INDIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,011,685	1	1,520,034	- 508,349
Stroke	2	518,759	3	697,038	- 178,279
Lung Disease	3	330,139	2	879,732	- 549,593
Kidney Disease	4	291,343	11	222,903	+ 68,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	171,132	17	126,593	+ 44,539
Diabetes Mellitus	6	169,712	7	271,495	- 101,784
Lung Cancers	7	131,724	21	88,276	+ 43,448
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	119,682	6	392,425	- 272,743
Breast Cancer	9	101,375	22	82,821	+ 18,554
Liver Cancer	10	97,204	39	30,369	+ 66,835
Liver Disease	11	88,373	8	268,580	- 180,207
Endocrine Disorders	12	78,364	47	15,264	+ 63,099
Cervical Cancer	13	77,940	30	45,319	+ 32,621
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	75,998	25	77,368	- 1,370
Congenital Anomalies	15	69,797	23	82,769	- 12,972
Falls	16	68,167	10	225,755	- 157,589
Hypertension	17	59,368	19	108,050	- 48,682
Other Injuries	18	56,795	15	149,570	- 92,775
Oral Cancer	19	55,911	16	134,187	- 78,276
Low Birth Weight	20	53,139	9	238,739	- 185,600
Suicide	21	52,682	14	173,347	- 120,665
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	52,005	4	670,315	- 618,310
Drownings	23	50,142	28	48,774	+ 1,368
Leukemia	24	46,337	35	33,383	+ 12,954
Parkinson's Disease	25	41,974	32	43,398	- 1,424
Prostate Cancer	26	41,641	38	30,945	+ 10,696
Tuberculosis	27	40,941	5	435,882	- 394,940
Violence	28	36,248	27	51,767	- 15,518
Asthma	29	35,651	13	196,051	- 160,400
Ovary Cancer	30	33,603	44	21,947	+ 11,656
Road Traffic Accidents	31	31,317	12	212,596	- 181,279
Skin Disease	32	30,646	45	17,857	+ 12,789
Dengue	33	27,327	46	17,546	+ 9,781
Lymphomas	34	26,790	33	40,159	- 13,369
Maternal Conditions	35	19,713	41	25,917	- 6,204
Inflammatory/Heart	36	19,376	49	12,651	+ 6,725
Bladder Cancer	37	19,014	48	14,081	+ 4,933
Epilepsy	38	17,735	40	30,307	- 12,573
Birth Trauma	39	17,452	20	102,819	- 85,367
Pancreas Cancer	40	15,934	37	32,812	- 16,878
Fires	41	14,227	42	23,265	- 9,038
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	13,031	26	68,108	- 55,077
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	12,317	18	126,079	- 113,762
Encephalitis	44	9,820	29	48,080	- 38,260
Malnutrition	45	9,781	55	8,626	+ 1,154
Other Neoplasms	46	7,378	62	2,968	+ 4,410
Uterin Cancer	47	7,150	59	6,841	+ 309
Drug Use	48	6,621	52	11,747	- 5,127
Stomach Cancer	49	4,417	24	81,058	- 76,641
Meningitis	50	3,910	36	33,337	- 29,427
Alcohol	51	2,417	43	23,097	- 20,680
Pertussis	52	1,341	54	10,094	- 8,753
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1,225	50	11,931	- 10,706
Tetanus	54	1,007	58	7,093	- 6,085
Poisonings	55	910	61	3,540	- 2,631
Hepatitis B	56	826	56	8,184	- 7,358
Multiple Sclerosis	57	772	63	2,328	- 1,556
Syphilis	58	525	64	2,007	- 1,482
Oesophagus Cancer	59	518	34	38,898	- 38,380
Measles	60	467	51	11,923	- 11,455
Appendicitis	61	402	53	11,245	- 10,843
War	62	275	67	890	- 615
Skin Cancers	63	185	60	5,054	- 4,869
Hepatitis C	64	185	65	1,364	- 1,179
Ascariasis	65	134	70	126	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	120	68	584	- 464
Chlamydia	67	40	69	379	- 339
Diphtheria	68	18	72	65	- 47
Otitis Media	69	11	71	68	- 57
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	973	- 973
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	57	7,705	- 7,705
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	31	44,406	- 44,406
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

Maldives

India

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.