MALTA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	376	3	213	+ 163
Malaria	2	304	69	0	+ 304
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	286	55	1	+ 285
Low Birth Weight	4	170	35	11	+ 159
Stroke	5	155	2	291	- 136
Coronary Heart Disease	6	147	1	876	- 729
Birth Trauma	7	143	44	3	+ 140
Road Traffic Accidents	8	106	31	18	+ 88
Meningitis	9	93	56	1	+ 93
Congenital Anomalies	10	77	32	17	+ 60
Liver Disease	11	73	24	23	+ 50
Other Injuries	12	68	33	16	+ 52
Tuberculosis	13	66	52	2	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	14	59	64	0	+ 59
Pertussis	15	51	72	0	+ 51
Kidney Disease	16	49	11	79	- 30
Diabetes Mellitus	17	47	6	163	- 116
Measles	18	43	73	0	+ 43
Violence	19	40	40	4	+ 36
Lung Disease	20	39	8	127	- 88
Malnutrition	21	39	60	0	+ 38
Asthma	22	34	36	8	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	23	32	30	19	+ 13
Drownings	24	28	48	2	+ 26
Hypertension	25	24	20	33	- 9
Falls	26	23	14	52	- 29
Suicide	27	22	22	27	- 5
Fires	28	20	62	0	+ 20
Breast Cancer	29	19	10	85	- 66
HIV/AIDS	30	19	41	4	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	19	37	7	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	15	4	207	- 192
Poisonings	33	14	58	1	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	34	14	27	22	- 8
Liver Cancer	35	13	18	34	- 20
Epilepsy	36	12	43	3	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	9	7	147	- 138
Cervical Cancer	38	9	39	4	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	8	49	2	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	8	17	34	- 26
War	41	7	54	1	+ 6
Tetanus	42	7	74	0	+ 7
Lymphomas	43	6	12	53	- 47
Stomach Cancer	44	5	15	50	- 44
Skin Cancers	45	5	34	14	- 9
Hepatitis B	46	5	61	0	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	47	5	16	50	- 45
Leukemia	48	5	21	28	- 23
Oral Cancer	49	4	23	25	- 21
Schistosomiasis	50	4	70	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	51	4	66	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	4	25	23	- 19
Bladder Cancer	53	3	19	33	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	54	2	9	90	- 88
Oesophagus Cancer	55	2	29	20	- 18
Appendicitis	56	2	63	0	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	57	2	13	53	- 51
Drug Use	58	2	38	7	- 5
Ascariasis	59	2	79	0	+ 2
Alcohol	60	2	47	3	- 1
Encephalitis	61	2	65	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	59	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	64	2	28	21	- 19
Diphtheria	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	53	1	- 0
Lung Cancers	67	1	5	197	- 196
Other Neoplasms	68	0	26	22	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	45	3	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	0	51	2	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Depression	86	0	84	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.