BELGIUM VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,599	1	15,281	- 6,681
Stroke	2	4,409	3	7,408	- 2,998
Lung Disease	3	2,806	5	6,438	- 3,632
Kidney Disease	4	2,476	8	2,952	- 475
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,455	2	9,416	- 7,961
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,443	20	1,269	+ 173
Lung Cancers	7	1,120	4	6,777	- 5,657
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,017	6	5,677	- 4,660
Breast Cancer	9	862	9	2,587	- 1,725
Liver Cancer	10	826	24	976	- 149
Liver Disease	11	751	17	1,433	- 682
Endocrine Disorders	12	666	18	1,432	- 766
Cervical Cancer	13	662	41	243	+ 420
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	646	7	3,329	- 2,683
Congenital Anomalies	15	593	40	282	+ 311
Falls	16	579	15	1,756	- 1,176
Hypertension	17	505	27	740	- 235
Other Injuries	18	483	11	2,006	- 1,524
Oral Cancer	19	475	28	675	- 199
Low Birth Weight	20	452	50	70	+ 382
Suicide	21	448	10	2,111	- 1,663
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	442	33	418	+ 24
Drownings	23	426	47	79	+ 348
Leukemia	24	394	21	1,199	- 805
Parkinson's Disease	25	357	19	1,378	- 1,021
Prostate Cancer	26	354	13	1,824	- 1,470
Tuberculosis	27	348	54	46	+ 302
Violence	28	308	44	149	+ 159
Asthma	29	303	46	128	+ 175
Ovary Cancer	30	286	30	653	- 367
Road Traffic Accidents	31	266	29	666	- 400
Skin Disease	32	260	35	380	- 119
Dengue	33	232	83	0	+ 232
Lymphomas	34	228	16	1,552	- 1,325
Maternal Conditions	35	168	64	6	+ 162
Inflammatory/Heart	36	165	23	1,060	- 896
Bladder Cancer	37	162	22	1,078	- 917
Epilepsy	38	151	36	348	- 197
Birth Trauma	39	148	53	47	+ 101
Pancreas Cancer	40	135	14	1,809	- 1,674
Fires	41	121	48	75	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	111	42	213	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	105	37	293	- 188
Encephalitis	44	83	66	1	+ 82
Malnutrition	45	83	38	291	- 208
Other Neoplasms	46	63	12	1,828	- 1,765
Uterin Cancer	47	61	34	384	- 323
Drug Use	48	56	39	287	- 231
Stomach Cancer	49	38	26	863	- 826
Meningitis	50	33	58	28	+ 5
Alcohol	51	21	32	500	- 479
Pertussis	52	11	68	1	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	49	73	- 62
Tetanus	54	9	78	0	+ 9
Poisonings	55	8	55	41	- 33
Hepatitis B	56	7	63	17	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	45	147	- 140
Syphilis	58	4	70	0	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	59	4	25	898	- 894
Measles	60	4	79	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	62	17	- 13
War	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	2	31	522	- 521
Hepatitis C	64	2	52	53	- 51
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	22	- 21
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	57	36	- 36
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	43	199	- 199
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Maldives

Belgium

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.