ERITREA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,555	4	2,154	+ 2,401
Stroke	2	2,335	2	2,564	- 229
Lung Disease	3	1,486	9	662	+ 824
Kidney Disease	4	1,312	12	578	+ 734
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	770	24	310	+ 461
Diabetes Mellitus	6	764	7	944	- 180
Lung Cancers	7	593	46	62	+ 531
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	539	1	3,277	- 2,738
Breast Cancer	9	456	23	311	+ 145
Liver Cancer	10	438	45	69	+ 368
Liver Disease	11	398	6	1,215	- 817
Endocrine Disorders	12	353	43	71	+ 282
Cervical Cancer	13	351	30	132	+ 218
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	342	35	113	+ 229
Congenital Anomalies	15	314	18	432	- 118
Falls	16	307	26	168	+ 139
Hypertension	17	267	8	926	- 658
Other Injuries	18	256	15	540	- 284
Oral Cancer	19	252	44	71	+ 181
Low Birth Weight	20	239	16	531	- 292
Suicide	21	237	21	382	- 145
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	234	3	2,292	- 2,058
Drownings	23	226	33	118	+ 108
Leukemia	24	209	29	144	+ 65
Parkinson's Disease	25	189	37	85	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	26	187	47	54	+ 133
Tuberculosis	27	184	14	543	- 359
Violence	28	163	20	384	- 221
Asthma	29	161	22	326	- 166
Ovary Cancer	30	151	40	79	+ 72
Road Traffic Accidents	31	141	5	1,326	- 1,185
Skin Disease	32	138	50	45	+ 93
Dengue	33	123	73	0	+ 123
Lymphomas	34	121	28	147	- 26
Maternal Conditions	35	89	13	544	- 455
Inflammatory/Heart	36	87	32	123	- 36
Bladder Cancer	37	86	51	42	+ 44
Epilepsy	38	80	38	81	- 2
Birth Trauma	39	79	11	616	- 538
Pancreas Cancer	40	72	58	20	+ 52
Fires	41	64	31	132	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	59	27	147	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	55	41	77	- 21
Encephalitis	44	44	62	16	+ 29
Malnutrition	45	44	10	660	- 616
Other Neoplasms	46	33	66	6	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	47	32	61	18	+ 15
Drug Use	48	30	53	36	- 6
Stomach Cancer	49	20	48	48	- 28
Meningitis	50	18	19	404	- 387
Alcohol	51	11	49	45	- 35
Pertussis	52	6	36	90	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	64	12	- 6
Tetanus	54	5	52	37	- 33
Poisonings	55	4	34	114	- 110
Hepatitis B	56	4	57	28	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	67	4	- 0
Syphilis	58	2	54	35	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	39	81	- 79
Measles	60	2	63	13	- 11
Appendicitis	61	2	55	31	- 30
War	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	56	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	6	- 6
Ascariasis	65	1	68	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	18	- 17
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	42	73	- 73
Leishmaniasis	72	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	25	308	- 308
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Maldives

Eritrea

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.