SAUDI ARABIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,833	1	39,037	- 204
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	24,822	5	6,132	+ 18,690
Stroke	3	22,829	2	16,793	+ 6,036
Road Traffic Accidents	4	7,593	3	12,317	- 4,724
Lung Disease	5	7,012	10	2,842	+ 4,170
Kidney Disease	6	7,009	4	9,051	- 2,042
Liver Disease	7	5,419	7	4,931	+ 488
Lung Cancers	8	4,566	26	775	+ 3,791
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,342	9	3,890	+ 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,225	11	2,442	+ 1,783
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	4,052	14	1,630	+ 2,422
Breast Cancer	12	3,247	20	908	+ 2,340
HIV/AIDS	13	2,832	47	192	+ 2,640
Other Injuries	14	2,349	8	4,004	- 1,655
Skin Disease	15	2,184	32	516	+ 1,668
Liver Cancer	16	2,098	21	845	+ 1,253
Oral Cancer	17	1,971	34	465	+ 1,507
Falls	18	1,961	6	5,340	- 3,379
Suicide	19	1,928	13	2,046	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,874	35	457	+ 1,418
Stomach Cancer	21	1,524	36	389	+ 1,135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	1,506	41	275	+ 1,231
Leukemia	23	1,493	19	925	+ 568
Congenital Anomalies	24	1,483	12	2,307	- 824
Lymphomas	25	1,397	28	716	+ 681
Tuberculosis	26	1,297	27	752	+ 546
Inflammatory/Heart	27	1,283	16	1,342	- 58
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,169	25	776	+ 393
Low Birth Weight	29	1,079	18	989	+ 90
Asthma	30	1,071	17	1,168	- 96
Cervical Cancer	31	1,068	49	157	+ 911
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,051	31	526	+ 525
Prostate Cancer	33	955	50	148	+ 807
Violence	34	919	30	646	+ 273
Ovary Cancer	35	875	42	247	+ 627
Drownings	36	867	24	821	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	37	856	15	1,447	- 591
Hypertension	38	687	22	834	- 148
Bladder Cancer	39	494	46	214	+ 280
Encephalitis	40	478	43	234	+ 244
Oesophagus Cancer	41	459	44	229	+ 230
Birth Trauma	42	379	37	343	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	43	372	38	323	+ 49
Fires	44	355	23	825	- 470
Drug Use	45	340	33	491	- 151
Meningitis	46	318	45	227	+ 92
Dengue	47	296	63	9	+ 287
Other Neoplasms	48	280	57	40	+ 240
Malnutrition	49	263	52	79	+ 184
Skin Cancers	50	261	55	55	+ 207
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	260	39	280	- 20
Epilepsy	52	239	29	694	- 456
Poisonings	53	223	40	279	- 57
Hepatitis B	54	217	53	57	+ 160
Alcohol	55	191	51	128	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	56	176	48	172	+ 4
Pertussis	57	85	54	56	+ 28
Appendicitis	58	76	58	35	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	59	32	56	49	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	29	62	9	+ 20
Tetanus	61	23	61	16	+ 7
Syphilis	62	20	59	33	- 13
War	63	11	65	3	+ 8
Hepatitis C	64	6	64	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	5	70	1	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	3	72	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	2	66	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	2	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	73	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	60	25	- 25
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Malaysia

Saudi Arabia

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.