COLOMBIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,602	1	43,066	- 7,464
Stroke	2	18,256	3	16,573	+ 1,683
Lung Disease	3	11,618	4	15,928	- 4,310
Kidney Disease	4	10,253	7	6,834	+ 3,419
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	6,022	22	2,157	+ 3,865
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,972	11	5,028	+ 944
Lung Cancers	7	4,635	10	5,250	- 615
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,212	5	10,773	- 6,562
Breast Cancer	9	3,567	13	3,669	- 102
Liver Cancer	10	3,421	24	2,065	+ 1,356
Liver Disease	11	3,110	19	2,426	+ 684
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,758	30	1,367	+ 1,390
Cervical Cancer	13	2,743	20	2,266	+ 477
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,674	12	4,371	- 1,697
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,456	16	2,963	- 506
Falls	16	2,399	29	1,518	+ 881
Hypertension	17	2,089	8	6,400	- 4,310
Other Injuries	18	1,999	28	1,592	+ 406
Oral Cancer	19	1,968	37	807	+ 1,161
Low Birth Weight	20	1,870	23	2,095	- 225
Suicide	21	1,854	26	1,965	- 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,830	38	747	+ 1,083
Drownings	23	1,765	40	689	+ 1,075
Leukemia	24	1,631	21	2,208	- 578
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,477	47	383	+ 1,094
Prostate Cancer	26	1,465	14	3,584	- 2,119
Tuberculosis	27	1,441	32	1,272	+ 169
Violence	28	1,276	2	19,268	- 17,993
Asthma	29	1,255	54	191	+ 1,063
Ovary Cancer	30	1,183	33	1,122	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,102	6	7,765	- 6,663
Skin Disease	32	1,078	34	1,102	- 23
Dengue	33	962	55	133	+ 828
Lymphomas	34	943	18	2,603	- 1,660
Maternal Conditions	35	694	46	394	+ 300
Inflammatory/Heart	36	682	31	1,329	- 647
Bladder Cancer	37	669	42	609	+ 60
Epilepsy	38	624	43	597	+ 27
Birth Trauma	39	614	41	648	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	40	561	25	2,022	- 1,462
Fires	41	501	56	127	+ 374
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	459	39	698	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	433	63	38	+ 396
Encephalitis	44	346	64	38	+ 308
Malnutrition	45	344	27	1,878	- 1,534
Other Neoplasms	46	260	15	3,205	- 2,945
Uterin Cancer	47	252	45	423	- 171
Drug Use	48	233	44	492	- 259
Stomach Cancer	49	155	9	6,112	- 5,956
Meningitis	50	138	50	244	- 106
Alcohol	51	85	68	23	+ 62
Pertussis	52	47	69	18	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	43	51	242	- 199
Tetanus	54	35	71	14	+ 21
Poisonings	55	32	61	61	- 29
Hepatitis B	56	29	62	50	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	60	62	- 35
Syphilis	58	18	65	30	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	59	18	36	835	- 817
Measles	60	16	78	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	14	52	213	- 199
War	62	10	49	260	- 250
Skin Cancers	63	7	35	1,028	- 1,022
Hepatitis C	64	7	59	65	- 58
Ascariasis	65	5	76	5	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	4	66	27	- 22
Chlamydia	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	72	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	7	- 7
Chagas disease	73	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	26	- 26
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	17	2,683	- 2,683
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	67	- 67
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	57	101	- 101
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Maldives

Colombia

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.