MALAYSIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,922	1	36,729	+ 193
Stroke	2	15,883	3	21,592	- 5,709
Road Traffic Accidents	3	11,650	4	7,181	+ 4,469
Kidney Disease	4	8,561	6	6,629	+ 1,932
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,800	2	23,477	- 17,678
Falls	6	5,051	18	1,855	+ 3,196
Liver Disease	7	4,664	7	5,125	- 461
Other Injuries	8	3,787	14	2,222	+ 1,565
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,679	9	4,107	- 428
Lung Disease	10	2,688	5	6,633	- 3,944
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,310	10	3,996	- 1,686
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,182	24	1,403	+ 779
Suicide	13	1,935	19	1,823	+ 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,542	11	3,832	- 2,291
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,369	37	809	+ 559
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,269	27	1,214	+ 55
Asthma	17	1,104	30	1,013	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	18	935	29	1,020	- 85
Leukemia	19	875	23	1,412	- 538
Breast Cancer	20	859	12	3,071	- 2,213
Liver Cancer	21	799	16	1,984	- 1,185
Hypertension	22	789	38	649	+ 140
Fires	23	781	44	336	+ 445
Drownings	24	777	36	820	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	25	734	28	1,106	- 372
Lung Cancers	26	733	8	4,319	- 3,586
Tuberculosis	27	711	26	1,227	- 516
Lymphomas	28	677	25	1,321	- 644
Epilepsy	29	657	52	226	+ 431
Violence	30	611	34	869	- 258
Pancreas Cancer	31	498	32	994	- 497
Skin Disease	32	488	15	2,066	- 1,577
Drug Use	33	464	45	322	+ 142
Oral Cancer	34	439	17	1,865	- 1,425
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	432	20	1,773	- 1,341
Stomach Cancer	36	368	21	1,441	- 1,074
Birth Trauma	37	325	42	359	- 34
Uterin Cancer	38	305	43	352	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	265	51	246	+ 19
Poisonings	40	264	53	211	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	260	22	1,424	- 1,164
Ovary Cancer	42	234	35	827	- 593
Encephalitis	43	222	40	452	- 231
Oesophagus Cancer	44	217	41	435	- 218
Meningitis	45	214	46	301	- 87
Bladder Cancer	46	202	39	467	- 265
HIV/AIDS	47	182	13	2,679	- 2,497
Maternal Conditions	48	163	56	167	- 4
Cervical Cancer	49	148	31	1,010	- 862
Prostate Cancer	50	140	33	903	- 763
Alcohol	51	121	55	181	- 59
Malnutrition	52	75	49	249	- 174
Hepatitis B	53	54	54	206	- 152
Pertussis	54	53	57	80	- 27
Skin Cancers	55	52	50	247	- 196
Multiple Sclerosis	56	46	59	30	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	38	48	265	- 227
Appendicitis	58	33	58	71	- 39
Syphilis	59	31	62	19	+ 12
Schistosomiasis	60	24	75	0	+ 24
Tetanus	61	15	61	21	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	60	27	- 19
Dengue	63	8	47	280	- 272
Hepatitis C	64	7	64	6	+ 2
War	65	3	63	11	- 8
Ascariasis	66	1	67	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	65	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

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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.