BOTSWANA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,759	3	1,632	+ 127
Stroke	2	902	4	1,588	- 686
Lung Disease	3	574	10	482	+ 93
Kidney Disease	4	507	9	506	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	298	23	164	+ 134
Diabetes Mellitus	6	295	5	1,273	- 977
Lung Cancers	7	229	39	45	+ 184
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	208	2	1,674	- 1,465
Breast Cancer	9	176	33	68	+ 108
Liver Cancer	10	169	35	57	+ 112
Liver Disease	11	154	12	459	- 305
Endocrine Disorders	12	136	27	103	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	13	136	22	164	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	132	47	28	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	15	121	16	287	- 166
Falls	16	119	34	62	+ 57
Hypertension	17	103	11	471	- 368
Other Injuries	18	99	19	216	- 118
Oral Cancer	19	97	32	70	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	20	92	13	447	- 355
Suicide	21	92	15	370	- 278
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	90	8	527	- 437
Drownings	23	87	30	83	+ 5
Leukemia	24	81	51	13	+ 68
Parkinson's Disease	25	73	38	47	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	26	72	41	45	+ 28
Tuberculosis	27	71	6	649	- 578
Violence	28	63	14	389	- 326
Asthma	29	62	18	232	- 170
Ovary Cancer	30	58	49	19	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	31	54	7	608	- 554
Skin Disease	32	53	46	30	+ 23
Dengue	33	48	76	0	+ 48
Lymphomas	34	47	31	77	- 30
Maternal Conditions	35	34	24	118	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	36	34	20	177	- 143
Bladder Cancer	37	33	60	6	+ 27
Epilepsy	38	31	36	56	- 25
Birth Trauma	39	30	17	261	- 231
Pancreas Cancer	40	28	50	16	+ 12
Fires	41	25	26	108	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	23	29	90	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	21	43	37	- 16
Encephalitis	44	17	59	7	+ 10
Malnutrition	45	17	21	171	- 154
Other Neoplasms	46	13	55	9	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	47	12	56	9	+ 3
Drug Use	48	12	48	26	- 14
Stomach Cancer	49	8	53	10	- 3
Meningitis	50	7	25	108	- 102
Alcohol	51	4	45	31	- 26
Pertussis	52	2	40	45	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	52	11	- 8
Tetanus	54	2	61	6	- 4
Poisonings	55	2	42	42	- 41
Hepatitis B	56	1	62	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	63	3	- 2
Syphilis	58	1	44	36	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	28	103	- 102
Measles	60	1	68	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	1	57	8	- 7
War	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	37	52	- 52
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	54	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Maldives

Botswana

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.