SWAZILAND VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,209	5	755	+ 454
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	773	2	921	- 148
Stroke	3	711	4	800	- 90
Road Traffic Accidents	4	236	7	384	- 148
Lung Disease	5	218	12	264	- 46
Kidney Disease	6	218	8	381	- 163
Liver Disease	7	169	11	274	- 105
Lung Cancers	8	142	46	17	+ 126
Diabetes Mellitus	9	135	3	892	- 757
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	132	27	77	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	126	43	19	+ 108
Breast Cancer	12	101	35	37	+ 64
HIV/AIDS	13	88	1	2,314	- 2,225
Other Injuries	14	73	17	190	- 117
Skin Disease	15	68	40	25	+ 43
Liver Cancer	16	65	37	29	+ 36
Oral Cancer	17	61	51	10	+ 51
Falls	18	61	32	41	+ 20
Suicide	19	60	9	338	- 278
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	58	6	517	- 459
Stomach Cancer	21	47	53	7	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	47	29	51	- 4
Leukemia	23	46	47	16	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	24	46	19	160	- 114
Lymphomas	25	43	36	31	+ 12
Tuberculosis	26	40	13	256	- 215
Inflammatory/Heart	27	40	24	94	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	28	36	41	24	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	29	34	14	233	- 199
Asthma	30	33	20	150	- 116
Cervical Cancer	31	33	15	215	- 182
Pancreas Cancer	32	33	56	6	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	33	30	31	45	- 15
Violence	34	29	16	212	- 184
Ovary Cancer	35	27	52	10	+ 17
Drownings	36	27	25	87	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	37	27	28	74	- 47
Hypertension	38	21	10	292	- 271
Bladder Cancer	39	15	55	6	+ 9
Encephalitis	40	15	59	5	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	41	14	44	18	- 4
Birth Trauma	42	12	18	166	- 155
Uterin Cancer	43	12	50	11	+ 0
Fires	44	11	26	84	- 73
Drug Use	45	11	38	27	- 16
Meningitis	46	10	23	97	- 88
Dengue	47	9	72	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	48	9	61	4	+ 5
Malnutrition	49	8	22	106	- 98
Skin Cancers	50	8	42	20	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	8	39	26	- 18
Epilepsy	52	7	30	46	- 38
Poisonings	53	7	34	37	- 31
Hepatitis B	54	7	57	6	+ 1
Alcohol	55	6	48	16	- 10
Maternal Conditions	56	5	21	116	- 110
Pertussis	57	3	33	39	- 36
Appendicitis	58	2	54	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	63	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	5	- 4
Tetanus	61	1	62	4	- 3
Syphilis	62	1	45	17	- 17
War	63	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Malaysia

Swaziland

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.