MALAYSIA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	30,016	5	6,633	+ 23,384
Coronary Heart Disease	2	21,853	1	36,729	- 14,876
Tuberculosis	3	18,363	26	1,227	+ 17,136
Stroke	4	14,336	3	21,592	- 7,256
Liver Disease	5	7,089	7	5,125	+ 1,964
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	6,927	2	23,477	- 16,550
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	6,742	20	1,773	+ 4,970
Asthma	8	6,586	30	1,013	+ 5,573
Road Traffic Accidents	9	5,169	4	7,181	- 2,012
Kidney Disease	10	4,758	6	6,629	- 1,871
Low Birth Weight	11	4,245	29	1,020	+ 3,225
Lung Cancers	12	3,983	8	4,319	- 336
Falls	13	3,689	18	1,855	+ 1,833
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,253	9	4,107	- 854
Birth Trauma	15	2,971	42	359	+ 2,613
Suicide	16	2,856	19	1,823	+ 1,032
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,577	51	246	+ 2,331
Hypertension	18	2,323	38	649	+ 1,674
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,246	10	3,996	- 1,751
Cervical Cancer	20	2,187	31	1,010	+ 1,177
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,164	24	1,403	+ 761
Other Injuries	22	1,838	14	2,222	- 385
Drownings	23	1,672	36	820	+ 852
Oral Cancer	24	1,542	17	1,865	- 322
Stomach Cancer	25	1,532	21	1,441	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	1,296	11	3,832	- 2,536
Breast Cancer	27	1,153	12	3,071	- 1,918
Maternal Conditions	28	1,085	56	167	+ 918
Encephalitis	29	979	40	452	+ 527
Epilepsy	30	971	52	226	+ 745
Malnutrition	31	938	49	249	+ 689
Lymphomas	32	852	25	1,321	- 469
Parkinson's Disease	33	844	28	1,106	- 262
HIV/AIDS	34	818	13	2,679	- 1,861
Violence	35	782	34	869	- 87
Leukemia	36	742	23	1,412	- 671
Ovary Cancer	37	649	35	827	- 178
Oesophagus Cancer	38	545	41	435	+ 111
Poisonings	39	526	53	211	+ 315
Pertussis	40	503	57	80	+ 423
Pancreas Cancer	41	494	32	994	- 500
Skin Cancers	42	444	50	247	+ 197
Meningitis	43	419	46	301	+ 118
Bladder Cancer	44	361	39	467	- 107
Endocrine Disorders	45	286	37	809	- 524
Liver Cancer	46	284	16	1,984	- 1,700
Appendicitis	47	245	58	71	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	48	241	27	1,214	- 972
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	212	22	1,424	- 1,212
Fires	50	204	44	336	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	192	60	27	+ 165
Alcohol	52	186	55	181	+ 5
Tetanus	53	149	61	21	+ 128
Syphilis	54	149	62	19	+ 130
Dengue	55	133	47	280	- 147
Hepatitis B	56	130	54	206	- 76
Drug Use	57	104	45	322	- 218
Prostate Cancer	58	95	33	903	- 808
Measles	59	67	70	0	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	60	63	43	352	- 289
Other Neoplasms	61	55	48	265	- 210
Leishmaniasis	62	43	77	0	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	63	43	59	30	+ 12
Hepatitis C	64	32	64	6	+ 26
War	65	27	63	11	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	66	26	65	5	+ 22
Skin Disease	67	19	15	2,066	- 2,047
Chlamydia	68	6	68	2	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	5	67	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	70	4	66	3	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Malaria	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Nepal

Malaysia

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.