JAMAICA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,027	3	1,726	+ 301
Stroke	2	1,040	1	2,415	- 1,375
Lung Disease	3	662	11	452	+ 210
Kidney Disease	4	584	6	793	- 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	343	9	587	- 244
Diabetes Mellitus	6	340	2	2,077	- 1,737
Lung Cancers	7	264	10	472	- 208
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	240	15	393	- 153
Breast Cancer	9	203	14	413	- 210
Liver Cancer	10	195	29	101	+ 94
Liver Disease	11	177	21	155	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	12	157	20	176	- 19
Cervical Cancer	13	156	16	358	- 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	152	13	436	- 284
Congenital Anomalies	15	140	23	139	+ 1
Falls	16	137	33	82	+ 55
Hypertension	17	119	8	651	- 532
Other Injuries	18	114	31	91	+ 23
Oral Cancer	19	112	39	59	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	20	106	18	241	- 134
Suicide	21	106	35	70	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	104	42	35	+ 70
Drownings	23	100	51	10	+ 90
Leukemia	24	93	26	129	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	25	84	25	132	- 48
Prostate Cancer	26	83	5	883	- 800
Tuberculosis	27	82	54	8	+ 74
Violence	28	73	4	1,484	- 1,412
Asthma	29	71	36	65	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	30	67	30	97	- 30
Road Traffic Accidents	31	63	12	444	- 381
Skin Disease	32	61	22	145	- 84
Dengue	33	55	58	1	+ 54
Lymphomas	34	54	17	251	- 197
Maternal Conditions	35	40	43	35	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	36	39	24	133	- 94
Bladder Cancer	37	38	38	60	- 21
Epilepsy	38	36	41	46	- 10
Birth Trauma	39	35	37	65	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	40	32	27	119	- 87
Fires	41	29	46	16	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	26	32	82	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	25	44	27	- 2
Encephalitis	44	20	49	13	+ 7
Malnutrition	45	20	40	48	- 28
Other Neoplasms	46	15	45	19	- 4
Uterin Cancer	47	14	28	106	- 92
Drug Use	48	13	48	13	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	49	9	19	231	- 222
Meningitis	50	8	47	16	- 8
Alcohol	51	5	55	7	- 3
Pertussis	52	3	67	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	50	11	- 9
Tetanus	54	2	63	0	+ 2
Poisonings	55	2	57	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	2	59	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	56	3	- 2
Syphilis	58	1	60	1	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	34	74	- 73
Measles	60	1	77	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	53	9	- 8
War	62	1	61	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	52	10	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	7	757	- 757
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Maldives

Jamaica

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.