LIBERIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,904	7	1,885	+ 2,019
Stroke	2	2,002	11	1,578	+ 424
Lung Disease	3	1,274	26	294	+ 980
Kidney Disease	4	1,124	16	609	+ 516
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	660	29	235	+ 426
Diabetes Mellitus	6	655	15	650	+ 5
Lung Cancers	7	508	44	66	+ 442
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	462	2	2,693	- 2,231
Breast Cancer	9	391	27	246	+ 146
Liver Cancer	10	375	20	439	- 64
Liver Disease	11	341	13	858	- 517
Endocrine Disorders	12	302	28	245	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	13	301	19	474	- 173
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	293	40	90	+ 204
Congenital Anomalies	15	269	14	833	- 564
Falls	16	263	33	155	+ 108
Hypertension	17	229	23	371	- 142
Other Injuries	18	219	22	380	- 161
Oral Cancer	19	216	48	50	+ 166
Low Birth Weight	20	205	8	1,652	- 1,447
Suicide	21	203	30	220	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	201	10	1,592	- 1,391
Drownings	23	193	35	127	+ 67
Leukemia	24	179	58	23	+ 156
Parkinson's Disease	25	162	43	72	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	26	161	25	297	- 137
Tuberculosis	27	158	1	2,766	- 2,608
Violence	28	140	18	477	- 337
Asthma	29	138	31	200	- 62
Ovary Cancer	30	130	47	50	+ 79
Road Traffic Accidents	31	121	5	1,920	- 1,800
Skin Disease	32	118	51	41	+ 77
Dengue	33	105	72	0	+ 105
Lymphomas	34	103	39	93	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	35	76	12	870	- 794
Inflammatory/Heart	36	75	38	115	- 40
Bladder Cancer	37	73	59	19	+ 54
Epilepsy	38	68	42	81	- 12
Birth Trauma	39	67	9	1,601	- 1,534
Pancreas Cancer	40	61	53	38	+ 24
Fires	41	55	34	153	- 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	50	36	126	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	48	49	50	- 3
Encephalitis	44	38	56	27	+ 10
Malnutrition	45	38	24	353	- 316
Other Neoplasms	46	28	62	6	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	47	28	55	28	- 1
Drug Use	48	26	50	42	- 17
Stomach Cancer	49	17	37	122	- 105
Meningitis	50	15	17	552	- 537
Alcohol	51	9	57	25	- 16
Pertussis	52	5	32	197	- 192
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	64	4	+ 1
Tetanus	54	4	54	31	- 27
Poisonings	55	4	41	82	- 78
Hepatitis B	56	3	52	39	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	63	4	- 1
Syphilis	58	2	21	394	- 392
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	60	16	- 14
Measles	60	2	3	2,554	- 2,553
Appendicitis	61	2	61	12	- 11
War	62	1	70	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	46	51	- 50
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	4	- 3
Ascariasis	65	1	66	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	0	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	45	51	- 51
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	6	1,919	- 1,919
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Maldives

Liberia

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.