MALAWI VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,625	7	4,929	+ 10,696
Stroke	2	8,012	5	5,939	+ 2,073
Lung Disease	3	5,099	21	1,340	+ 3,758
Kidney Disease	4	4,500	19	1,567	+ 2,932
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,643	25	782	+ 1,861
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,621	14	2,267	+ 354
Lung Cancers	7	2,034	51	131	+ 1,904
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,848	2	7,739	- 5,890
Breast Cancer	9	1,566	27	600	+ 966
Liver Cancer	10	1,501	38	317	+ 1,185
Liver Disease	11	1,365	10	3,259	- 1,894
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,210	42	257	+ 954
Cervical Cancer	13	1,204	12	2,876	- 1,672
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,174	44	234	+ 939
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,078	13	2,509	- 1,431
Falls	16	1,053	28	562	+ 491
Hypertension	17	917	17	1,797	- 880
Other Injuries	18	877	22	1,266	- 389
Oral Cancer	19	864	43	251	+ 612
Low Birth Weight	20	821	8	4,339	- 3,518
Suicide	21	814	23	1,007	- 193
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	803	6	5,782	- 4,979
Drownings	23	774	30	458	+ 317
Leukemia	24	716	56	82	+ 634
Parkinson's Disease	25	648	46	200	+ 448
Prostate Cancer	26	643	40	271	+ 372
Tuberculosis	27	632	11	2,992	- 2,360
Violence	28	560	32	406	+ 153
Asthma	29	551	26	705	- 154
Ovary Cancer	30	519	48	158	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	31	484	4	6,221	- 5,738
Skin Disease	32	473	53	101	+ 372
Dengue	33	422	65	9	+ 413
Lymphomas	34	414	24	839	- 425
Maternal Conditions	35	304	15	1,854	- 1,550
Inflammatory/Heart	36	299	35	370	- 71
Bladder Cancer	37	294	33	388	- 94
Epilepsy	38	274	41	260	+ 14
Birth Trauma	39	270	9	3,563	- 3,293
Pancreas Cancer	40	246	60	38	+ 208
Fires	41	220	34	380	- 160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	201	39	280	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	190	49	154	+ 36
Encephalitis	44	152	58	48	+ 104
Malnutrition	45	151	20	1,499	- 1,348
Other Neoplasms	46	114	63	17	+ 97
Uterin Cancer	47	110	62	23	+ 88
Drug Use	48	102	59	48	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	49	68	45	206	- 138
Meningitis	50	60	18	1,792	- 1,732
Alcohol	51	37	52	114	- 76
Pertussis	52	21	31	436	- 415
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	19	61	29	- 10
Tetanus	54	16	47	178	- 162
Poisonings	55	14	37	325	- 311
Hepatitis B	56	13	55	88	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	66	9	+ 3
Syphilis	58	8	29	480	- 472
Oesophagus Cancer	59	8	16	1,842	- 1,834
Measles	60	7	67	6	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	6	54	94	- 88
War	62	4	71	2	+ 2
Skin Cancers	63	3	36	331	- 328
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	15	- 12
Ascariasis	65	2	69	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	57	60	- 58
Chlamydia	67	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	50	143	- 143
Leishmaniasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Maldives

Malawi

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.