THAILAND VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	74,299	1	51,305	+ 22,994
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	47,492	3	31,289	+ 16,203
Stroke	3	43,679	2	50,273	- 6,595
Road Traffic Accidents	4	14,527	7	22,428	- 7,901
Lung Disease	5	13,417	9	19,474	- 6,058
Kidney Disease	6	13,410	4	26,822	- 13,412
Liver Disease	7	10,368	11	17,596	- 7,228
Lung Cancers	8	8,737	8	22,296	- 13,560
Diabetes Mellitus	9	8,308	10	18,776	- 10,468
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,084	6	22,851	- 14,767
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	7,753	13	9,908	- 2,156
Breast Cancer	12	6,213	17	6,053	+ 160
HIV/AIDS	13	5,419	12	13,922	- 8,503
Other Injuries	14	4,495	21	4,869	- 374
Skin Disease	15	4,179	28	3,375	+ 803
Liver Cancer	16	4,014	5	23,883	- 19,869
Oral Cancer	17	3,772	20	4,961	- 1,189
Falls	18	3,753	18	5,409	- 1,656
Suicide	19	3,688	16	6,147	- 2,459
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	3,586	15	6,863	- 3,277
Stomach Cancer	21	2,916	27	3,451	- 535
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	2,881	39	1,679	+ 1,203
Leukemia	23	2,857	26	3,902	- 1,045
Congenital Anomalies	24	2,838	35	2,107	+ 731
Lymphomas	25	2,672	22	4,539	- 1,867
Tuberculosis	26	2,482	14	9,551	- 7,069
Inflammatory/Heart	27	2,455	32	2,879	- 424
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,237	23	4,292	- 2,055
Low Birth Weight	29	2,064	40	1,548	+ 517
Asthma	30	2,050	24	4,182	- 2,132
Cervical Cancer	31	2,044	19	5,110	- 3,066
Pancreas Cancer	32	2,011	33	2,383	- 372
Prostate Cancer	33	1,827	30	3,013	- 1,185
Violence	34	1,757	31	2,965	- 1,208
Ovary Cancer	35	1,674	36	2,003	- 329
Drownings	36	1,658	25	3,956	- 2,297
Endocrine Disorders	37	1,637	37	1,888	- 251
Hypertension	38	1,314	34	2,179	- 866
Bladder Cancer	39	945	38	1,798	- 853
Encephalitis	40	915	46	722	+ 193
Oesophagus Cancer	41	879	29	3,156	- 2,277
Birth Trauma	42	725	50	533	+ 192
Uterin Cancer	43	712	44	864	- 152
Fires	44	679	48	617	+ 62
Drug Use	45	651	45	794	- 143
Meningitis	46	609	43	931	- 322
Dengue	47	566	55	172	+ 395
Other Neoplasms	48	535	54	192	+ 344
Malnutrition	49	504	42	962	- 458
Skin Cancers	50	500	41	1,133	- 632
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	498	51	436	+ 62
Epilepsy	52	456	47	689	- 232
Poisonings	53	426	57	132	+ 294
Hepatitis B	54	416	56	153	+ 263
Alcohol	55	366	49	548	- 183
Maternal Conditions	56	337	52	227	+ 110
Pertussis	57	162	62	77	+ 84
Appendicitis	58	145	59	114	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	59	61	61	86	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	55	53	194	- 139
Tetanus	61	43	58	116	- 73
Syphilis	62	38	64	36	+ 2
War	63	21	60	87	- 66
Hepatitis C	64	11	67	7	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	10	65	18	- 8
Otitis Media	66	7	68	7	- 0
Ascariasis	67	4	69	4	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	3	70	3	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	71	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	63	56	- 56
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	66	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	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 THAILAND

Malaysia

Thailand

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.