COMOROS VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	646	4	349	+ 298
Stroke	2	331	3	356	- 24
Lung Disease	3	211	17	83	+ 127
Kidney Disease	4	186	14	101	+ 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	109	23	46	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	6	108	9	136	- 28
Lung Cancers	7	84	60	1	+ 83
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	76	1	594	- 518
Breast Cancer	9	65	33	23	+ 42
Liver Cancer	10	62	28	29	+ 33
Liver Disease	11	56	8	160	- 103
Endocrine Disorders	12	50	36	19	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	13	50	13	104	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	49	39	19	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	15	45	10	131	- 86
Falls	16	44	32	26	+ 17
Hypertension	17	38	12	115	- 77
Other Injuries	18	36	16	90	- 54
Oral Cancer	19	36	41	15	+ 20
Low Birth Weight	20	34	5	328	- 294
Suicide	21	34	24	46	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	33	2	363	- 330
Drownings	23	32	25	35	- 3
Leukemia	24	30	57	3	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	25	27	44	11	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	26	27	27	33	- 6
Tuberculosis	27	26	19	79	- 53
Violence	28	23	20	63	- 40
Asthma	29	23	21	49	- 26
Ovary Cancer	30	21	56	3	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	31	20	6	226	- 206
Skin Disease	32	20	48	9	+ 10
Dengue	33	17	68	0	+ 17
Lymphomas	34	17	37	19	- 2
Maternal Conditions	35	13	22	47	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	36	12	31	26	- 14
Bladder Cancer	37	12	46	10	+ 2
Epilepsy	38	11	40	17	- 6
Birth Trauma	39	11	7	211	- 200
Pancreas Cancer	40	10	82	0	+ 10
Fires	41	9	30	27	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	8	34	21	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	8	47	10	- 2
Encephalitis	44	6	54	4	+ 2
Malnutrition	45	6	15	96	- 90
Other Neoplasms	46	5	59	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	47	5	55	3	+ 1
Drug Use	48	4	49	7	- 2
Stomach Cancer	49	3	45	11	- 8
Meningitis	50	2	11	115	- 113
Alcohol	51	2	51	6	- 4
Pertussis	52	1	18	80	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	58	2	- 1
Tetanus	54	1	43	12	- 11
Poisonings	55	1	35	20	- 20
Hepatitis B	56	1	52	5	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	62	1	- 0
Syphilis	58	0	38	19	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	26	34	- 33
Measles	60	0	78	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	50	6	- 6
War	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	42	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	64	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	63	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	53	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	29	29	- 29
Hookworm Disease	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Maldives

Comoros

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.