Table 2.

Top 20 leading cause of Years of life lost (YLL) by specific diseases, Malaysia, 2018

	Total				Males				Females
Specific diseases	Rank	YLL	%	Rate/ 1000	Rank	YLL	%	Rate/ 1000	Rank	YLL	%	Rate/ 1000
Ischaemic Heart Disease	1	612,751	17.7	18.9	1	423,792	20.6	25.3	1	188,958	13.4	12.1
Lower Respiratory Infections	2	335,077	9.7	10.3	3	183,564	8.9	11.0	2	151,513	10.7	9.7
Road Traffic Injuries	3	301,808	8.7	9.3	2	230,943	11.2	13.8	6	45,896	3.3	2.9
Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke)	4	276,840	8.0	8.5	4	164,903	8.0	9.9	3	136,905	9.7	8.7
Diabetes Mellitus	5	135,406	3.9	4.2	5	65,158	3.2	3.9	5	70,248	5.0	4.5
Trachea, Bronchus and Lung Cancers	6	83,002	2.4	2.6	6	54,827	2.7	3.3	10	28,175	2.0	1.8
Breast Cancer	7	76,165	2.2	2.4	-	344	0.0	0.0	4	75,821	5.4	4.8
Colon and Rectum Cancers	8	73,143	2.1	2.3	7	40,431	2.0	2.4	9	30,773	2.2	2.0
Nephritis and Nephrosis	9	71,204	2.1	2.2	8	36,715	1.8	2.2	7	36,428	2.6	2.3
Endocrine, Blood and Immune Disorders	10	66,148	1.9	2.0	10	32,123	1.6	1.9	8	34,025	2.4	2.2
Liver cancers	11	48,285	1.4	1.5	9	34,630	1.7	2.1	18	13,655	1.0	0.9
Congenital Heart Diseases	12	39,302	1.1	1.2	14	21,003	1.0	1.3	12	18,299	1.3	1.2
Skin and subcutaneous diseases	13	38,254	1.1	1.2	15	19,444	0.9	1.2	11	18,810	1.3	1.2
Drowning	14	35,894	1.0	1.1	11	29,696	1.4	1.8	30	6198	0.4	0.4
Tuberculosis	15	34,463	1.0	1.1	13	24,102	1.2	1.4	20	10,361	0.7	0.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16	34,206	1.0	1.1	12	25,304	1.2	1.5	22	8902	0.6	0.6
Leukaemia	17	33,718	1.0	1.0	18	18,336	0.9	1.10	16	15,383	1.1	1.0
Low Birth Weight	18	32,230	0.9	1.0	19	18,030	0.9	1.1	17	14,201	1.0	0.9
Asthma	19	31,110	0.9	1.0	20	15,627	0.8	0.9	15	15,483	1.1	1.0
Pericarditis, Endocarditis and Myocarditis	20	27,914	0.8	0.9	17	18,646	0.9	1.1	21	9268	0.7	0.6