GUINEA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,041	6	5,665	+ 4,376
Stroke	2	5,149	5	5,777	- 628
Lung Disease	3	3,277	20	1,373	+ 1,904
Kidney Disease	4	2,892	16	1,939	+ 952
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,699	30	579	+ 1,120
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,684	15	2,138	- 453
Lung Cancers	7	1,307	50	128	+ 1,179
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,188	1	12,790	- 11,602
Breast Cancer	9	1,006	38	345	+ 661
Liver Cancer	10	965	23	1,167	- 203
Liver Disease	11	877	12	2,550	- 1,673
Endocrine Disorders	12	778	25	1,140	- 362
Cervical Cancer	13	774	19	1,491	- 718
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	754	53	100	+ 654
Congenital Anomalies	15	693	14	2,181	- 1,488
Falls	16	677	33	480	+ 197
Hypertension	17	589	21	1,348	- 759
Other Injuries	18	564	18	1,504	- 940
Oral Cancer	19	555	52	122	+ 433
Low Birth Weight	20	527	8	4,319	- 3,791
Suicide	21	523	29	892	- 369
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	516	3	6,788	- 6,272
Drownings	23	498	31	528	- 31
Leukemia	24	460	67	17	+ 443
Parkinson's Disease	25	417	44	212	+ 205
Prostate Cancer	26	413	32	525	- 112
Tuberculosis	27	406	13	2,369	- 1,962
Violence	28	360	26	1,128	- 768
Asthma	29	354	22	1,179	- 825
Ovary Cancer	30	334	54	93	+ 241
Road Traffic Accidents	31	311	9	3,788	- 3,477
Skin Disease	32	304	51	127	+ 177
Dengue	33	271	73	0	+ 271
Lymphomas	34	266	48	158	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	35	196	17	1,793	- 1,597
Inflammatory/Heart	36	192	35	439	- 247
Bladder Cancer	37	189	60	32	+ 157
Epilepsy	38	176	37	350	- 174
Birth Trauma	39	173	7	4,797	- 4,623
Pancreas Cancer	40	158	65	19	+ 139
Fires	41	141	36	410	- 269
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	129	34	448	- 319
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	122	42	238	- 116
Encephalitis	44	97	56	81	+ 17
Malnutrition	45	97	28	1,032	- 935
Other Neoplasms	46	73	68	16	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	47	71	59	38	+ 33
Drug Use	48	66	46	169	- 103
Stomach Cancer	49	44	41	245	- 201
Meningitis	50	39	11	2,633	- 2,594
Alcohol	51	24	55	83	- 59
Pertussis	52	13	24	1,165	- 1,152
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	12	70	13	- 1
Tetanus	54	10	45	170	- 160
Poisonings	55	9	40	295	- 286
Hepatitis B	56	8	47	162	- 154
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	66	18	- 10
Syphilis	58	5	39	328	- 323
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	63	20	- 15
Measles	60	5	4	6,025	- 6,020
Appendicitis	61	4	57	41	- 37
War	62	3	64	20	- 17
Skin Cancers	63	2	49	152	- 150
Hepatitis C	64	2	61	22	- 21
Ascariasis	65	1	62	22	- 21
Upper Respiratory	66	1	69	15	- 14
Chlamydia	67	0	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	58	40	- 39
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	43	232	- 232
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Malaria	75	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	10	3,020	- 3,020
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 GUINEA

Maldives

Guinea

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.