GAMBIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,812	3	1,007	+ 805
Stroke	2	929	4	802	+ 127
Lung Disease	3	591	19	206	+ 385
Kidney Disease	4	522	16	266	+ 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	306	28	89	+ 217
Diabetes Mellitus	6	304	15	290	+ 14
Lung Cancers	7	236	38	34	+ 202
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	214	1	1,340	- 1,126
Breast Cancer	9	182	40	26	+ 155
Liver Cancer	10	174	12	377	- 203
Liver Disease	11	158	14	323	- 165
Endocrine Disorders	12	140	17	230	- 90
Cervical Cancer	13	140	23	145	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	136	52	11	+ 125
Congenital Anomalies	15	125	11	383	- 258
Falls	16	122	29	83	+ 39
Hypertension	17	106	22	172	- 66
Other Injuries	18	102	21	194	- 93
Oral Cancer	19	100	71	0	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	20	95	8	662	- 567
Suicide	21	94	25	113	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	93	9	626	- 533
Drownings	23	90	30	69	+ 21
Leukemia	24	83	59	2	+ 81
Parkinson's Disease	25	75	37	34	+ 41
Prostate Cancer	26	75	43	21	+ 54
Tuberculosis	27	73	10	445	- 372
Violence	28	65	20	195	- 130
Asthma	29	64	24	134	- 70
Ovary Cancer	30	60	61	2	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	31	56	6	695	- 639
Skin Disease	32	55	44	19	+ 36
Dengue	33	49	73	0	+ 49
Lymphomas	34	48	51	12	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	35	35	13	345	- 310
Inflammatory/Heart	36	35	32	59	- 24
Bladder Cancer	37	34	56	4	+ 30
Epilepsy	38	32	35	43	- 11
Birth Trauma	39	31	5	754	- 723
Pancreas Cancer	40	29	53	6	+ 23
Fires	41	25	31	67	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	23	33	56	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	22	41	24	- 2
Encephalitis	44	18	48	14	+ 4
Malnutrition	45	18	26	110	- 92
Other Neoplasms	46	13	57	3	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	47	13	66	1	+ 12
Drug Use	48	12	39	28	- 16
Stomach Cancer	49	8	47	14	- 6
Meningitis	50	7	18	229	- 222
Alcohol	51	4	50	12	- 8
Pertussis	52	2	27	99	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	62	2	+ 0
Tetanus	54	2	45	18	- 17
Poisonings	55	2	36	42	- 41
Hepatitis B	56	1	46	14	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	58	3	- 1
Syphilis	58	1	34	55	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	54	5	- 4
Measles	60	1	49	13	- 13
Appendicitis	61	1	55	5	- 4
War	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	63	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Maldives

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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.