MALTA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,877	1	876	+ 1,001
Stroke	2	1,091	2	291	+ 800
Lung Cancers	3	181	5	197	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	4	180	27	22	+ 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	162	4	207	- 45
Liver Disease	6	152	24	23	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	142	7	147	- 5
Suicide	8	122	22	27	+ 95
Lung Disease	9	122	8	127	- 5
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	108	3	213	- 105
Stomach Cancer	11	98	15	50	+ 48
Alcohol	12	93	47	3	+ 91
Breast Cancer	13	78	10	85	- 7
Other Injuries	14	75	33	16	+ 59
HIV/AIDS	15	71	41	4	+ 67
Pancreas Cancer	16	68	9	90	- 23
Hypertension	17	61	20	33	+ 28
Diabetes Mellitus	18	61	6	163	- 101
Road Traffic Accidents	19	58	31	18	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	20	47	13	53	- 6
Falls	21	39	14	52	- 13
Kidney Disease	22	39	11	79	- 40
Violence	23	38	40	4	+ 34
Liver Cancer	24	37	18	34	+ 4
Oral Cancer	25	36	23	25	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	26	31	16	50	- 18
Drug Use	27	30	38	7	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	30	37	7	+ 23
Lymphomas	29	30	12	53	- 23
Tuberculosis	30	28	52	2	+ 27
Leukemia	31	27	21	28	- 0
Ovary Cancer	32	27	17	34	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	33	25	29	20	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	34	25	39	4	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	35	23	28	21	+ 2
Drownings	36	22	48	2	+ 20
Fires	37	21	62	0	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	38	21	19	33	- 12
Skin Cancers	39	19	34	14	+ 5
Poisonings	40	19	58	1	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	41	14	32	17	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	9	49	2	+ 7
Skin Disease	43	9	25	23	- 14
Low Birth Weight	44	7	35	11	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	45	7	30	19	- 12
Asthma	46	6	36	8	- 2
Encephalitis	47	4	65	0	+ 3
Meningitis	48	3	56	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	49	3	45	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	3	51	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	51	2	26	22	- 20
Epilepsy	52	2	43	3	- 1
Birth Trauma	53	2	44	3	- 1
Appendicitis	54	1	63	0	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	1	55	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	56	1	64	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	57	1	60	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	58	1	59	0	+ 0
War	59	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	61	0	80	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	81	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	53	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	86	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.