MALAYSIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,034	1	36,729	+ 14,305
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	29,029	10	3,996	+ 25,033
Lung Disease	3	19,749	5	6,633	+ 13,117
Stroke	4	16,023	3	21,592	- 5,569
Lung Cancers	5	15,721	8	4,319	+ 11,402
Kidney Disease	6	8,679	6	6,629	+ 2,049
Drug Use	7	7,524	45	322	+ 7,202
Hypertension	8	6,667	38	649	+ 6,018
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	6,249	11	3,832	+ 2,417
Diabetes Mellitus	10	6,208	9	4,107	+ 2,101
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	6,097	2	23,477	- 17,381
Suicide	12	5,367	19	1,823	+ 3,544
Breast Cancer	13	4,920	12	3,071	+ 1,848
Endocrine Disorders	14	4,749	37	809	+ 3,940
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,477	32	994	+ 3,483
Liver Disease	16	4,387	7	5,125	- 738
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,214	4	7,181	- 2,967
Falls	18	4,085	18	1,855	+ 2,230
Lymphomas	19	4,071	25	1,321	+ 2,750
Prostate Cancer	20	3,600	33	903	+ 2,696
Parkinson's Disease	21	3,486	28	1,106	+ 2,380
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,288	27	1,214	+ 2,074
Liver Cancer	23	2,736	16	1,984	+ 752
Leukemia	24	2,726	23	1,412	+ 1,313
Other Injuries	25	2,628	14	2,222	+ 406
Bladder Cancer	26	1,983	39	467	+ 1,516
Violence	27	1,918	34	869	+ 1,049
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,802	41	435	+ 1,368
Other Neoplasms	29	1,793	48	265	+ 1,529
Alcohol	30	1,482	55	181	+ 1,301
Ovary Cancer	31	1,475	35	827	+ 647
Skin Cancers	32	1,447	50	247	+ 1,199
Stomach Cancer	33	1,322	21	1,441	- 120
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,189	24	1,403	- 214
Oral Cancer	35	1,168	17	1,865	- 697
Uterin Cancer	36	1,017	43	352	+ 665
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,006	20	1,773	- 766
Cervical Cancer	38	706	31	1,010	- 304
Low Birth Weight	39	700	29	1,020	- 321
Malnutrition	40	683	49	249	+ 434
Hepatitis C	41	575	64	6	+ 569
HIV/AIDS	42	572	13	2,679	- 2,107
Skin Disease	43	547	15	2,066	- 1,519
Multiple Sclerosis	44	511	59	30	+ 481
Drownings	45	411	36	820	- 408
Asthma	46	386	30	1,013	- 627
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	369	51	246	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	350	22	1,424	- 1,074
Fires	49	322	44	336	- 14
Epilepsy	50	320	52	226	+ 94
Anemia	51	315	86	0	+ 315
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	249	60	27	+ 221
Poisonings	53	169	53	211	- 42
Birth Trauma	54	125	42	359	- 234
War	55	121	63	11	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	56	79	56	167	- 88
Schizophrenia	57	73	83	0	+ 73
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	69	81	0	+ 69
Hepatitis B	59	61	54	206	- 144
Meningitis	60	61	46	301	- 240
Osteoarthritis	61	58	80	0	+ 58
Tuberculosis	62	55	26	1,227	- 1,172
Appendicitis	63	43	58	71	- 29
Oral conditions	64	29	82	0	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	65	23	65	5	+ 18
Syphilis	66	5	62	19	- 14
Otitis Media	67	3	66	3	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	3	40	452	- 450
Pertussis	69	2	57	80	- 78
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	21	- 21
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	47	280	- 280
Malaria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

United States

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.