SINGAPORE VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,406	1	5,292	+ 1,114
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,095	2	5,189	- 1,094
Stroke	3	3,766	3	1,559	+ 2,207
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,253	26	121	+ 1,131
Lung Disease	5	1,157	14	383	+ 774
Kidney Disease	6	1,156	6	1,028	+ 128
Liver Disease	7	894	20	209	+ 685
Lung Cancers	8	753	4	1,540	- 787
Diabetes Mellitus	9	716	28	108	+ 609
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	697	36	32	+ 665
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	668	5	1,203	- 534
Breast Cancer	12	536	10	605	- 70
HIV/AIDS	13	467	45	18	+ 449
Other Injuries	14	388	32	79	+ 309
Skin Disease	15	360	25	136	+ 224
Liver Cancer	16	346	7	746	- 400
Oral Cancer	17	325	15	317	+ 8
Falls	18	324	18	218	+ 106
Suicide	19	318	9	650	- 332
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	309	39	28	+ 281
Stomach Cancer	21	251	12	405	- 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	248	33	69	+ 179
Leukemia	23	246	17	249	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	24	245	31	80	+ 165
Lymphomas	25	230	13	397	- 166
Tuberculosis	26	214	40	26	+ 188
Inflammatory/Heart	27	212	19	215	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	28	193	29	90	+ 103
Low Birth Weight	29	178	41	25	+ 153
Asthma	30	177	35	37	+ 140
Cervical Cancer	31	176	30	85	+ 91
Pancreas Cancer	32	173	11	537	- 364
Prostate Cancer	33	158	16	303	- 145
Violence	34	152	46	15	+ 137
Ovary Cancer	35	144	21	204	- 59
Drownings	36	143	38	29	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	37	141	37	30	+ 111
Hypertension	38	113	8	732	- 619
Bladder Cancer	39	81	27	120	- 39
Encephalitis	40	79	61	0	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	41	76	24	137	- 61
Birth Trauma	42	63	55	3	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	43	61	23	147	- 86
Fires	44	59	49	7	+ 52
Drug Use	45	56	44	19	+ 37
Meningitis	46	52	48	8	+ 44
Dengue	47	49	66	0	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	48	46	22	195	- 149
Malnutrition	49	43	63	0	+ 43
Skin Cancers	50	43	34	56	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	43	43	22	+ 21
Epilepsy	52	39	42	25	+ 15
Poisonings	53	37	60	1	+ 36
Hepatitis B	54	36	52	4	+ 32
Alcohol	55	32	47	10	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	56	29	53	3	+ 26
Pertussis	57	14	62	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	58	12	50	6	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	57	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	58	2	+ 3
Tetanus	61	4	73	0	+ 4
Syphilis	62	3	65	0	+ 3
War	63	2	59	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	54	3	- 2
Otitis Media	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	81	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 SINGAPORE

Malaysia

Singapore

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.