FINLAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,039	2	9,831	- 5,792
Stroke	2	2,071	3	4,115	- 2,044
Lung Disease	3	1,318	8	1,289	+ 29
Kidney Disease	4	1,163	26	342	+ 821
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	683	1	11,120	- 10,437
Diabetes Mellitus	6	678	22	418	+ 260
Lung Cancers	7	526	4	2,312	- 1,786
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	478	21	436	+ 42
Breast Cancer	9	405	12	948	- 543
Liver Cancer	10	388	16	545	- 157
Liver Disease	11	353	10	1,068	- 715
Endocrine Disorders	12	313	31	257	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	13	311	44	62	+ 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	303	6	1,433	- 1,130
Congenital Anomalies	15	279	35	192	+ 87
Falls	16	272	7	1,325	- 1,053
Hypertension	17	237	5	2,030	- 1,793
Other Injuries	18	227	20	437	- 210
Oral Cancer	19	223	34	207	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	20	212	48	26	+ 186
Suicide	21	210	15	846	- 636
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	208	52	15	+ 192
Drownings	23	200	37	106	+ 94
Leukemia	24	185	24	371	- 186
Parkinson's Disease	25	168	13	853	- 685
Prostate Cancer	26	166	11	970	- 804
Tuberculosis	27	163	46	32	+ 131
Violence	28	145	43	64	+ 80
Asthma	29	142	40	85	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	30	134	25	344	- 210
Road Traffic Accidents	31	125	33	215	- 90
Skin Disease	32	122	47	27	+ 95
Dengue	33	109	82	0	+ 109
Lymphomas	34	107	14	851	- 744
Maternal Conditions	35	79	64	2	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	36	77	17	518	- 441
Bladder Cancer	37	76	28	308	- 232
Epilepsy	38	71	38	104	- 33
Birth Trauma	39	70	56	8	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	40	64	9	1,247	- 1,183
Fires	41	57	45	62	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	52	36	151	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	49	50	19	+ 30
Encephalitis	44	39	66	0	+ 39
Malnutrition	45	39	57	7	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	46	29	23	377	- 347
Uterin Cancer	47	29	32	225	- 197
Drug Use	48	26	30	269	- 243
Stomach Cancer	49	18	19	447	- 429
Meningitis	50	16	55	9	+ 6
Alcohol	51	10	18	464	- 455
Pertussis	52	5	69	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	41	83	- 78
Tetanus	54	4	70	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	4	49	25	- 21
Hepatitis B	56	3	63	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	42	80	- 77
Syphilis	58	2	67	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	27	320	- 318
Measles	60	2	72	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	54	10	- 8
War	62	1	65	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	29	297	- 296
Hepatitis C	64	1	60	5	- 4
Ascariasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	59	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Maldives

Finland

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.