MALTA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	706	2	291	+ 415
Coronary Heart Disease	2	408	1	876	- 467
Lung Disease	3	159	8	127	+ 33
Diabetes Mellitus	4	150	6	163	- 12
Road Traffic Accidents	5	131	31	18	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	130	4	207	- 77
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	124	3	213	- 89
Kidney Disease	8	112	11	79	+ 33
Liver Cancer	9	111	18	34	+ 77
Liver Disease	10	106	24	23	+ 83
Lung Cancers	11	95	5	197	- 102
Hypertension	12	88	20	33	+ 55
Falls	13	69	14	52	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	14	67	15	50	+ 17
Tuberculosis	15	42	52	2	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	37	7	147	- 110
Asthma	17	36	36	8	+ 28
Suicide	18	32	22	27	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	19	32	35	11	+ 20
Oral Cancer	20	31	23	25	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	21	31	32	17	+ 14
Breast Cancer	22	27	10	85	- 57
Other Injuries	23	25	33	16	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	24	24	27	22	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	25	24	16	50	- 26
Drownings	26	23	48	2	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	27	22	41	4	+ 19
Leukemia	28	22	21	28	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	19	55	1	+ 18
Lymphomas	30	13	12	53	- 40
Cervical Cancer	31	11	39	4	+ 6
Birth Trauma	32	10	44	3	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	33	10	29	20	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	34	9	30	19	- 10
Prostate Cancer	35	8	13	53	- 44
Violence	36	8	40	4	+ 4
Measles	37	8	73	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	8	49	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	39	7	65	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	40	7	25	23	- 16
Drug Use	41	6	38	7	- 1
Uterin Cancer	42	5	28	21	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	4	37	7	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	44	4	9	90	- 86
Bladder Cancer	45	4	19	33	- 29
Alcohol	46	4	47	3	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	47	4	17	34	- 30
Poisonings	48	4	58	1	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	49	3	64	0	+ 3
Pertussis	50	3	72	0	+ 3
Meningitis	51	3	56	1	+ 2
Fires	52	3	62	0	+ 2
Epilepsy	53	3	43	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	54	2	34	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	55	2	61	0	+ 1
Syphilis	56	1	81	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	1	26	22	- 21
Tetanus	58	1	74	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	51	2	- 1
Appendicitis	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	45	3	- 2
Dengue	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	63	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	53	1	- 1
War	65	0	54	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	- 0
Malaria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	82	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	2	- 2
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.