MALTA VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	448	1	876	- 428
Stroke	2	263	2	291	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	194	55	1	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	4	174	35	11	+ 163
Lung Disease	5	162	8	127	+ 35
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	155	3	213	- 57
Diabetes Mellitus	7	119	6	163	- 44
Birth Trauma	8	111	44	3	+ 108
Kidney Disease	9	106	11	79	+ 27
Liver Disease	10	102	24	23	+ 79
Tuberculosis	11	78	52	2	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	12	52	31	18	+ 34
Other Injuries	13	50	33	16	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	14	49	32	17	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	48	49	2	+ 46
Hypertension	16	43	20	33	+ 10
Asthma	17	39	36	8	+ 30
Suicide	18	36	22	27	+ 9
Meningitis	19	34	56	1	+ 33
Breast Cancer	20	34	10	85	- 51
Oral Cancer	21	32	23	25	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	28	4	207	- 179
Violence	23	24	40	4	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	24	23	64	0	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	25	21	30	19	+ 2
Lung Cancers	26	18	5	197	- 179
Malnutrition	27	16	60	0	+ 16
Falls	28	16	14	52	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	29	15	29	20	- 6
Tetanus	30	14	74	0	+ 14
Lymphomas	31	13	12	53	- 40
HIV/AIDS	32	13	41	4	+ 9
Encephalitis	33	12	65	0	+ 12
Pertussis	34	12	72	0	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	35	11	16	50	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	10	37	7	+ 3
Drownings	37	10	48	2	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	10	7	147	- 137
Leukemia	39	10	21	28	- 18
Epilepsy	40	9	43	3	+ 6
Liver Cancer	41	8	18	34	- 25
Fires	42	8	62	0	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	43	8	15	50	- 42
Cervical Cancer	44	7	39	4	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	45	7	13	53	- 46
Ovary Cancer	46	7	17	34	- 27
Poisonings	47	6	58	1	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	48	5	19	33	- 28
Measles	49	5	73	0	+ 5
Alcohol	50	5	47	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	51	5	63	0	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	52	4	27	22	- 18
Hepatitis B	53	4	61	0	+ 4
Skin Cancers	54	3	34	14	- 11
Dengue	55	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	51	2	+ 1
Syphilis	57	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	58	2	53	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	59	2	28	21	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	9	90	- 88
Drug Use	61	2	38	7	- 5
War	62	1	54	1	- 0
Malaria	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	1	26	22	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	45	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	0	+ 0
Skin Disease	67	0	25	23	- 23
Ascariasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
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.