637	2	4,464	- 3,827
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	611	7	1,787	- 1,176
Breast Cancer	12	490	11	698	- 208
HIV/AIDS	13	427	61	10	+ 417
Other Injuries	14	354	15	583	- 229
Skin Disease	15	329	38	128	+ 202
Liver Cancer	16	316	26	259	+ 57
Oral Cancer	17	297	32	168	+ 130
Falls	18	296	9	777	- 482
Suicide	19	291	13	633	- 343
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	283	37	128	+ 155
Stomach Cancer	21	230	22	343	- 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	227	33	160	+ 67
Leukemia	23	225	21	354	- 129
Congenital Anomalies	24	224	34	136	+ 87
Lymphomas	25	211	12	646	- 435
Tuberculosis	26	196	56	15	+ 181
Inflammatory/Heart	27	193	29	221	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	28	176	17	554	- 378
Low Birth Weight	29	163	52	23	+ 139
Asthma	30	162	43	85	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	31	161	39	125	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	32	158	10	770	- 612
Prostate Cancer	33	144	8	1,172	- 1,028
Violence	34	138	50	32	+ 107
Ovary Cancer	35	132	24	309	- 177
Drownings	36	131	45	65	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	37	129	19	359	- 230
Hypertension	38	104	28	230	- 126
Bladder Cancer	39	74	20	356	- 282
Encephalitis	40	72	70	0	+ 72
Oesophagus Cancer	41	69	27	248	- 179
Birth Trauma	42	57	54	17	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	43	56	36	134	- 78
Fires	44	54	48	45	+ 9
Drug Use	45	51	25	264	- 212
Meningitis	46	48	58	14	+ 34
Dengue	47	45	75	0	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	48	42	23	324	- 282
Malnutrition	49	40	35	135	- 95
Skin Cancers	50	39	18	407	- 368
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	39	46	61	- 22
Epilepsy	52	36	40	119	- 83
Poisonings	53	34	57	14	+ 19
Hepatitis B	54	33	63	3	+ 29
Alcohol	55	29	31	205	- 176
Maternal Conditions	56	27	66	1	+ 25
Pertussis	57	13	64	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	58	11	59	12	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	41	119	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	47	60	- 56
Tetanus	61	3	69	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	67	1	+ 2
War	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	55	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	65	1	60	12	- 11
Otitis Media	66	1	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	75	- 75
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.