GUYANA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	570	1	1,335	- 765
Stroke	2	292	2	1,022	- 730
Lung Disease	3	186	13	174	+ 12
Kidney Disease	4	164	8	233	- 69
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	96	38	23	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	6	96	3	579	- 483
Lung Cancers	7	74	29	38	+ 36
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	67	6	302	- 234
Breast Cancer	9	57	19	96	- 39
Liver Cancer	10	55	34	29	+ 26
Liver Disease	11	50	9	197	- 147
Endocrine Disorders	12	44	12	174	- 130
Cervical Cancer	13	44	21	91	- 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	43	25	59	- 16
Congenital Anomalies	15	39	23	69	- 29
Falls	16	38	48	11	+ 27
Hypertension	17	33	4	320	- 287
Other Injuries	18	32	14	167	- 135
Oral Cancer	19	32	40	20	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	20	30	22	89	- 59
Suicide	21	30	5	315	- 286
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	29	27	48	- 18
Drownings	23	28	15	145	- 117
Leukemia	24	26	39	21	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	25	24	49	9	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	26	23	17	123	- 100
Tuberculosis	27	23	16	137	- 114
Violence	28	20	10	194	- 173
Asthma	29	20	36	25	- 5
Ovary Cancer	30	19	43	18	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	31	18	11	175	- 157
Skin Disease	32	17	56	3	+ 14
Dengue	33	15	60	2	+ 14
Lymphomas	34	15	32	32	- 17
Maternal Conditions	35	11	35	28	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	36	11	20	92	- 81
Bladder Cancer	37	11	50	8	+ 3
Epilepsy	38	10	37	24	- 14
Birth Trauma	39	10	24	64	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	40	9	42	19	- 10
Fires	41	8	41	19	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	7	26	54	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	47	13	- 6
Encephalitis	44	6	53	7	- 1
Malnutrition	45	6	30	37	- 32
Other Neoplasms	46	4	28	40	- 36
Uterin Cancer	47	4	46	13	- 9
Drug Use	48	4	45	16	- 12
Stomach Cancer	49	2	31	34	- 31
Meningitis	50	2	44	17	- 15
Alcohol	51	1	57	3	- 2
Pertussis	52	1	73	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	63	1	- 0
Tetanus	54	1	72	0	+ 0
Poisonings	55	1	65	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	0	59	2	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	61	1	- 1
Syphilis	58	0	71	0	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	51	8	- 8
Measles	60	0	77	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	54	6	- 6
War	62	0	64	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	55	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	33	30	- 30
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	7	256	- 256
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	18	99	- 99
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Maldives

Guyana

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.