TRINIDAD/TOB. VS MALTA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALTA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,627	1	1,476	+ 1,151
Stroke	2	874	3	822	+ 52
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	638	10	205	+ 432
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	622	9	215	+ 407
Lung Cancers	5	591	8	217	+ 373
Diabetes Mellitus	6	488	2	1,275	- 788
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	441	13	196	+ 246
Lung Disease	8	380	16	129	+ 251
Pancreas Cancer	9	271	19	114	+ 157
Breast Cancer	10	254	7	258	- 4
Kidney Disease	11	237	5	439	- 202
Lymphomas	12	159	20	111	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	13	159	6	330	- 171
Falls	14	155	33	43	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	15	149	26	69	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	16	149	32	51	+ 97
Ovary Cancer	17	102	24	80	+ 22
Liver Cancer	18	101	28	66	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	19	99	34	41	+ 59
Hypertension	20	99	11	201	- 102
Leukemia	21	83	29	62	+ 21
Suicide	22	80	17	121	- 41
Oral Cancer	23	75	38	31	+ 44
Liver Disease	24	69	14	136	- 67
Skin Disease	25	69	36	39	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	26	66	51	10	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	27	66	25	72	- 6
Uterin Cancer	28	62	27	68	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	29	61	41	24	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	30	57	18	119	- 62
Road Traffic Accidents	31	54	15	130	- 76
Congenital Anomalies	32	52	22	93	- 41
Other Injuries	33	49	30	61	- 12
Skin Cancers	34	42	57	4	+ 38
Low Birth Weight	35	34	23	83	- 49
Asthma	36	25	35	40	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	22	31	52	- 30
Drug Use	38	21	44	19	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	39	13	21	97	- 84
Violence	40	13	4	549	- 536
HIV/AIDS	41	11	12	196	- 185
Prostatic Hypertrophy	42	10	82	0	+ 10
Epilepsy	43	10	37	32	- 22
Birth Trauma	44	9	40	25	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	45	9	58	2	+ 6
Anemia	46	9	85	0	+ 9
Alcohol	47	8	42	23	- 15
Drownings	48	7	39	31	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	7	49	11	- 5
Osteoarthritis	50	6	81	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	53	8	- 2
Tuberculosis	52	5	43	22	- 17
Hepatitis C	53	4	62	0	+ 4
War	54	3	46	17	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	3	45	18	- 15
Meningitis	56	2	52	9	- 7
Schizophrenia	57	2	86	0	+ 2
Poisonings	58	2	59	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	1	64	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	1	47	17	- 16
Hepatitis B	61	1	60	0	+ 1
Fires	62	1	48	16	- 15
Appendicitis	63	1	56	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	50	10	- 9
Encephalitis	65	0	54	6	- 6
Leishmaniasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	67	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	68	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	70	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	78	0	55	5	- 5
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	63	0	- 0
Syphilis	81	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Malta

Trinidad/Tob.

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.