GHANA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,833	3	14,103	+ 10,731
Stroke	2	12,734	2	15,163	- 2,429
Lung Disease	3	8,104	15	3,120	+ 4,984
Kidney Disease	4	7,151	13	4,161	+ 2,990
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,201	29	1,294	+ 2,907
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,166	12	5,929	- 1,764
Lung Cancers	7	3,233	55	237	+ 2,996
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,938	1	16,262	- 13,324
Breast Cancer	9	2,488	25	1,937	+ 551
Liver Cancer	10	2,386	17	2,851	- 465
Liver Disease	11	2,169	11	6,053	- 3,884
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,924	24	1,965	- 41
Cervical Cancer	13	1,913	20	2,161	- 248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,865	34	803	+ 1,063
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,713	14	3,935	- 2,222
Falls	16	1,673	30	1,168	+ 506
Hypertension	17	1,457	19	2,231	- 773
Other Injuries	18	1,394	18	2,433	- 1,039
Oral Cancer	19	1,372	42	483	+ 890
Low Birth Weight	20	1,304	8	6,662	- 5,357
Suicide	21	1,293	21	1,993	- 700
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,277	9	6,538	- 5,262
Drownings	23	1,231	36	740	+ 490
Leukemia	24	1,137	45	340	+ 797
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,030	43	387	+ 644
Prostate Cancer	26	1,022	31	1,031	- 9
Tuberculosis	27	1,005	6	10,214	- 9,209
Violence	28	890	27	1,857	- 967
Asthma	29	875	23	1,979	- 1,104
Ovary Cancer	30	825	38	698	+ 126
Road Traffic Accidents	31	769	7	7,808	- 7,039
Skin Disease	32	752	50	264	+ 488
Dengue	33	671	71	0	+ 671
Lymphomas	34	658	32	875	- 217
Maternal Conditions	35	484	22	1,991	- 1,507
Inflammatory/Heart	36	476	28	1,615	- 1,139
Bladder Cancer	37	467	53	245	+ 221
Epilepsy	38	435	47	329	+ 106
Birth Trauma	39	428	10	6,194	- 5,766
Pancreas Cancer	40	391	46	334	+ 57
Fires	41	349	37	729	- 380
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	320	48	321	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	302	52	256	+ 47
Encephalitis	44	241	44	357	- 116
Malnutrition	45	240	26	1,868	- 1,628
Other Neoplasms	46	181	63	48	+ 133
Uterin Cancer	47	175	57	219	- 43
Drug Use	48	163	39	630	- 468
Stomach Cancer	49	108	33	870	- 762
Meningitis	50	96	16	2,983	- 2,887
Alcohol	51	59	54	244	- 185
Pertussis	52	33	35	744	- 712
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	30	67	16	+ 14
Tetanus	54	25	56	220	- 195
Poisonings	55	22	40	522	- 499
Hepatitis B	56	20	62	101	- 81
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	61	113	- 94
Syphilis	58	13	41	483	- 470
Oesophagus Cancer	59	13	49	285	- 273
Measles	60	11	60	135	- 124
Appendicitis	61	10	59	146	- 136
War	62	7	64	29	- 22
Skin Cancers	63	5	58	214	- 210
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	28	- 23
Ascariasis	65	3	68	12	- 9
Upper Respiratory	66	3	66	16	- 13
Chlamydia	67	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	51	257	- 257
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	4	13,565	- 13,565
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Maldives

Ghana

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.