MALAYSIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	51,976	3	21,592	+ 30,384
Coronary Heart Disease	2	30,048	1	36,729	- 6,681
Lung Disease	3	11,725	5	6,633	+ 5,092
Diabetes Mellitus	4	11,066	9	4,107	+ 6,959
Road Traffic Accidents	5	9,633	4	7,181	+ 2,452
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	9,578	10	3,996	+ 5,582
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	9,098	2	23,477	- 14,380
Kidney Disease	8	8,253	6	6,629	+ 1,624
Liver Cancer	9	8,169	16	1,984	+ 6,185
Liver Disease	10	7,811	7	5,125	+ 2,686
Lung Cancers	11	6,959	8	4,319	+ 2,641
Hypertension	12	6,497	38	649	+ 5,848
Falls	13	5,042	18	1,855	+ 3,187
Stomach Cancer	14	4,946	21	1,441	+ 3,505
Tuberculosis	15	3,087	26	1,227	+ 1,860
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,699	11	3,832	- 1,133
Asthma	17	2,664	30	1,013	+ 1,650
Suicide	18	2,369	19	1,823	+ 546
Low Birth Weight	19	2,331	29	1,020	+ 1,310
Oral Cancer	20	2,317	17	1,865	+ 452
Congenital Anomalies	21	2,309	24	1,403	+ 906
Breast Cancer	22	2,022	12	3,071	- 1,049
Other Injuries	23	1,810	14	2,222	- 412
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,751	27	1,214	+ 537
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,745	28	1,106	+ 639
Drownings	26	1,666	36	820	+ 846
HIV/AIDS	27	1,632	13	2,679	- 1,047
Leukemia	28	1,601	23	1,412	+ 189
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	1,435	20	1,773	- 338
Lymphomas	30	969	25	1,321	- 352
Cervical Cancer	31	782	31	1,010	- 229
Birth Trauma	32	765	42	359	+ 406
Oesophagus Cancer	33	740	41	435	+ 306
Endocrine Disorders	34	681	37	809	- 129
Prostate Cancer	35	625	33	903	- 279
Violence	36	583	34	869	- 285
Measles	37	582	70	0	+ 582
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	558	51	246	+ 312
Encephalitis	39	509	40	452	+ 57
Skin Disease	40	495	15	2,066	- 1,570
Drug Use	41	446	45	322	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	42	379	43	352	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	313	22	1,424	- 1,112
Pancreas Cancer	44	304	32	994	- 690
Bladder Cancer	45	293	39	467	- 174
Alcohol	46	283	55	181	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	47	282	35	827	- 545
Poisonings	48	272	53	211	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	49	253	56	167	+ 86
Pertussis	50	230	57	80	+ 150
Meningitis	51	204	46	301	- 97
Fires	52	194	44	336	- 142
Epilepsy	53	190	52	226	- 35
Skin Cancers	54	153	50	247	- 95
Hepatitis B	55	124	54	206	- 82
Syphilis	56	107	62	19	+ 88
Other Neoplasms	57	106	48	265	- 158
Tetanus	58	94	61	21	+ 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	73	60	27	+ 46
Appendicitis	60	66	58	71	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	44	59	30	+ 14
Dengue	62	41	47	280	- 239
Malnutrition	63	39	49	249	- 210
Hepatitis C	64	26	64	6	+ 20
War	65	11	63	11	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	11	65	5	+ 6
Malaria	67	5	76	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	68	3	67	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Viet Nam

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.