MALDIVES VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	832	78	0	+ 832
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	561	8	33	+ 528
Stroke	3	492	2	143	+ 349
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	411	22	14	+ 397
Coronary Heart Disease	5	367	1	279	+ 88
Diabetes Mellitus	6	349	6	47	+ 302
Suicide	7	269	21	15	+ 254
Tuberculosis	8	211	27	11	+ 200
Lung Disease	9	192	3	91	+ 101
Kidney Disease	10	177	4	80	+ 97
Hypertension	11	173	17	16	+ 156
Low Birth Weight	12	167	20	15	+ 152
Violence	13	161	28	10	+ 151
Liver Disease	14	138	11	24	+ 114
Birth Trauma	15	125	39	5	+ 120
Road Traffic Accidents	16	118	31	9	+ 110
Asthma	17	118	29	10	+ 108
Other Injuries	18	93	18	16	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	19	68	15	19	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	20	65	13	22	+ 44
Malnutrition	21	62	45	3	+ 60
Meningitis	22	55	50	1	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	23	53	36	5	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	24	51	35	5	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	49	42	4	+ 45
Fires	26	47	41	4	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	27	41	12	22	+ 19
Drownings	28	35	23	14	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	34	5	47	- 13
Epilepsy	30	25	38	5	+ 20
Falls	31	22	16	19	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	22	43	3	+ 19
Poisonings	33	19	55	0	+ 19
Breast Cancer	34	17	9	28	- 11
Prostate Cancer	35	14	26	11	+ 3
Lymphomas	36	14	34	7	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	37	13	59	0	+ 13
Alcohol	38	12	51	1	+ 12
Liver Cancer	39	12	10	27	- 14
Skin Disease	40	12	32	8	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	25	12	- 2
Oral Cancer	42	9	19	15	- 6
Lung Cancers	43	9	7	36	- 27
Pertussis	44	9	52	0	+ 9
Syphilis	45	9	58	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	8	63	0	+ 8
Tetanus	47	8	54	0	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	7	14	21	- 14
Leukemia	49	7	24	13	- 6
Drug Use	50	6	48	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	51	5	56	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	4	61	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	53	4	30	9	- 5
Uterin Cancer	54	4	47	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	55	3	66	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	3	53	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	57	2	44	3	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	40	4	- 2
Measles	59	2	60	0	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	60	2	49	1	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	61	2	37	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	2	46	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	57	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	65	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	33	8	- 8
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.