MALTA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,427	1	876	+ 551
Stroke	2	396	2	291	+ 105
Lung Cancers	3	313	5	197	+ 116
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	242	3	213	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	177	7	147	+ 30
Lung Disease	6	166	8	127	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	7	112	26	22	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	8	108	6	163	- 54
Breast Cancer	9	97	10	85	+ 12
Liver Disease	10	96	24	23	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	11	79	13	53	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	12	72	15	50	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	13	66	9	90	- 25
Alcohol	14	64	47	3	+ 61
Hypertension	15	60	20	33	+ 27
Falls	16	57	14	52	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	17	57	19	33	+ 24
Suicide	18	52	22	27	+ 25
Lymphomas	19	50	12	53	- 3
Kidney Disease	20	49	11	79	- 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	45	4	207	- 162
Road Traffic Accidents	22	43	31	18	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	23	42	27	22	+ 20
Leukemia	24	42	21	28	+ 14
Oral Cancer	25	41	23	25	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	37	37	7	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	27	36	17	34	+ 1
Other Injuries	28	31	33	16	+ 14
Liver Cancer	29	28	18	34	- 6
Uterin Cancer	30	26	28	21	+ 6
Skin Cancers	31	26	34	14	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	32	23	39	4	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	33	22	29	20	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	34	18	16	50	- 31
Epilepsy	35	14	43	3	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	36	11	32	17	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	10	55	1	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	38	10	30	19	- 9
Drownings	39	8	48	2	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	7	49	2	+ 5
Tuberculosis	41	7	52	2	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	42	7	35	11	- 4
Asthma	43	7	36	8	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	44	6	45	3	+ 3
Fires	45	6	62	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	46	6	25	23	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	4	51	2	+ 3
Drug Use	48	4	38	7	- 3
Violence	49	4	40	4	- 1
Malnutrition	50	4	60	0	+ 3
Poisonings	51	2	58	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	2	53	1	+ 1
Meningitis	53	2	56	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	54	1	41	4	- 2
Appendicitis	55	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	61	0	+ 0
Birth Trauma	57	1	44	3	- 2
Schizophrenia	58	0	57	1	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	0	42	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	0	59	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	61	0	50	2	- 2
Anemia	62	0	46	3	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	64	0	65	0	- 0
Oral conditions	65	0	86	0	+ 0
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
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.