MALAYSIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,368	1	36,729	+ 12,639
Stroke	2	31,344	3	21,592	+ 9,752
Diabetes Mellitus	3	13,789	9	4,107	+ 9,682
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,514	2	23,477	- 9,964
Lung Disease	5	11,783	5	6,633	+ 5,150
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	8,684	20	1,773	+ 6,911
Kidney Disease	7	7,656	6	6,629	+ 1,027
Suicide	8	5,877	19	1,823	+ 4,053
Liver Disease	9	5,590	7	5,125	+ 465
Congenital Anomalies	10	5,188	24	1,403	+ 3,785
Hypertension	11	5,111	38	649	+ 4,462
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,845	4	7,181	- 2,337
Asthma	13	4,842	30	1,013	+ 3,829
Low Birth Weight	14	4,708	29	1,020	+ 3,687
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,802	51	246	+ 3,556
Drownings	16	3,781	36	820	+ 2,961
Other Injuries	17	3,246	14	2,222	+ 1,024
Liver Cancer	18	2,988	16	1,984	+ 1,004
Birth Trauma	19	2,135	42	359	+ 1,776
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	2,005	22	1,424	+ 581
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,913	10	3,996	- 2,083
Tuberculosis	22	1,768	26	1,227	+ 541
Lung Cancers	23	1,632	8	4,319	- 2,687
Maternal Conditions	24	1,534	56	167	+ 1,368
Falls	25	1,430	18	1,855	- 425
Breast Cancer	26	1,407	12	3,071	- 1,664
Cervical Cancer	27	1,396	31	1,010	+ 385
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,262	28	1,106	+ 157
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,207	27	1,214	- 6
Pertussis	30	1,103	57	80	+ 1,023
Malnutrition	31	1,089	49	249	+ 839
Leukemia	32	973	23	1,412	- 439
Endocrine Disorders	33	954	37	809	+ 144
Prostate Cancer	34	945	33	903	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	923	11	3,832	- 2,909
Meningitis	36	877	46	301	+ 576
Syphilis	37	832	62	19	+ 813
Violence	38	737	34	869	- 132
Skin Disease	39	737	15	2,066	- 1,329
Stomach Cancer	40	666	21	1,441	- 776
Epilepsy	41	575	52	226	+ 349
Fires	42	455	44	336	+ 119
Alcohol	43	433	55	181	+ 253
Ovary Cancer	44	427	35	827	- 401
Lymphomas	45	348	25	1,321	- 973
Tetanus	46	311	61	21	+ 289
Poisonings	47	239	53	211	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	48	213	43	352	- 139
Bladder Cancer	49	203	39	467	- 264
Appendicitis	50	146	58	71	+ 75
Hepatitis B	51	135	54	206	- 71
Encephalitis	52	113	40	452	- 339
Pancreas Cancer	53	96	32	994	- 898
Oral Cancer	54	90	17	1,865	- 1,774
Other Neoplasms	55	80	48	265	- 185
Drug Use	56	47	45	322	- 275
Multiple Sclerosis	57	30	59	30	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	28	60	27	+ 1
Dengue	59	21	47	280	- 259
Diphtheria	60	20	69	0	+ 20
Hepatitis C	61	17	64	6	+ 12
Measles	62	11	70	0	+ 11
Ascariasis	63	9	67	2	+ 7
War	64	3	63	11	- 7
Upper Respiratory	65	3	65	5	- 1
Chlamydia	66	3	68	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	13	2,679	- 2,679
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	41	435	- 435
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	50	247	- 247
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Vanuatu

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.