MALTA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Morocco MOROCCO MALTA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 972 1 876 + 96
Stroke 2 400 2 291 + 109
Hypertension 3 135 20 33 + 102
Kidney Disease 4 128 11 79 + 49
Diabetes Mellitus 5 93 6 163 - 70
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 91 3 213 - 122
Lung Cancers 7 83 5 197 - 114
Lung Disease 8 79 8 127 - 47
Road Traffic Accidents 9 78 31 18 + 60
Alzheimers & Dementia 10 62 4 207 - 145
Liver Disease 11 61 24 23 + 38
Breast Cancer 12 45 10 85 - 39
Asthma 13 42 36 8 + 34
Low Birth Weight 14 42 35 11 + 30
Tuberculosis 15 36 52 2 + 34
Suicide 16 33 22 27 + 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers 17 32 7 147 - 115
Cervical Cancer 18 32 39 4 + 27
Falls 19 31 14 52 - 21
Lymphomas 20 29 12 53 - 24
Other Injuries 21 29 33 16 + 12
Congenital Anomalies 22 27 32 17 + 9
Birth Trauma 23 26 44 3 + 23
Prostate Cancer 24 24 13 53 - 29
Stomach Cancer 25 21 15 50 - 28
Parkinson's Disease 26 19 16 50 - 31
Diarrhoeal diseases 27 15 55 1 + 14
Endocrine Disorders 28 14 30 19 - 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease 29 14 37 7 + 6
Bladder Cancer 30 13 19 33 - 20
Leukemia 31 13 21 28 - 15
Inflammatory/Heart 32 13 27 22 - 9
Fires 33 11 62 0 + 11
Ovary Cancer 34 10 17 34 - 24
Oral Cancer 35 10 23 25 - 15
Pancreas Cancer 36 9 9 90 - 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease 37 9 49 2 + 7
Maternal Conditions 38 9 64 0 + 9
Violence 39 8 40 4 + 4
Meningitis 40 7 56 1 + 6
Skin Cancers 41 6 34 14 - 8
Oesophagus Cancer 42 6 29 20 - 15
Drownings 43 5 48 2 + 3
Liver Cancer 44 5 18 34 - 28
Epilepsy 45 4 43 3 + 1
Pertussis 46 4 72 0 + 4
Drug Use 47 4 38 7 - 3
Hepatitis B 48 4 61 0 + 4
HIV/AIDS 49 4 41 4 - 0
Poisonings 50 3 58 1 + 3
Malnutrition 51 3 60 0 + 2
Encephalitis 52 2 65 0 + 2
Uterin Cancer 53 2 28 21 - 19
Skin Disease 54 2 25 23 - 21
Syphilis 55 2 81 0 + 2
Appendicitis 56 2 63 0 + 1
Alcohol 57 1 47 3 - 1
Multiple Sclerosis 58 1 45 3 - 2
Tetanus 59 1 74 0 + 1
Other Neoplasms 60 1 26 22 - 21
Schistosomiasis 61 1 70 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 0 51 2 - 1
War 63 0 54 1 - 1
Leishmaniasis 64 0 66 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 65 0 53 1 - 1
Ascariasis 66 0 79 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 67 0 59 0 - 0
Chlamydia 68 0 80 0 + 0
Diphtheria 69 0 75 0 + 0
Measles 70 0 73 0 + 0
Otitis Media 71 0 82 0 + 0
Leprosy 72 0 83 0 - 0
Malaria 73 0 69 0 - 0
Chagas disease 74 0 68 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 75 0 67 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 76 0 77 0 - 0
Dengue 77 0 78 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 78 0 76 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 71 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
Anemia 84 0 46 3 - 3
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 85 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 86 0 57 1 - 1
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