SRI LANKA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,359	1	26,304	- 2,945
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,931	8	5,117	+ 9,814
Stroke	3	13,732	6	6,805	+ 6,927
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,567	9	4,200	+ 368
Lung Disease	5	4,218	3	9,456	- 5,238
Kidney Disease	6	4,216	5	6,858	- 2,642
Liver Disease	7	3,260	17	1,303	+ 1,957
Lung Cancers	8	2,747	12	1,775	+ 972
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,612	2	12,460	- 9,848
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,542	4	6,939	- 4,397
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,437	24	911	+ 1,526
Breast Cancer	12	1,953	15	1,383	+ 570
HIV/AIDS	13	1,704	55	39	+ 1,664
Other Injuries	14	1,413	14	1,529	- 116
Skin Disease	15	1,314	36	293	+ 1,021
Liver Cancer	16	1,262	19	1,090	+ 171
Oral Cancer	17	1,186	11	2,893	- 1,707
Falls	18	1,180	23	964	+ 216
Suicide	19	1,160	10	2,977	- 1,818
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	1,127	28	605	+ 523
Stomach Cancer	21	917	16	1,321	- 404
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	906	56	38	+ 868
Leukemia	23	898	18	1,155	- 257
Congenital Anomalies	24	892	22	989	- 97
Lymphomas	25	840	21	1,027	- 187
Tuberculosis	26	780	25	769	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	27	772	35	425	+ 347
Parkinson's Disease	28	703	45	168	+ 536
Low Birth Weight	29	649	29	536	+ 113
Asthma	30	644	7	6,471	- 5,827
Cervical Cancer	31	643	26	762	- 120
Pancreas Cancer	32	632	43	214	+ 419
Prostate Cancer	33	575	30	507	+ 68
Violence	34	553	31	499	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	35	526	37	281	+ 245
Drownings	36	521	27	731	- 209
Endocrine Disorders	37	515	32	462	+ 52
Hypertension	38	413	20	1,055	- 642
Bladder Cancer	39	297	34	432	- 135
Encephalitis	40	288	61	10	+ 277
Oesophagus Cancer	41	276	13	1,544	- 1,268
Birth Trauma	42	228	44	193	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	43	224	42	218	+ 6
Fires	44	214	41	239	- 25
Drug Use	45	205	40	257	- 52
Meningitis	46	191	46	146	+ 45
Dengue	47	178	47	131	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	48	168	50	86	+ 83
Malnutrition	49	158	54	43	+ 115
Skin Cancers	50	157	52	58	+ 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	156	53	49	+ 107
Epilepsy	52	143	39	269	- 126
Poisonings	53	134	49	93	+ 41
Hepatitis B	54	131	62	6	+ 125
Alcohol	55	115	51	82	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	56	106	48	96	+ 10
Pertussis	57	51	59	15	+ 36
Appendicitis	58	45	64	5	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	59	19	69	2	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	17	60	11	+ 6
Tetanus	61	14	57	27	- 14
Syphilis	62	12	58	15	- 3
War	63	7	38	280	- 273
Hepatitis C	64	4	75	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	3	66	5	- 2
Otitis Media	66	2	76	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	33	445	- 445
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Malaysia

Sri Lanka

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.