GUATEMALA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,106	1	9,825	+ 3,282
Stroke	2	6,721	6	4,849	+ 1,872
Lung Disease	3	4,277	13	1,901	+ 2,375
Kidney Disease	4	3,774	4	6,277	- 2,502
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,217	12	1,957	+ 260
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,199	3	6,932	- 4,733
Lung Cancers	7	1,706	35	391	+ 1,315
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,550	2	9,245	- 7,695
Breast Cancer	9	1,313	28	495	+ 818
Liver Cancer	10	1,259	15	1,765	- 506
Liver Disease	11	1,145	5	5,684	- 4,540
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,015	29	486	+ 530
Cervical Cancer	13	1,010	25	808	+ 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	985	31	464	+ 520
Congenital Anomalies	15	904	18	1,517	- 612
Falls	16	883	20	1,371	- 488
Hypertension	17	769	26	679	+ 90
Other Injuries	18	736	10	2,466	- 1,730
Oral Cancer	19	724	49	142	+ 582
Low Birth Weight	20	688	16	1,658	- 970
Suicide	21	682	22	1,039	- 357
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	674	9	2,617	- 1,944
Drownings	23	650	32	463	+ 186
Leukemia	24	600	27	601	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	25	544	34	393	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	26	539	24	846	- 306
Tuberculosis	27	530	37	301	+ 229
Violence	28	470	7	4,411	- 3,941
Asthma	29	462	36	335	+ 127
Ovary Cancer	30	435	50	133	+ 302
Road Traffic Accidents	31	406	8	4,026	- 3,621
Skin Disease	32	397	42	232	+ 165
Dengue	33	354	58	33	+ 321
Lymphomas	34	347	43	229	+ 118
Maternal Conditions	35	255	30	468	- 213
Inflammatory/Heart	36	251	44	225	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	37	246	55	57	+ 189
Epilepsy	38	230	33	463	- 233
Birth Trauma	39	226	19	1,466	- 1,240
Pancreas Cancer	40	206	38	282	- 76
Fires	41	184	45	207	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	169	23	1,029	- 861
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	160	54	62	+ 98
Encephalitis	44	127	51	104	+ 24
Malnutrition	45	127	11	1,981	- 1,854
Other Neoplasms	46	96	56	42	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	47	93	59	27	+ 65
Drug Use	48	86	40	272	- 186
Stomach Cancer	49	57	17	1,570	- 1,513
Meningitis	50	51	41	271	- 220
Alcohol	51	31	14	1,799	- 1,768
Pertussis	52	17	53	70	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	16	52	82	- 66
Tetanus	54	13	62	10	+ 3
Poisonings	55	12	39	275	- 263
Hepatitis B	56	11	65	2	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	60	21	- 11
Syphilis	58	7	64	3	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	59	7	48	144	- 137
Measles	60	6	72	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	5	47	164	- 159
War	62	4	68	2	+ 2
Skin Cancers	63	2	46	195	- 193
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	2	63	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	2	57	34	- 33
Chlamydia	67	1	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	21	1,173	- 1,173
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

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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.