MALAYSIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	38,738	3	21,592	+ 17,146
Coronary Heart Disease	2	30,594	1	36,729	- 6,135
Diabetes Mellitus	3	28,724	9	4,107	+ 24,617
Kidney Disease	4	16,393	6	6,629	+ 9,764
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	13,509	2	23,477	- 9,968
Prostate Cancer	6	11,575	33	903	+ 10,671
Road Traffic Accidents	7	11,220	4	7,181	+ 4,039
Lung Disease	8	10,867	5	6,633	+ 4,234
Hypertension	9	10,791	38	649	+ 10,142
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,788	10	3,996	+ 5,791
Violence	11	7,611	34	869	+ 6,742
Liver Disease	12	7,167	7	5,125	+ 2,041
Inflammatory/Heart	13	6,479	27	1,214	+ 5,265
Breast Cancer	14	5,236	12	3,071	+ 2,164
Stomach Cancer	15	4,506	21	1,441	+ 3,065
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,341	11	3,832	+ 508
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,150	37	809	+ 3,340
Lung Cancers	18	3,845	8	4,319	- 474
Low Birth Weight	19	3,536	29	1,020	+ 2,515
Skin Disease	20	3,324	15	2,066	+ 1,258
Other Injuries	21	3,034	14	2,222	+ 812
Suicide	22	2,961	19	1,823	+ 1,138
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,853	28	1,106	+ 1,747
Lymphomas	24	2,692	25	1,321	+ 1,371
Cervical Cancer	25	2,439	31	1,010	+ 1,429
Falls	26	2,165	18	1,855	+ 310
Asthma	27	1,972	30	1,013	+ 959
Drownings	28	1,918	36	820	+ 1,098
Alcohol	29	1,901	55	181	+ 1,720
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,665	24	1,403	+ 262
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,658	32	994	+ 663
Epilepsy	32	1,464	52	226	+ 1,238
Malnutrition	33	1,354	49	249	+ 1,105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,104	22	1,424	- 320
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	942	20	1,773	- 831
Leukemia	36	910	23	1,412	- 503
Liver Cancer	37	831	16	1,984	- 1,153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	810	51	246	+ 564
Fires	39	681	44	336	+ 346
Oesophagus Cancer	40	645	41	435	+ 211
Ovary Cancer	41	643	35	827	- 184
Birth Trauma	42	636	42	359	+ 278
Oral Cancer	43	633	17	1,865	- 1,232
Tuberculosis	44	600	26	1,227	- 627
Uterin Cancer	45	418	43	352	+ 66
Drug Use	46	394	45	322	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	47	380	56	167	+ 213
Other Neoplasms	48	374	48	265	+ 109
Meningitis	49	301	46	301	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	269	60	27	+ 242
Appendicitis	51	231	58	71	+ 160
Encephalitis	52	226	40	452	- 226
Dengue	53	121	47	280	- 159
Multiple Sclerosis	54	92	59	30	+ 61
Poisonings	55	54	53	211	- 157
Tetanus	56	44	61	21	+ 22
Syphilis	57	39	62	19	+ 20
War	58	34	63	11	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	59	26	65	5	+ 21
Hepatitis B	60	12	54	206	- 193
Schistosomiasis	61	10	75	0	+ 10
Chlamydia	62	9	68	2	+ 8
Pertussis	63	6	57	80	- 74
Ascariasis	64	2	67	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	6	- 5
Otitis Media	66	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	50	247	- 247
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	39	467	- 467
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	13	2,679	- 2,679
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Saint Lucia

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.