CAMEROON VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,232	6	10,695	+ 11,537
Stroke	2	11,400	5	11,199	+ 201
Lung Disease	3	7,255	20	2,310	+ 4,945
Kidney Disease	4	6,402	13	5,140	+ 1,262
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,761	31	1,157	+ 2,604
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,729	11	5,468	- 1,738
Lung Cancers	7	2,895	51	301	+ 2,594
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,630	1	19,694	- 17,064
Breast Cancer	9	2,228	23	1,874	+ 353
Liver Cancer	10	2,136	37	875	+ 1,261
Liver Disease	11	1,942	14	4,531	- 2,589
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,722	18	2,474	- 752
Cervical Cancer	13	1,713	26	1,582	+ 130
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,670	43	569	+ 1,101
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,534	12	5,258	- 3,724
Falls	16	1,498	27	1,235	+ 263
Hypertension	17	1,305	22	2,035	- 731
Other Injuries	18	1,248	16	3,289	- 2,041
Oral Cancer	19	1,229	39	845	+ 383
Low Birth Weight	20	1,168	8	7,950	- 6,783
Suicide	21	1,158	19	2,333	- 1,175
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,143	3	11,849	- 10,706
Drownings	23	1,102	29	1,178	- 76
Leukemia	24	1,018	54	275	+ 743
Parkinson's Disease	25	922	46	449	+ 473
Prostate Cancer	26	915	34	940	- 25
Tuberculosis	27	900	10	7,414	- 6,515
Violence	28	797	24	1,666	- 870
Asthma	29	783	25	1,619	- 836
Ovary Cancer	30	738	50	303	+ 436
Road Traffic Accidents	31	688	9	7,810	- 7,122
Skin Disease	32	673	48	324	+ 350
Dengue	33	601	73	0	+ 600
Lymphomas	34	589	44	489	+ 100
Maternal Conditions	35	433	17	2,615	- 2,182
Inflammatory/Heart	36	426	33	986	- 560
Bladder Cancer	37	418	62	65	+ 353
Epilepsy	38	390	38	867	- 477
Birth Trauma	39	384	7	8,243	- 7,859
Pancreas Cancer	40	350	52	290	+ 60
Fires	41	313	36	908	- 596
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	286	40	754	- 468
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	271	49	323	- 53
Encephalitis	44	216	58	187	+ 29
Malnutrition	45	215	28	1,218	- 1,003
Other Neoplasms	46	162	63	49	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	47	157	60	75	+ 82
Drug Use	48	145	35	928	- 782
Stomach Cancer	49	97	45	458	- 360
Meningitis	50	86	15	3,441	- 3,355
Alcohol	51	53	57	198	- 144
Pertussis	52	29	21	2,288	- 2,258
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	27	68	26	+ 1
Tetanus	54	22	55	223	- 201
Poisonings	55	20	41	666	- 646
Hepatitis B	56	18	47	336	- 318
Multiple Sclerosis	57	17	64	41	- 24
Syphilis	58	12	30	1,170	- 1,159
Oesophagus Cancer	59	11	59	135	- 124
Measles	60	10	32	1,028	- 1,018
Appendicitis	61	9	61	72	- 64
War	62	6	42	643	- 637
Skin Cancers	63	4	56	204	- 200
Hepatitis C	64	4	66	27	- 23
Ascariasis	65	3	65	30	- 27
Upper Respiratory	66	3	70	19	- 16
Chlamydia	67	1	72	4	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	67	26	- 26
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	53	288	- 288
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	20	- 20
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	75	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	2	13,888	- 13,888
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.