ITALY VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,770	1	97,116	- 53,346
Stroke	2	22,444	2	62,633	- 40,190
Lung Disease	3	14,283	5	32,382	- 18,099
Kidney Disease	4	12,605	11	12,726	- 121
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	7,404	3	41,445	- 34,041
Diabetes Mellitus	6	7,342	8	19,836	- 12,494
Lung Cancers	7	5,699	4	34,152	- 28,454
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	5,178	9	16,339	- 11,161
Breast Cancer	9	4,386	10	13,868	- 9,482
Liver Cancer	10	4,205	17	9,620	- 5,415
Liver Disease	11	3,823	23	5,559	- 1,736
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,390	18	8,431	- 5,040
Cervical Cancer	13	3,372	40	1,154	+ 2,218
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,288	7	21,254	- 17,966
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,020	37	1,443	+ 1,577
Falls	16	2,949	25	4,222	- 1,273
Hypertension	17	2,569	6	29,931	- 27,363
Other Injuries	18	2,457	12	12,112	- 9,655
Oral Cancer	19	2,419	27	3,343	- 924
Low Birth Weight	20	2,299	51	357	+ 1,942
Suicide	21	2,279	26	4,042	- 1,763
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	2,250	36	1,622	+ 628
Drownings	23	2,169	52	344	+ 1,825
Leukemia	24	2,005	21	6,728	- 4,724
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,816	19	8,428	- 6,612
Prostate Cancer	26	1,802	20	8,409	- 6,608
Tuberculosis	27	1,771	53	336	+ 1,435
Violence	28	1,568	50	409	+ 1,160
Asthma	29	1,542	47	494	+ 1,049
Ovary Cancer	30	1,454	28	3,282	- 1,828
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,355	30	3,221	- 1,866
Skin Disease	32	1,326	38	1,440	- 114
Dengue	33	1,182	81	0	+ 1,182
Lymphomas	34	1,159	16	9,670	- 8,511
Maternal Conditions	35	853	67	6	+ 847
Inflammatory/Heart	36	838	24	5,531	- 4,693
Bladder Cancer	37	823	22	6,711	- 5,888
Epilepsy	38	767	39	1,337	- 569
Birth Trauma	39	755	59	140	+ 615
Pancreas Cancer	40	689	13	12,095	- 11,405
Fires	41	616	56	271	+ 344
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	564	43	690	- 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	533	32	2,216	- 1,683
Encephalitis	44	425	68	5	+ 420
Malnutrition	45	423	41	775	- 352
Other Neoplasms	46	319	15	9,984	- 9,665
Uterin Cancer	47	309	33	2,198	- 1,889
Drug Use	48	286	45	654	- 368
Stomach Cancer	49	191	14	10,252	- 10,061
Meningitis	50	169	60	128	+ 41
Alcohol	51	105	55	277	- 172
Pertussis	52	58	73	1	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	53	42	701	- 648
Tetanus	54	44	63	22	+ 22
Poisonings	55	39	58	154	- 115
Hepatitis B	56	36	54	334	- 298
Multiple Sclerosis	57	33	44	677	- 643
Syphilis	58	23	69	4	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	59	22	34	2,045	- 2,023
Measles	60	20	71	1	+ 19
Appendicitis	61	17	61	49	- 31
War	62	12	66	6	+ 6
Skin Cancers	63	8	29	3,239	- 3,231
Hepatitis C	64	8	31	2,451	- 2,443
Ascariasis	65	6	80	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	20	- 15
Chlamydia	67	2	84	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	65	16	- 15
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	3	- 3
Chagas disease	73	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	46	520	- 520
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	81	0	48	481	- 481
Oral conditions	82	0	62	47	- 47
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	424	- 424
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Maldives

Italy

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.