MADAGASCAR VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,146	3	12,388	+ 8,757
Stroke	2	10,843	1	17,964	- 7,121
Lung Disease	3	6,900	14	3,957	+ 2,943
Kidney Disease	4	6,089	22	2,202	+ 3,887
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,577	26	1,120	+ 2,457
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,547	16	3,278	+ 269
Lung Cancers	7	2,753	55	147	+ 2,606
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,502	2	14,605	- 12,103
Breast Cancer	9	2,119	37	629	+ 1,490
Liver Cancer	10	2,032	30	933	+ 1,099
Liver Disease	11	1,847	12	4,803	- 2,956
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,638	44	463	+ 1,175
Cervical Cancer	13	1,629	17	3,028	- 1,399
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,588	39	606	+ 983
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,459	15	3,380	- 1,922
Falls	16	1,425	36	653	+ 772
Hypertension	17	1,241	8	6,208	- 4,967
Other Injuries	18	1,187	21	2,359	- 1,172
Oral Cancer	19	1,169	32	697	+ 472
Low Birth Weight	20	1,111	10	5,353	- 4,242
Suicide	21	1,101	24	1,476	- 374
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,087	5	11,085	- 9,998
Drownings	23	1,048	31	825	+ 223
Leukemia	24	969	45	401	+ 567
Parkinson's Disease	25	877	49	266	+ 611
Prostate Cancer	26	870	29	996	- 126
Tuberculosis	27	856	4	11,606	- 10,750
Violence	28	758	23	1,749	- 991
Asthma	29	745	19	2,507	- 1,762
Ovary Cancer	30	702	57	135	+ 568
Road Traffic Accidents	31	655	7	7,880	- 7,225
Skin Disease	32	641	51	187	+ 453
Dengue	33	571	72	0	+ 571
Lymphomas	34	560	34	675	- 115
Maternal Conditions	35	412	18	2,776	- 2,364
Inflammatory/Heart	36	405	28	1,046	- 641
Bladder Cancer	37	397	48	286	+ 112
Epilepsy	38	371	46	385	- 14
Birth Trauma	39	365	11	5,347	- 4,982
Pancreas Cancer	40	333	61	80	+ 253
Fires	41	297	35	661	- 364
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	272	42	495	- 223
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	257	38	627	- 370
Encephalitis	44	205	60	94	+ 112
Malnutrition	45	204	13	4,236	- 4,031
Other Neoplasms	46	154	65	24	+ 130
Uterin Cancer	47	149	59	95	+ 55
Drug Use	48	138	62	58	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	49	92	47	368	- 275
Meningitis	50	82	20	2,391	- 2,309
Alcohol	51	51	53	161	- 110
Pertussis	52	28	41	519	- 491
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	26	64	47	- 22
Tetanus	54	21	52	186	- 165
Poisonings	55	19	40	571	- 552
Hepatitis B	56	17	58	98	- 81
Multiple Sclerosis	57	16	66	18	- 2
Syphilis	58	11	33	680	- 669
Oesophagus Cancer	59	11	27	1,080	- 1,069
Measles	60	10	6	9,172	- 9,162
Appendicitis	61	8	56	147	- 138
War	62	6	54	155	- 149
Skin Cancers	63	4	43	467	- 463
Hepatitis C	64	4	67	16	- 12
Ascariasis	65	3	70	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	49	- 46
Chlamydia	67	1	69	7	- 6
Diphtheria	68	0	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	50	260	- 260
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	25	1,341	- 1,341
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	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

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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.