KENYA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,818	9	11,972	+ 29,846
Stroke	2	21,443	4	15,895	+ 5,548
Lung Disease	3	13,646	20	4,280	+ 9,366
Kidney Disease	4	12,043	16	4,464	+ 7,579
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	7,074	31	1,827	+ 5,247
Diabetes Mellitus	6	7,015	14	5,651	+ 1,364
Lung Cancers	7	5,445	47	669	+ 4,776
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,947	1	22,571	- 17,624
Breast Cancer	9	4,190	25	2,658	+ 1,533
Liver Cancer	10	4,018	34	1,351	+ 2,667
Liver Disease	11	3,653	7	13,405	- 9,752
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,239	44	831	+ 2,408
Cervical Cancer	13	3,222	22	3,389	- 167
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,141	32	1,477	+ 1,664
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,885	12	6,115	- 3,230
Falls	16	2,818	33	1,465	+ 1,353
Hypertension	17	2,454	17	4,418	- 1,964
Other Injuries	18	2,348	19	4,336	- 1,988
Oral Cancer	19	2,311	30	1,842	+ 469
Low Birth Weight	20	2,196	11	9,562	- 7,365
Suicide	21	2,178	23	3,214	- 1,037
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	2,150	5	15,420	- 13,270
Drownings	23	2,073	39	1,200	+ 873
Leukemia	24	1,915	35	1,327	+ 588
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,735	50	470	+ 1,265
Prostate Cancer	26	1,721	37	1,292	+ 429
Tuberculosis	27	1,692	3	19,655	- 17,963
Violence	28	1,498	24	2,942	- 1,444
Asthma	29	1,474	26	2,300	- 826
Ovary Cancer	30	1,389	45	795	+ 594
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,294	6	14,883	- 13,588
Skin Disease	32	1,267	51	455	+ 812
Dengue	33	1,130	73	0	+ 1,129
Lymphomas	34	1,107	29	1,931	- 824
Maternal Conditions	35	815	13	5,651	- 4,837
Inflammatory/Heart	36	801	40	1,121	- 320
Bladder Cancer	37	786	57	318	+ 468
Epilepsy	38	733	43	832	- 99
Birth Trauma	39	721	10	9,957	- 9,236
Pancreas Cancer	40	659	46	716	- 58
Fires	41	588	36	1,316	- 728
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	539	41	1,089	- 550
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	509	53	408	+ 102
Encephalitis	44	406	60	189	+ 217
Malnutrition	45	404	21	4,212	- 3,808
Other Neoplasms	46	305	67	60	+ 245
Uterin Cancer	47	296	56	323	- 27
Drug Use	48	274	62	113	+ 160
Stomach Cancer	49	183	28	2,010	- 1,827
Meningitis	50	162	15	5,364	- 5,202
Alcohol	51	100	55	355	- 256
Pertussis	52	55	42	1,014	- 958
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	51	66	84	- 33
Tetanus	54	42	27	2,129	- 2,087
Poisonings	55	38	38	1,269	- 1,231
Hepatitis B	56	34	49	522	- 488
Multiple Sclerosis	57	32	68	39	- 7
Syphilis	58	22	52	449	- 428
Oesophagus Cancer	59	21	18	4,373	- 4,351
Measles	60	19	63	103	- 84
Appendicitis	61	17	58	240	- 224
War	62	11	65	89	- 78
Skin Cancers	63	8	48	638	- 631
Hepatitis C	64	8	61	152	- 145
Ascariasis	65	6	71	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	95	- 90
Chlamydia	67	2	70	10	- 9
Diphtheria	68	1	69	13	- 12
Otitis Media	69	0	72	7	- 7
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	54	370	- 370
Leishmaniasis	72	0	59	194	- 194
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	2	20,885	- 20,885
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Maldives

Kenya

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.