IRELAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,757	1	4,762	- 1,004
Stroke	2	1,927	5	1,770	+ 157
Lung Disease	3	1,226	4	1,915	- 689
Kidney Disease	4	1,082	10	566	+ 516
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	636	2	3,209	- 2,574
Diabetes Mellitus	6	630	16	414	+ 217
Lung Cancers	7	489	3	1,916	- 1,427
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	444	6	1,298	- 854
Breast Cancer	9	377	8	760	- 383
Liver Cancer	10	361	18	318	+ 43
Liver Disease	11	328	19	279	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	12	291	24	249	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	13	289	35	103	+ 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	282	7	1,095	- 813
Congenital Anomalies	15	259	32	153	+ 106
Falls	16	253	25	247	+ 6
Hypertension	17	220	29	175	+ 46
Other Injuries	18	211	30	171	+ 40
Oral Cancer	19	208	28	183	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	20	197	44	56	+ 142
Suicide	21	196	14	470	- 274
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	193	45	53	+ 141
Drownings	23	186	43	57	+ 129
Leukemia	24	172	20	274	- 102
Parkinson's Disease	25	156	12	530	- 374
Prostate Cancer	26	155	9	585	- 430
Tuberculosis	27	152	50	23	+ 129
Violence	28	135	47	38	+ 96
Asthma	29	132	41	58	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	30	125	21	273	- 148
Road Traffic Accidents	31	116	33	153	- 37
Skin Disease	32	114	42	58	+ 56
Dengue	33	101	78	0	+ 101
Lymphomas	34	99	13	513	- 413
Maternal Conditions	35	73	61	3	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	36	72	26	240	- 168
Bladder Cancer	37	71	22	256	- 185
Epilepsy	38	66	36	85	- 19
Birth Trauma	39	65	56	10	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	40	59	11	530	- 471
Fires	41	53	48	30	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	48	38	67	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	46	46	50	- 4
Encephalitis	44	36	66	0	+ 36
Malnutrition	45	36	63	2	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	46	27	27	218	- 191
Uterin Cancer	47	27	34	126	- 100
Drug Use	48	25	31	167	- 142
Stomach Cancer	49	16	17	357	- 340
Meningitis	50	15	58	7	+ 7
Alcohol	51	9	39	64	- 55
Pertussis	52	5	67	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	40	59	- 54
Tetanus	54	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	3	53	14	- 11
Hepatitis B	56	3	59	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	37	83	- 80
Syphilis	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	15	419	- 417
Measles	60	2	83	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	1	60	3	- 2
War	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	23	252	- 251
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	19	- 19
Ascariasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	57	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Maldives

Ireland

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.