SOMALIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,832	7	7,233	+ 6,600
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,842	1	21,712	- 12,870
Stroke	3	8,132	6	8,595	- 464
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,705	11	4,231	- 1,527
Lung Disease	5	2,498	19	2,442	+ 55
Kidney Disease	6	2,497	21	2,051	+ 446
Liver Disease	7	1,930	13	3,917	- 1,986
Lung Cancers	8	1,627	54	233	+ 1,394
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,547	16	2,888	- 1,341
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,505	32	647	+ 858
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,443	38	546	+ 897
Breast Cancer	12	1,157	26	1,232	- 75
HIV/AIDS	13	1,009	33	610	+ 399
Other Injuries	14	837	14	3,602	- 2,765
Skin Disease	15	778	58	151	+ 627
Liver Cancer	16	747	53	256	+ 492
Oral Cancer	17	702	46	328	+ 374
Falls	18	699	37	548	+ 151
Suicide	19	687	27	1,219	- 532
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	668	2	15,363	- 14,695
Stomach Cancer	21	543	49	310	+ 233
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	536	36	559	- 23
Leukemia	23	532	35	562	- 30
Congenital Anomalies	24	528	15	3,410	- 2,882
Lymphomas	25	497	34	605	- 107
Tuberculosis	26	462	4	10,261	- 9,799
Inflammatory/Heart	27	457	39	521	- 64
Parkinson's Disease	28	416	56	184	+ 233
Low Birth Weight	29	384	8	6,250	- 5,866
Asthma	30	382	23	1,878	- 1,497
Cervical Cancer	31	381	28	883	- 502
Pancreas Cancer	32	374	62	108	+ 267
Prostate Cancer	33	340	52	285	+ 55
Violence	34	327	29	828	- 501
Ovary Cancer	35	312	50	295	+ 17
Drownings	36	309	25	1,272	- 963
Endocrine Disorders	37	305	44	406	- 101
Hypertension	38	245	18	2,643	- 2,399
Bladder Cancer	39	176	61	149	+ 27
Encephalitis	40	170	63	91	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	41	164	40	516	- 353
Birth Trauma	42	135	5	9,573	- 9,438
Uterin Cancer	43	133	64	78	+ 55
Fires	44	126	30	810	- 684
Drug Use	45	121	65	54	+ 67
Meningitis	46	113	9	5,381	- 5,268
Dengue	47	105	73	1	+ 105
Other Neoplasms	48	100	70	12	+ 87
Malnutrition	49	94	10	4,825	- 4,731
Skin Cancers	50	93	57	164	- 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	93	41	446	- 353
Epilepsy	52	85	43	419	- 334
Poisonings	53	79	31	758	- 679
Hepatitis B	54	77	48	315	- 237
Alcohol	55	68	59	151	- 83
Maternal Conditions	56	63	12	4,127	- 4,064
Pertussis	57	30	20	2,054	- 2,024
Appendicitis	58	27	55	188	- 161
Multiple Sclerosis	59	11	71	8	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	10	66	35	- 25
Tetanus	61	8	17	2,648	- 2,640
Syphilis	62	7	45	378	- 370
War	63	4	24	1,318	- 1,314
Hepatitis C	64	2	67	34	- 32
Upper Respiratory	65	2	47	326	- 324
Otitis Media	66	1	68	32	- 30
Ascariasis	67	1	69	30	- 29
Chlamydia	68	1	72	5	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	60	150	- 149
Measles	70	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	76	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	290	- 290
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Malaysia

Somalia

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.