MALTA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	911	1	876	+ 35
Diabetes Mellitus	2	579	6	163	+ 416
Stroke	3	562	2	291	+ 270
Kidney Disease	4	265	11	79	+ 186
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	244	3	213	+ 32
Lung Disease	6	194	8	127	+ 68
Suicide	7	151	22	27	+ 125
Hypertension	8	128	20	33	+ 95
Liver Disease	9	112	24	23	+ 89
Lung Cancers	10	108	5	197	- 89
Drownings	11	81	48	2	+ 79
Breast Cancer	12	80	10	85	- 5
Asthma	13	75	36	8	+ 67
Low Birth Weight	14	71	35	11	+ 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	65	49	2	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	63	55	1	+ 62
Other Injuries	17	63	33	16	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	18	63	32	17	+ 45
Tuberculosis	19	59	52	2	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	20	55	15	50	+ 6
Birth Trauma	21	51	44	3	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	40	7	147	- 107
Cervical Cancer	23	39	39	4	+ 35
Liver Cancer	24	38	18	34	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	31	37	7	+ 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	31	4	207	- 176
Falls	27	29	14	52	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	28	28	27	22	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	29	26	13	53	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	30	25	30	19	+ 6
Violence	31	25	40	4	+ 20
Leukemia	32	24	21	28	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	33	22	16	50	- 28
Maternal Conditions	34	17	64	0	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	35	17	9	90	- 73
Lymphomas	36	17	12	53	- 36
Pertussis	37	17	72	0	+ 17
Oral Cancer	38	16	23	25	- 9
Meningitis	39	15	56	1	+ 14
Syphilis	40	14	81	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	41	14	28	21	- 7
Skin Disease	42	13	25	23	- 10
Epilepsy	43	13	43	3	+ 9
Malnutrition	44	13	60	0	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	45	11	17	34	- 23
Alcohol	46	11	47	3	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	10	29	20	- 10
Fires	48	9	62	0	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	49	7	19	33	- 26
Poisonings	50	5	58	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	4	34	14	- 10
Drug Use	52	3	38	7	- 4
Encephalitis	53	3	65	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	2	63	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	2	26	22	- 20
Measles	56	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	1	61	0	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	31	18	- 17
Tetanus	59	1	74	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	51	2	- 1
Dengue	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	45	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	0	53	1	- 1
Diphtheria	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	41	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Micronesia

Malta

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.