MALDIVES VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	980	1	279	+ 701
Hypertension	2	880	17	16	+ 863
Stroke	3	364	2	143	+ 220
Lung Cancers	4	214	7	36	+ 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	172	14	21	+ 151
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	114	8	33	+ 81
Liver Disease	7	107	11	24	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	8	97	26	11	+ 86
Stomach Cancer	9	94	49	1	+ 93
Pancreas Cancer	10	87	40	4	+ 83
Breast Cancer	11	85	9	28	+ 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	75	5	47	+ 28
Lung Disease	13	75	3	91	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	14	71	36	5	+ 65
Lymphomas	15	69	34	7	+ 62
Suicide	16	64	21	15	+ 50
Kidney Disease	17	57	4	80	- 23
Alcohol	18	48	51	1	+ 48
Diabetes Mellitus	19	48	6	47	+ 1
Other Injuries	20	46	18	16	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	21	41	37	5	+ 36
Leukemia	22	41	24	13	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	23	40	46	2	+ 38
Falls	24	39	16	19	+ 20
Oral Cancer	25	36	19	15	+ 21
Liver Cancer	26	35	10	27	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	27	32	59	0	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	28	28	30	9	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	29	27	25	12	+ 15
Skin Cancers	30	26	63	0	+ 26
Drug Use	31	24	48	2	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	32	22	13	22	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	33	21	12	22	- 0
Uterin Cancer	34	20	47	2	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	35	19	31	9	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	18	42	4	+ 14
Epilepsy	37	14	38	5	+ 10
Fires	38	13	41	4	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	39	13	78	0	+ 13
Drownings	40	10	23	14	- 4
Skin Disease	41	9	32	8	+ 1
Violence	42	9	28	10	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	43	8	15	19	- 11
Asthma	44	8	29	10	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	7	43	3	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	6	53	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	47	5	27	11	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	48	5	57	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	4	80	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	50	3	81	0	+ 3
Anemia	51	3	85	0	+ 3
Poisonings	52	3	55	0	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	3	22	14	- 12
Meningitis	54	2	50	1	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	55	2	20	15	- 12
Schizophrenia	56	2	86	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	2	39	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	58	1	64	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	60	1	82	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	0	35	5	- 5
Syphilis	62	0	58	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	44	3	- 3
War	64	0	62	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	56	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	33	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	67	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	45	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	54	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	52	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	60	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.