MALTA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	649	1	876	- 227
Stroke	2	279	2	291	- 13
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	141	3	213	- 72
Liver Disease	4	93	24	23	+ 70
Hypertension	5	78	20	33	+ 45
Diabetes Mellitus	6	73	6	163	- 90
Low Birth Weight	7	71	35	11	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	8	66	31	18	+ 48
Birth Trauma	9	57	44	3	+ 54
Lung Disease	10	53	8	127	- 73
Congenital Anomalies	11	49	32	17	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	12	34	15	50	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	33	55	1	+ 32
Tuberculosis	14	33	52	2	+ 32
Drownings	15	26	48	2	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	16	25	29	20	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	23	4	207	- 184
Epilepsy	18	19	43	3	+ 16
Kidney Disease	19	18	11	79	- 61
Suicide	20	18	22	27	- 9
Falls	21	17	14	52	- 35
Meningitis	22	15	56	1	+ 15
Fires	23	14	62	0	+ 14
Lung Cancers	24	14	5	197	- 183
HIV/AIDS	25	13	41	4	+ 10
Pertussis	26	13	72	0	+ 13
Other Injuries	27	13	33	16	- 3
Asthma	28	12	36	8	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	29	11	16	50	- 38
Liver Cancer	30	11	18	34	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	10	49	2	+ 8
Lymphomas	32	10	12	53	- 43
Breast Cancer	33	10	10	85	- 75
Endocrine Disorders	34	9	30	19	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	9	7	147	- 138
Violence	36	8	40	4	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	7	37	7	+ 0
Alcohol	38	6	47	3	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	39	5	39	4	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	40	5	28	21	- 16
Oral Cancer	41	5	23	25	- 20
Leukemia	42	5	21	28	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	43	4	9	90	- 86
Inflammatory/Heart	44	4	27	22	- 18
Maternal Conditions	45	3	64	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	46	3	17	34	- 31
Upper Respiratory	47	2	59	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	48	2	19	33	- 31
Hepatitis B	49	2	61	0	+ 1
Poisonings	50	2	58	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	51	2	34	14	- 12
Prostate Cancer	52	1	13	53	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	51	2	- 1
Encephalitis	54	1	65	0	+ 1
Drug Use	55	1	38	7	- 6
Syphilis	56	1	81	0	+ 1
Tetanus	57	1	74	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	1	63	0	+ 0
Skin Disease	59	0	25	23	- 22
Hepatitis C	60	0	53	1	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	0	26	22	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	45	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	0	60	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

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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.