GREECE VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,511	1	21,124	- 13,614
Stroke	2	3,851	2	14,077	- 10,226
Lung Disease	3	2,451	5	5,526	- 3,075
Kidney Disease	4	2,163	6	4,759	- 2,596
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,270	7	3,940	- 2,669
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,260	20	1,266	- 6
Lung Cancers	7	978	4	7,355	- 6,378
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	888	3	8,282	- 7,394
Breast Cancer	9	753	11	2,520	- 1,768
Liver Cancer	10	722	14	1,566	- 844
Liver Disease	11	656	23	809	- 153
Endocrine Disorders	12	582	29	526	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	13	579	36	243	+ 335
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	564	8	3,264	- 2,699
Congenital Anomalies	15	518	38	174	+ 344
Falls	16	506	21	1,245	- 739
Hypertension	17	441	9	2,922	- 2,482
Other Injuries	18	422	17	1,453	- 1,032
Oral Cancer	19	415	30	440	- 25
Low Birth Weight	20	394	41	127	+ 267
Suicide	21	391	28	533	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	386	44	95	+ 291
Drownings	23	372	32	435	- 63
Leukemia	24	344	18	1,354	- 1,010
Parkinson's Disease	25	312	10	2,646	- 2,334
Prostate Cancer	26	309	12	2,023	- 1,714
Tuberculosis	27	304	46	66	+ 237
Violence	28	269	42	104	+ 165
Asthma	29	265	55	27	+ 237
Ovary Cancer	30	249	27	557	- 308
Road Traffic Accidents	31	232	22	870	- 638
Skin Disease	32	228	47	56	+ 171
Dengue	33	203	71	0	+ 203
Lymphomas	34	199	19	1,268	- 1,070
Maternal Conditions	35	146	61	2	+ 144
Inflammatory/Heart	36	144	24	725	- 581
Bladder Cancer	37	141	15	1,551	- 1,410
Epilepsy	38	132	34	249	- 117
Birth Trauma	39	130	57	17	+ 113
Pancreas Cancer	40	118	13	1,904	- 1,786
Fires	41	106	39	146	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	97	26	611	- 514
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	91	43	100	- 9
Encephalitis	44	73	67	1	+ 72
Malnutrition	45	73	66	1	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	46	55	25	679	- 624
Uterin Cancer	47	53	33	373	- 319
Drug Use	48	49	37	193	- 144
Stomach Cancer	49	33	16	1,535	- 1,503
Meningitis	50	29	53	33	- 4
Alcohol	51	18	49	50	- 32
Pertussis	52	10	69	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	9	45	67	- 58
Tetanus	54	7	62	2	+ 6
Poisonings	55	7	56	19	- 13
Hepatitis B	56	6	48	56	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	40	135	- 129
Syphilis	58	4	65	1	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	59	4	35	246	- 242
Measles	60	3	68	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	3	58	9	- 6
War	62	2	64	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	31	438	- 437
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	38	- 37
Ascariasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	8	- 7
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	50	47	- 47
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	63	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	47	- 47
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	27	- 27
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Maldives

Greece

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.