AFGHANISTAN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,805	1	40,195	- 11,389
Stroke	2	14,770	3	19,060	- 4,290
Lung Disease	3	9,400	15	4,650	+ 4,750
Kidney Disease	4	8,295	10	6,590	+ 1,705
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,873	23	1,765	+ 3,108
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,832	12	5,750	- 917
Lung Cancers	7	3,751	32	1,076	+ 2,675
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,408	4	14,649	- 11,242
Breast Cancer	9	2,886	22	1,822	+ 1,064
Liver Cancer	10	2,768	40	657	+ 2,111
Liver Disease	11	2,516	16	4,600	- 2,084
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,231	28	1,364	+ 867
Cervical Cancer	13	2,219	44	541	+ 1,678
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,164	39	741	+ 1,422
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,987	14	5,001	- 3,013
Falls	16	1,941	37	905	+ 1,036
Hypertension	17	1,690	8	7,995	- 6,305
Other Injuries	18	1,617	18	3,241	- 1,624
Oral Cancer	19	1,592	27	1,467	+ 125
Low Birth Weight	20	1,513	5	12,631	- 11,118
Suicide	21	1,500	24	1,573	- 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,481	13	5,555	- 4,075
Drownings	23	1,428	34	996	+ 432
Leukemia	24	1,319	42	610	+ 709
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,195	41	628	+ 568
Prostate Cancer	26	1,186	55	258	+ 928
Tuberculosis	27	1,166	7	9,839	- 8,673
Violence	28	1,032	19	3,217	- 2,185
Asthma	29	1,015	17	3,403	- 2,388
Ovary Cancer	30	957	48	369	+ 588
Road Traffic Accidents	31	892	11	6,033	- 5,141
Skin Disease	32	873	61	94	+ 779
Dengue	33	778	72	0	+ 778
Lymphomas	34	763	36	946	- 183
Maternal Conditions	35	561	9	7,807	- 7,246
Inflammatory/Heart	36	552	45	527	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	37	541	54	272	+ 269
Epilepsy	38	505	35	993	- 488
Birth Trauma	39	497	6	10,723	- 10,226
Pancreas Cancer	40	454	56	229	+ 224
Fires	41	405	50	348	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	371	25	1,505	- 1,134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	351	33	1,041	- 690
Encephalitis	44	280	31	1,190	- 910
Malnutrition	45	278	43	589	- 311
Other Neoplasms	46	210	63	29	+ 181
Uterin Cancer	47	204	53	289	- 85
Drug Use	48	189	51	328	- 140
Stomach Cancer	49	126	26	1,501	- 1,375
Meningitis	50	111	20	2,626	- 2,514
Alcohol	51	69	58	150	- 81
Pertussis	52	38	21	2,107	- 2,069
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	35	65	25	+ 9
Tetanus	54	29	30	1,254	- 1,226
Poisonings	55	26	47	384	- 358
Hepatitis B	56	24	38	863	- 840
Multiple Sclerosis	57	22	62	84	- 62
Syphilis	58	15	60	94	- 79
Oesophagus Cancer	59	15	29	1,314	- 1,300
Measles	60	13	49	350	- 337
Appendicitis	61	11	52	298	- 287
War	62	8	2	25,620	- 25,612
Skin Cancers	63	5	59	145	- 140
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	28	- 23
Ascariasis	65	4	66	17	- 13
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	9	- 6
Chlamydia	67	1	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	1	67	16	- 16
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	57	185	- 185
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	46	464	- 464
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Maldives

Afghanistan

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.