MALDIVES VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	561	2	143	+ 418
Coronary Heart Disease	2	486	1	279	+ 207
Lung Disease	3	266	3	91	+ 175
Lung Cancers	4	196	7	36	+ 160
Stomach Cancer	5	109	49	1	+ 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	84	5	47	+ 36
Hypertension	7	83	17	16	+ 66
Road Traffic Accidents	8	69	31	9	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	68	14	21	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	10	67	59	0	+ 67
Kidney Disease	11	53	4	80	- 28
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	50	8	33	+ 17
Liver Cancer	13	50	10	27	+ 23
Diabetes Mellitus	14	44	6	47	- 2
Liver Disease	15	40	11	24	+ 16
Falls	16	38	16	19	+ 19
Suicide	17	32	21	15	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	18	31	40	4	+ 26
Breast Cancer	19	25	9	28	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	20	19	25	12	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	18	43	3	+ 15
Leukemia	22	16	24	13	+ 3
Lymphomas	23	16	34	7	+ 8
Oral Cancer	24	15	19	15	- 0
Other Injuries	25	15	18	16	- 1
Drownings	26	15	23	14	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	27	14	13	22	- 7
Prostate Cancer	28	14	26	11	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	29	10	37	5	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	10	42	4	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	31	10	15	19	- 9
Tuberculosis	32	10	27	11	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	33	8	36	5	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	34	8	78	0	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	35	8	30	9	- 2
Poisonings	36	7	55	0	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	37	7	12	22	- 15
Drug Use	38	7	48	2	+ 5
Asthma	39	6	29	10	- 3
Low Birth Weight	40	6	20	15	- 9
Skin Cancers	41	5	63	0	+ 5
Alcohol	42	5	51	1	+ 5
Birth Trauma	43	5	39	5	+ 0
Malnutrition	44	4	45	3	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	45	3	47	2	+ 1
Epilepsy	46	3	38	5	- 2
Violence	47	3	28	10	- 7
Fires	48	3	41	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	3	53	0	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	2	22	14	- 12
Meningitis	51	2	50	1	+ 0
Skin Disease	52	1	32	8	- 7
Other Neoplasms	53	1	46	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	54	1	35	5	- 4
Encephalitis	55	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	1	56	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	58	1	58	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	59	0	57	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	0	61	0	+ 0
War	61	0	62	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	60	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	54	0	- 0
Pertussis	64	0	52	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	33	8	- 8
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

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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.