ESTONIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	857	1	3,009	- 2,152
Stroke	2	439	3	1,116	- 676
Lung Disease	3	280	13	229	+ 51
Kidney Disease	4	247	17	176	+ 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	145	12	229	- 84
Diabetes Mellitus	6	144	19	146	- 2
Lung Cancers	7	112	4	657	- 546
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	101	6	349	- 247
Breast Cancer	9	86	11	260	- 174
Liver Cancer	10	82	26	107	- 25
Liver Disease	11	75	7	328	- 254
Endocrine Disorders	12	66	33	66	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	13	66	32	68	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	64	5	527	- 463
Congenital Anomalies	15	59	43	25	+ 34
Falls	16	58	24	119	- 61
Hypertension	17	50	2	2,700	- 2,650
Other Injuries	18	48	20	141	- 93
Oral Cancer	19	47	25	110	- 63
Low Birth Weight	20	45	55	7	+ 38
Suicide	21	45	16	197	- 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	44	53	8	+ 36
Drownings	23	42	40	30	+ 13
Leukemia	24	39	22	126	- 86
Parkinson's Disease	25	36	29	82	- 46
Prostate Cancer	26	35	8	298	- 263
Tuberculosis	27	35	47	16	+ 18
Violence	28	31	42	28	+ 2
Asthma	29	30	44	24	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	30	28	28	87	- 59
Road Traffic Accidents	31	27	35	59	- 33
Skin Disease	32	26	41	29	- 3
Dengue	33	23	75	0	+ 23
Lymphomas	34	23	15	213	- 190
Maternal Conditions	35	17	61	1	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	36	16	14	217	- 201
Bladder Cancer	37	16	21	126	- 110
Epilepsy	38	15	37	45	- 29
Birth Trauma	39	15	57	5	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	40	13	10	268	- 255
Fires	41	12	38	41	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	11	36	55	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	10	45	22	- 11
Encephalitis	44	8	63	0	+ 8
Malnutrition	45	8	79	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	46	6	23	123	- 117
Uterin Cancer	47	6	34	60	- 54
Drug Use	48	6	31	75	- 69
Stomach Cancer	49	4	9	290	- 286
Meningitis	50	3	54	7	- 4
Alcohol	51	2	18	148	- 146
Pertussis	52	1	83	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	46	17	- 16
Tetanus	54	1	81	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	52	8	- 8
Hepatitis B	56	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	48	16	- 16
Syphilis	58	0	62	1	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	27	99	- 98
Measles	60	0	84	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	59	2	- 2
War	62	0	64	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	30	79	- 79
Hepatitis C	64	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	39	40	- 40
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.