MALTA VS MONGOLIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Mongolia MONGOLIA MALTA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 745 1 876 - 131
Stroke 2 630 2 291 + 338
Liver Cancer 3 263 18 34 + 229
Liver Disease 4 247 24 23 + 224
Road Traffic Accidents 5 97 31 18 + 79
Stomach Cancer 6 88 15 50 + 39
Alcohol 7 83 47 3 + 81
Suicide 8 83 22 27 + 56
Other Injuries 9 63 33 16 + 47
Lung Cancers 10 59 5 197 - 138
Influenza and Pneumonia 11 59 3 213 - 154
Kidney Disease 12 58 11 79 - 21
Oesophagus Cancer 13 52 29 20 + 32
Tuberculosis 14 47 52 2 + 45
Lung Disease 15 47 8 127 - 80
Inflammatory/Heart 16 38 27 22 + 16
Congenital Anomalies 17 38 32 17 + 20
Falls 18 35 14 52 - 17
Alzheimers & Dementia 19 35 4 207 - 172
Low Birth Weight 20 29 35 11 + 18
Hypertension 21 28 20 33 - 5
Violence 22 28 40 4 + 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease 23 28 37 7 + 20
Birth Trauma 24 23 44 3 + 20
Cervical Cancer 25 22 39 4 + 18
Drownings 26 22 48 2 + 19
Diabetes Mellitus 27 21 6 163 - 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease 28 18 49 2 + 16
Asthma 29 16 36 8 + 8
Pancreas Cancer 30 14 9 90 - 77
Fires 31 13 62 0 + 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers 32 13 7 147 - 134
Poisonings 33 13 58 1 + 12
Epilepsy 34 11 43 3 + 8
Endocrine Disorders 35 10 30 19 - 9
Diarrhoeal diseases 36 9 55 1 + 8
Oral Cancer 37 9 23 25 - 16
Breast Cancer 38 9 10 85 - 76
Parkinson's Disease 39 8 16 50 - 42
Maternal Conditions 40 7 64 0 + 7
Ovary Cancer 41 6 17 34 - 28
Lymphomas 42 6 12 53 - 47
Encephalitis 43 6 65 0 + 6
Syphilis 44 5 81 0 + 5
Drug Use 45 5 38 7 - 2
Leukemia 46 4 21 28 - 23
Appendicitis 47 4 63 0 + 3
Meningitis 48 3 56 1 + 2
HIV/AIDS 49 3 41 4 - 1
Bladder Cancer 50 3 19 33 - 30
Skin Disease 51 3 25 23 - 20
Prostate Cancer 52 3 13 53 - 50
Pertussis 53 2 72 0 + 2
Skin Cancers 54 2 34 14 - 12
Hepatitis B 55 1 61 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 56 1 51 2 - 1
Uterin Cancer 57 1 28 21 - 20
Other Neoplasms 58 0 26 22 - 22
Multiple Sclerosis 59 0 45 3 - 3
Tetanus 60 0 74 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 61 0 59 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 62 0 53 1 - 1
War 63 0 54 1 - 1
Malnutrition 64 0 60 0 - 0
Chlamydia 65 0 80 0 + 0
Diphtheria 66 0 75 0 + 0
Ascariasis 67 0 79 0 + 0
Otitis Media 68 0 82 0 + 0
Measles 69 0 73 0 + 0
Leprosy 70 0 83 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 71 0 76 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 72 0 77 0 - 0
Dengue 73 0 78 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 71 0 - 0
Chagas disease 75 0 68 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 76 0 66 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 77 0 67 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 78 0 70 0 - 0
Malaria 79 0 69 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 80 0 50 2 - 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy 81 0 42 3 - 3
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

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020