DR CONGO VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	82,854	7	34,713	+ 48,141
Stroke	2	42,485	6	36,596	+ 5,889
Lung Disease	3	27,037	14	13,527	+ 13,511
Kidney Disease	4	23,860	20	9,077	+ 14,783
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	14,015	28	4,548	+ 9,468
Diabetes Mellitus	6	13,899	16	12,902	+ 997
Lung Cancers	7	10,788	47	1,158	+ 9,630
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	9,802	1	73,546	- 63,744
Breast Cancer	9	8,302	35	3,416	+ 4,887
Liver Cancer	10	7,961	31	3,840	+ 4,121
Liver Disease	11	7,237	13	15,044	- 7,807
Endocrine Disorders	12	6,418	25	7,380	- 962
Cervical Cancer	13	6,383	27	4,823	+ 1,561
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	6,224	36	2,966	+ 3,258
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,716	11	16,256	- 10,540
Falls	16	5,583	33	3,483	+ 2,100
Hypertension	17	4,862	12	15,743	- 10,881
Other Injuries	18	4,651	22	8,272	- 3,620
Oral Cancer	19	4,579	51	1,003	+ 3,576
Low Birth Weight	20	4,352	8	34,668	- 30,317
Suicide	21	4,315	26	5,812	- 1,498
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	4,259	5	41,301	- 37,042
Drownings	23	4,106	34	3,454	+ 653
Leukemia	24	3,795	41	1,871	+ 1,923
Parkinson's Disease	25	3,438	49	1,035	+ 2,403
Prostate Cancer	26	3,410	30	3,948	- 538
Tuberculosis	27	3,353	2	43,759	- 40,406
Violence	28	2,969	18	11,120	- 8,152
Asthma	29	2,920	24	7,733	- 4,814
Ovary Cancer	30	2,752	58	656	+ 2,096
Road Traffic Accidents	31	2,565	10	30,256	- 27,692
Skin Disease	32	2,510	54	781	+ 1,729
Dengue	33	2,238	74	1	+ 2,237
Lymphomas	34	2,194	38	2,061	+ 133
Maternal Conditions	35	1,614	19	10,513	- 8,898
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,587	29	4,045	- 2,458
Bladder Cancer	37	1,557	65	270	+ 1,287
Epilepsy	38	1,452	44	1,727	- 274
Birth Trauma	39	1,429	9	33,075	- 31,646
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,305	50	1,017	+ 288
Fires	41	1,165	39	2,007	- 842
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	1,067	40	1,923	- 856
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	1,009	43	1,728	- 719
Encephalitis	44	804	57	680	+ 124
Malnutrition	45	801	21	8,910	- 8,109
Other Neoplasms	46	604	67	88	+ 517
Uterin Cancer	47	586	63	352	+ 233
Drug Use	48	542	59	638	- 96
Stomach Cancer	49	362	37	2,579	- 2,217
Meningitis	50	320	17	11,568	- 11,248
Alcohol	51	198	60	635	- 437
Pertussis	52	110	23	7,921	- 7,811
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	100	66	217	- 117
Tetanus	54	83	46	1,166	- 1,083
Poisonings	55	74	42	1,729	- 1,654
Hepatitis B	56	68	61	456	- 388
Multiple Sclerosis	57	63	71	44	+ 19
Syphilis	58	43	32	3,751	- 3,708
Oesophagus Cancer	59	42	53	790	- 748
Measles	60	38	3	42,254	- 42,216
Appendicitis	61	33	56	703	- 670
War	62	23	45	1,658	- 1,636
Skin Cancers	63	15	55	765	- 750
Hepatitis C	64	15	69	69	- 53
Ascariasis	65	11	68	80	- 69
Upper Respiratory	66	10	62	370	- 360
Chlamydia	67	3	73	15	- 11
Diphtheria	68	1	70	47	- 45
Otitis Media	69	1	72	38	- 37
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Leishmaniasis	72	0	52	869	- 869
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	75	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	15	13,286	- 13,286
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Maldives

DR Congo

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.