ETHIOPIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	85,113	4	36,530	+ 48,584
Stroke	2	43,643	3	39,362	+ 4,282
Lung Disease	3	27,775	15	11,870	+ 15,904
Kidney Disease	4	24,511	13	12,103	+ 12,408
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	14,397	21	8,258	+ 6,140
Diabetes Mellitus	6	14,278	10	16,258	- 1,980
Lung Cancers	7	11,082	38	2,202	+ 8,880
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	10,069	1	59,931	- 49,862
Breast Cancer	9	8,529	20	8,485	+ 43
Liver Cancer	10	8,178	42	1,730	+ 6,448
Liver Disease	11	7,435	8	27,270	- 19,836
Endocrine Disorders	12	6,593	45	1,623	+ 4,970
Cervical Cancer	13	6,557	27	5,019	+ 1,538
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	6,394	31	3,755	+ 2,639
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,872	11	15,638	- 9,765
Falls	16	5,735	28	4,510	+ 1,225
Hypertension	17	4,995	12	13,470	- 8,476
Other Injuries	18	4,778	16	11,735	- 6,956
Oral Cancer	19	4,704	48	1,477	+ 3,227
Low Birth Weight	20	4,471	7	28,020	- 23,550
Suicide	21	4,432	25	6,030	- 1,598
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	4,375	2	44,361	- 39,986
Drownings	23	4,218	35	3,133	+ 1,086
Leukemia	24	3,898	30	4,222	- 324
Parkinson's Disease	25	3,531	46	1,578	+ 1,953
Prostate Cancer	26	3,503	50	1,244	+ 2,259
Tuberculosis	27	3,444	9	21,455	- 18,011
Violence	28	3,050	22	8,076	- 5,026
Asthma	29	2,999	29	4,484	- 1,484
Ovary Cancer	30	2,827	36	2,424	+ 403
Road Traffic Accidents	31	2,635	5	31,564	- 28,930
Skin Disease	32	2,578	53	904	+ 1,674
Dengue	33	2,299	73	20	+ 2,279
Lymphomas	34	2,254	33	3,590	- 1,336
Maternal Conditions	35	1,658	18	8,887	- 7,228
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,630	39	2,168	- 538
Bladder Cancer	37	1,600	51	1,080	+ 520
Epilepsy	38	1,492	44	1,625	- 133
Birth Trauma	39	1,468	6	31,107	- 29,639
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,341	61	488	+ 853
Fires	41	1,197	34	3,255	- 2,058
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	1,096	41	1,758	- 662
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	1,036	49	1,339	- 303
Encephalitis	44	826	63	386	+ 441
Malnutrition	45	823	19	8,643	- 7,820
Other Neoplasms	46	621	66	148	+ 473
Uterin Cancer	47	602	62	421	+ 180
Drug Use	48	557	60	513	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	49	372	47	1,519	- 1,147
Meningitis	50	329	14	12,019	- 11,690
Alcohol	51	203	55	750	- 546
Pertussis	52	113	23	6,896	- 6,783
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	103	65	221	- 117
Tetanus	54	85	37	2,203	- 2,118
Poisonings	55	77	32	3,668	- 3,592
Hepatitis B	56	70	56	742	- 672
Multiple Sclerosis	57	65	70	61	+ 4
Syphilis	58	44	43	1,699	- 1,655
Oesophagus Cancer	59	44	40	1,839	- 1,795
Measles	60	39	24	6,324	- 6,285
Appendicitis	61	34	58	677	- 644
War	62	23	64	281	- 257
Skin Cancers	63	16	52	1,006	- 991
Hepatitis C	64	16	69	115	- 99
Ascariasis	65	11	68	130	- 118
Upper Respiratory	66	10	57	709	- 699
Chlamydia	67	3	72	21	- 18
Diphtheria	68	2	67	146	- 144
Otitis Media	69	1	71	39	- 38
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	54	839	- 839
Leishmaniasis	72	0	59	579	- 579
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	26	5,626	- 5,626
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	17	11,471	- 11,471
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ETHIOPIA

Maldives

Ethiopia

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.