PORTUGAL VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,846	1	12,878	- 2,032
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,933	4	6,851	+ 82
Stroke	3	6,376	2	12,339	- 5,963
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,121	27	838	+ 1,283
Lung Disease	5	1,959	7	4,286	- 2,327
Kidney Disease	6	1,958	9	2,803	- 846
Liver Disease	7	1,514	22	1,126	+ 388
Lung Cancers	8	1,275	5	4,406	- 3,131
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,213	8	3,601	- 2,389
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,180	3	7,191	- 6,011
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,132	6	4,389	- 3,258
Breast Cancer	12	907	12	1,997	- 1,090
HIV/AIDS	13	791	35	320	+ 471
Other Injuries	14	656	13	1,937	- 1,281
Skin Disease	15	610	39	202	+ 408
Liver Cancer	16	586	18	1,270	- 685
Oral Cancer	17	551	25	912	- 361
Falls	18	548	23	1,033	- 485
Suicide	19	538	19	1,172	- 633
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	523	36	231	+ 293
Stomach Cancer	21	426	10	2,532	- 2,106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	421	37	229	+ 192
Leukemia	23	417	24	1,015	- 598
Congenital Anomalies	24	414	40	196	+ 218
Lymphomas	25	390	16	1,608	- 1,217
Tuberculosis	26	362	38	213	+ 149
Inflammatory/Heart	27	358	26	909	- 550
Parkinson's Disease	28	327	21	1,139	- 813
Low Birth Weight	29	301	52	79	+ 223
Asthma	30	299	43	146	+ 153
Cervical Cancer	31	298	34	329	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	32	294	15	1,669	- 1,376
Prostate Cancer	33	267	11	2,124	- 1,857
Violence	34	257	48	96	+ 160
Ovary Cancer	35	244	33	397	- 153
Drownings	36	242	51	79	+ 163
Endocrine Disorders	37	239	17	1,547	- 1,308
Hypertension	38	192	14	1,880	- 1,688
Bladder Cancer	39	138	20	1,171	- 1,033
Encephalitis	40	134	67	1	+ 132
Oesophagus Cancer	41	128	29	623	- 494
Birth Trauma	42	106	60	24	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	43	104	32	406	- 302
Fires	44	99	46	108	- 9
Drug Use	45	95	44	128	- 33
Meningitis	46	89	56	43	+ 46
Dengue	47	83	84	0	+ 83
Other Neoplasms	48	78	28	652	- 574
Malnutrition	49	74	53	79	- 5
Skin Cancers	50	73	30	523	- 450
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	73	41	169	- 96
Epilepsy	52	67	31	415	- 348
Poisonings	53	62	57	29	+ 33
Hepatitis B	54	61	59	26	+ 35
Alcohol	55	53	45	111	- 58
Maternal Conditions	56	49	63	7	+ 42
Pertussis	57	24	72	0	+ 24
Appendicitis	58	21	61	21	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	59	9	54	56	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	47	99	- 91
Tetanus	61	6	73	0	+ 6
Syphilis	62	6	64	3	+ 3
War	63	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	49	87	- 85
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	15	- 13
Otitis Media	66	1	66	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	151	- 151
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Malaysia

Portugal

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.