AUSTRALIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,219	1	21,548	- 2,330
Stroke	2	9,855	3	10,331	- 476
Lung Disease	3	6,272	5	8,487	- 2,216
Kidney Disease	4	5,535	12	3,139	+ 2,395
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,251	2	15,588	- 12,338
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,224	7	4,471	- 1,247
Lung Cancers	7	2,502	4	8,769	- 6,266
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,274	8	4,446	- 2,173
Breast Cancer	9	1,926	10	3,405	- 1,480
Liver Cancer	10	1,847	20	2,036	- 190
Liver Disease	11	1,679	26	1,421	+ 257
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,489	16	2,328	- 840
Cervical Cancer	13	1,481	39	342	+ 1,139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,444	6	6,209	- 4,765
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,326	33	711	+ 615
Falls	16	1,295	14	3,116	- 1,821
Hypertension	17	1,128	23	1,631	- 504
Other Injuries	18	1,079	22	1,642	- 564
Oral Cancer	19	1,062	32	972	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	20	1,009	43	248	+ 761
Suicide	21	1,001	11	3,150	- 2,149
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	988	40	296	+ 692
Drownings	23	953	47	177	+ 775
Leukemia	24	880	18	2,126	- 1,246
Parkinson's Disease	25	797	19	2,036	- 1,239
Prostate Cancer	26	791	9	3,766	- 2,975
Tuberculosis	27	778	56	53	+ 725
Violence	28	689	44	243	+ 445
Asthma	29	677	36	455	+ 222
Ovary Cancer	30	638	31	1,003	- 364
Road Traffic Accidents	31	595	29	1,245	- 650
Skin Disease	32	582	34	594	- 12
Dengue	33	519	72	0	+ 519
Lymphomas	34	509	15	3,039	- 2,530
Maternal Conditions	35	374	63	20	+ 354
Inflammatory/Heart	36	368	24	1,571	- 1,203
Bladder Cancer	37	361	30	1,187	- 826
Epilepsy	38	337	41	285	+ 52
Birth Trauma	39	332	50	140	+ 191
Pancreas Cancer	40	303	13	3,118	- 2,815
Fires	41	270	55	55	+ 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	248	42	276	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	234	38	379	- 145
Encephalitis	44	187	68	3	+ 184
Malnutrition	45	186	51	117	+ 69
Other Neoplasms	46	140	28	1,252	- 1,112
Uterin Cancer	47	136	35	524	- 388
Drug Use	48	126	21	1,783	- 1,657
Stomach Cancer	49	84	27	1,288	- 1,204
Meningitis	50	74	60	37	+ 37
Alcohol	51	46	37	380	- 334
Pertussis	52	25	69	1	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	23	45	229	- 206
Tetanus	54	19	70	1	+ 18
Poisonings	55	17	61	35	- 17
Hepatitis B	56	16	58	41	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	57	15	46	188	- 173
Syphilis	58	10	67	3	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	59	10	25	1,494	- 1,484
Measles	60	9	78	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	61	8	62	26	- 19
War	62	5	65	8	- 3
Skin Cancers	63	4	17	2,319	- 2,315
Hepatitis C	64	4	48	173	- 169
Ascariasis	65	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	17	- 15
Chlamydia	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	57	50	- 50
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	82	0	59	40	- 40
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	49	157	- 157
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	64	- 64
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Maldives

Australia

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.