MALTA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	630	1	876	- 246
Stroke	2	433	2	291	+ 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	240	3	213	+ 27
Diabetes Mellitus	4	208	6	163	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	141	55	1	+ 140
Lung Disease	6	135	8	127	+ 8
Malaria	7	94	69	0	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	8	72	31	18	+ 53
Suicide	9	63	22	27	+ 37
Liver Disease	10	57	24	23	+ 34
Drownings	11	52	48	2	+ 50
Asthma	12	51	36	8	+ 42
Hypertension	13	49	20	33	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	14	42	35	11	+ 30
Kidney Disease	15	41	11	79	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	16	41	32	17	+ 23
Other Injuries	17	39	33	16	+ 22
Liver Cancer	18	39	18	34	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	38	49	2	+ 36
Falls	20	35	14	52	- 16
Birth Trauma	21	33	44	3	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	22	30	64	0	+ 29
Tuberculosis	23	29	52	2	+ 27
Dengue	24	27	78	0	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	25	27	39	4	+ 22
Breast Cancer	26	22	10	85	- 63
Lung Cancers	27	22	5	197	- 175
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	21	4	207	- 187
Syphilis	29	18	81	0	+ 18
Violence	30	17	40	4	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	15	7	147	- 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	14	37	7	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	33	14	17	34	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	34	14	16	50	- 36
Leukemia	35	13	21	28	- 15
Malnutrition	36	12	60	0	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	37	11	27	22	- 11
Poisonings	38	10	58	1	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	39	10	30	19	- 10
Fires	40	9	62	0	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	41	8	13	53	- 45
Lymphomas	42	8	12	53	- 45
Meningitis	43	8	56	1	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	44	8	15	50	- 42
Epilepsy	45	7	43	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	46	7	25	23	- 16
Uterin Cancer	47	6	28	21	- 15
Alcohol	48	6	47	3	+ 3
Oral Cancer	49	5	23	25	- 20
Pertussis	50	5	72	0	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	51	3	9	90	- 88
Bladder Cancer	52	3	19	33	- 30
Hepatitis B	53	2	61	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	1	65	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	1	63	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	56	1	26	22	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	29	20	- 20
Drug Use	58	1	38	7	- 6
Tetanus	59	0	74	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	51	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	45	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	62	0	53	1	- 1
Ascariasis	63	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	59	0	- 0
War	65	0	54	1	- 1
Chlamydia	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	34	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	70	0	57	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	46	3	- 3
Depression	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	41	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	71	0	- 0
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

Solomon Isl.

Malta

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.