MALAYSIA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	136,769	1	36,729	+ 100,040
Stroke	2	94,672	3	21,592	+ 73,080
Hypertension	3	20,964	38	649	+ 20,315
Lung Cancers	4	19,262	8	4,319	+ 14,943
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	17,821	2	23,477	- 5,656
Liver Disease	6	16,989	7	5,125	+ 11,863
Lung Disease	7	14,016	5	6,633	+ 7,383
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	13,018	11	3,832	+ 9,186
Kidney Disease	9	9,856	6	6,629	+ 3,227
Inflammatory/Heart	10	8,443	27	1,214	+ 7,229
Breast Cancer	11	7,334	12	3,071	+ 4,262
Stomach Cancer	12	6,584	21	1,441	+ 5,143
Liver Cancer	13	5,930	16	1,984	+ 3,946
Pancreas Cancer	14	5,590	32	994	+ 4,596
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	5,407	10	3,996	+ 1,411
Prostate Cancer	16	4,664	33	903	+ 3,761
Oral Cancer	17	4,361	17	1,865	+ 2,496
Diabetes Mellitus	18	4,248	9	4,107	+ 141
Other Injuries	19	4,074	14	2,222	+ 1,852
Road Traffic Accidents	20	3,794	4	7,181	- 3,387
Suicide	21	3,593	19	1,823	+ 1,769
Cervical Cancer	22	3,562	31	1,010	+ 2,551
Bladder Cancer	23	3,266	39	467	+ 2,799
Falls	24	2,865	18	1,855	+ 1,010
Lymphomas	25	2,637	25	1,321	+ 1,316
Leukemia	26	2,557	23	1,412	+ 1,144
Ovary Cancer	27	2,112	35	827	+ 1,284
Tuberculosis	28	1,934	26	1,227	+ 707
Skin Cancers	29	1,911	50	247	+ 1,664
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,438	41	435	+ 1,003
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,411	28	1,106	+ 305
Drownings	32	1,135	36	820	+ 316
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,012	22	1,424	- 413
Uterin Cancer	34	995	43	352	+ 643
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	839	51	246	+ 593
Fires	36	802	44	336	+ 466
Alcohol	37	779	55	181	+ 599
Congenital Anomalies	38	698	24	1,403	- 704
Poisonings	39	698	53	211	+ 487
Drug Use	40	659	45	322	+ 337
Low Birth Weight	41	603	29	1,020	- 417
Epilepsy	42	598	52	226	+ 373
Other Neoplasms	43	550	48	265	+ 285
Violence	44	486	34	869	- 383
Asthma	45	429	30	1,013	- 585
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	426	20	1,773	- 1,347
HIV/AIDS	47	417	13	2,679	- 2,262
Endocrine Disorders	48	367	37	809	- 443
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	273	81	0	+ 273
Malnutrition	50	270	49	249	+ 21
Schizophrenia	51	196	83	0	+ 196
Hepatitis C	52	187	64	6	+ 182
Skin Disease	53	186	15	2,066	- 1,880
Meningitis	54	146	46	301	- 155
Multiple Sclerosis	55	126	59	30	+ 96
Anemia	56	112	86	0	+ 112
Birth Trauma	57	73	42	359	- 286
Maternal Conditions	58	67	56	167	- 99
Hepatitis B	59	58	54	206	- 148
Appendicitis	60	40	58	71	- 32
Measles	61	14	70	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	62	11	40	452	- 441
Upper Respiratory	63	5	65	5	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	5	82	0	+ 5
War	65	4	63	11	- 6
Syphilis	66	3	62	19	- 16
Tetanus	67	3	61	21	- 19
Otitis Media	68	2	66	3	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	57	80	- 80
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	68	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	47	280	- 280
Ascariasis	82	0	67	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	60	27	- 27
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Romania

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.