BELARUS VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,822	1	53,186	- 46,364
Stroke	2	3,498	2	16,393	- 12,895
Lung Disease	3	2,226	7	2,208	+ 18
Kidney Disease	4	1,964	26	480	+ 1,485
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,154	3	3,530	- 2,376
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,144	30	373	+ 772
Lung Cancers	7	888	4	2,950	- 2,062
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	807	15	1,086	- 279
Breast Cancer	9	684	12	1,230	- 547
Liver Cancer	10	655	32	363	+ 292
Liver Disease	11	596	8	2,078	- 1,482
Endocrine Disorders	12	528	43	141	+ 388
Cervical Cancer	13	526	34	303	+ 222
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	512	5	2,886	- 2,374
Congenital Anomalies	15	471	41	202	+ 269
Falls	16	460	16	952	- 492
Hypertension	17	400	31	367	+ 33
Other Injuries	18	383	14	1,099	- 716
Oral Cancer	19	377	18	901	- 524
Low Birth Weight	20	358	47	64	+ 294
Suicide	21	355	9	2,004	- 1,649
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	351	57	13	+ 338
Drownings	23	338	24	543	- 205
Leukemia	24	312	23	554	- 242
Parkinson's Disease	25	283	21	621	- 338
Prostate Cancer	26	281	17	936	- 655
Tuberculosis	27	276	37	269	+ 7
Violence	28	244	38	255	- 11
Asthma	29	240	44	122	+ 119
Ovary Cancer	30	227	27	429	- 202
Road Traffic Accidents	31	211	19	722	- 511
Skin Disease	32	207	51	31	+ 176
Dengue	33	184	71	0	+ 184
Lymphomas	34	181	20	672	- 491
Maternal Conditions	35	133	60	2	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	36	131	11	1,361	- 1,230
Bladder Cancer	37	128	35	295	- 167
Epilepsy	38	120	45	116	+ 4
Birth Trauma	39	118	52	25	+ 93
Pancreas Cancer	40	107	13	1,171	- 1,063
Fires	41	96	22	620	- 524
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	88	40	235	- 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	83	39	239	- 156
Encephalitis	44	66	46	93	- 27
Malnutrition	45	66	53	22	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	46	50	48	52	- 2
Uterin Cancer	47	48	28	391	- 342
Drug Use	48	45	29	389	- 344
Stomach Cancer	49	30	10	1,690	- 1,660
Meningitis	50	26	50	36	- 10
Alcohol	51	16	6	2,761	- 2,745
Pertussis	52	9	65	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	55	15	- 7
Tetanus	54	7	64	0	+ 7
Poisonings	55	6	33	311	- 305
Hepatitis B	56	6	56	14	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	49	42	- 37
Syphilis	58	4	63	1	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	59	3	25	493	- 489
Measles	60	3	68	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	3	54	20	- 17
War	62	2	59	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	36	272	- 270
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	5	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	42	167	- 167
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Maldives

Belarus

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.