GABON VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,763	3	1,019	+ 744
Stroke	2	904	5	896	+ 7
Lung Disease	3	575	16	215	+ 360
Kidney Disease	4	508	12	384	+ 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	298	19	152	+ 147
Diabetes Mellitus	6	296	6	643	- 347
Lung Cancers	7	230	29	87	+ 142
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	209	4	966	- 757
Breast Cancer	9	177	27	92	+ 84
Liver Cancer	10	169	35	53	+ 117
Liver Disease	11	154	10	416	- 263
Endocrine Disorders	12	137	25	98	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	13	136	26	96	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	132	37	43	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	15	122	15	285	- 164
Falls	16	119	30	84	+ 34
Hypertension	17	103	11	412	- 309
Other Injuries	18	99	22	140	- 41
Oral Cancer	19	97	34	69	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	20	93	9	494	- 402
Suicide	21	92	18	183	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	91	14	318	- 228
Drownings	23	87	38	42	+ 46
Leukemia	24	81	57	17	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	25	73	36	47	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	26	73	32	80	- 7
Tuberculosis	27	71	1	1,819	- 1,748
Violence	28	63	17	184	- 121
Asthma	29	62	28	90	- 28
Ovary Cancer	30	59	51	27	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	31	55	8	518	- 464
Skin Disease	32	53	52	22	+ 32
Dengue	33	48	73	0	+ 48
Lymphomas	34	47	49	32	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	35	34	21	145	- 111
Inflammatory/Heart	36	34	24	101	- 68
Bladder Cancer	37	33	43	35	- 2
Epilepsy	38	31	40	37	- 6
Birth Trauma	39	30	13	362	- 332
Pancreas Cancer	40	28	53	21	+ 7
Fires	41	25	39	39	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	23	41	36	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	21	54	20	+ 2
Encephalitis	44	17	60	7	+ 10
Malnutrition	45	17	33	78	- 61
Other Neoplasms	46	13	64	5	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	47	12	55	19	- 7
Drug Use	48	12	45	34	- 22
Stomach Cancer	49	8	48	32	- 25
Meningitis	50	7	23	113	- 106
Alcohol	51	4	56	19	- 15
Pertussis	52	2	31	81	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	63	6	- 4
Tetanus	54	2	59	8	- 7
Poisonings	55	2	50	28	- 26
Hepatitis B	56	1	62	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	67	2	- 0
Syphilis	58	1	47	33	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	44	35	- 34
Measles	60	1	20	146	- 145
Appendicitis	61	1	61	7	- 6
War	62	0	65	3	- 2
Skin Cancers	63	0	46	34	- 33
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	58	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	75	0	7	540	- 540
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Maldives

Gabon

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.