MALDIVES VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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France FRANCE MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 359 1 279 + 80
Alzheimers & Dementia 2 302 5 47 + 255
Stroke 3 207 2 143 + 64
Lung Cancers 4 203 7 36 + 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers 5 124 14 21 + 103
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 112 8 33 + 79
Lung Disease 7 104 3 91 + 13
Breast Cancer 8 88 9 28 + 60
Other Injuries 9 86 18 16 + 70
Pancreas Cancer 10 70 40 4 + 66
Kidney Disease 11 65 4 80 - 15
Diabetes Mellitus 12 62 6 47 + 15
Prostate Cancer 13 62 26 11 + 50
Lymphomas 14 57 34 7 + 50
Liver Cancer 15 54 10 27 + 28
Suicide 16 51 21 15 + 36
Other Neoplasms 17 50 46 2 + 48
Falls 18 47 16 19 + 28
Endocrine Disorders 19 46 12 22 + 24
Parkinson's Disease 20 43 25 12 + 31
Leukemia 21 42 24 13 + 30
Liver Disease 22 42 11 24 + 18
Hypertension 23 40 17 16 + 24
Bladder Cancer 24 37 37 5 + 32
Inflammatory/Heart 25 34 36 5 + 29
Stomach Cancer 26 31 49 1 + 30
Oral Cancer 27 27 19 15 + 11
Oesophagus Cancer 28 27 59 0 + 26
Malnutrition 29 24 45 3 + 21
Ovary Cancer 30 23 30 9 + 13
Road Traffic Accidents 31 19 31 9 + 10
Skin Cancers 32 19 63 0 + 18
Alcohol 33 18 51 1 + 17
Uterin Cancer 34 15 47 2 + 13
Congenital Anomalies 35 11 15 19 - 8
Drug Use 36 11 48 2 + 9
Epilepsy 37 11 38 5 + 6
Diarrhoeal diseases 38 10 22 14 - 4
Skin Disease 39 9 32 8 + 1
Cervical Cancer 40 9 13 22 - 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease 41 8 43 3 + 4
Asthma 42 6 29 10 - 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease 43 6 42 4 + 2
Anemia 44 6 85 0 + 6
Drownings 45 5 23 14 - 9
Multiple Sclerosis 46 4 57 0 + 4
Low Birth Weight 47 4 20 15 - 11
Schizophrenia 48 4 86 0 + 4
Violence 49 3 28 10 - 7
Tuberculosis 50 2 27 11 - 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis 51 2 53 0 + 2
Hepatitis C 52 2 64 0 + 2
Fires 53 2 41 4 - 2
HIV/AIDS 54 2 78 0 + 2
Birth Trauma 55 2 39 5 - 3
Osteoarthritis 56 1 81 0 + 1
Poisonings 57 1 55 0 + 1
Meningitis 58 1 50 1 - 0
Hepatitis B 59 1 56 0 + 1
Oral conditions 60 1 82 0 + 1
Appendicitis 61 1 61 0 + 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 62 0 80 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 63 0 66 0 + 0
Maternal Conditions 64 0 35 5 - 5
Otitis Media 65 0 69 0 + 0
Encephalitis 66 0 44 3 - 3
War 67 0 62 0 - 0
Syphilis 68 0 58 0 - 0
Pertussis 69 0 52 0 - 0
Tetanus 70 0 54 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 71 0 71 0 + 0
Leprosy 72 0 70 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 73 0 72 0 + 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 79 0 + 0
Diphtheria 75 0 68 0 - 0
Dengue 76 0 33 8 - 8
Measles 77 0 60 0 - 0
Chlamydia 78 0 67 0 - 0
Ascariasis 79 0 65 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 80 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 81 0 76 0 - 0
Malaria 82 0 75 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 83 0 74 0 - 0
Chagas disease 84 0 73 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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020