MALTA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	337	1	876	- 539
Stroke	2	173	2	291	- 119
Lung Disease	3	110	8	127	- 17
Kidney Disease	4	97	11	79	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	57	4	207	- 150
Diabetes Mellitus	6	57	6	163	- 106
Lung Cancers	7	44	5	197	- 153
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	40	3	213	- 173
Breast Cancer	9	34	10	85	- 51
Liver Cancer	10	32	18	34	- 1
Liver Disease	11	29	24	23	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	12	26	30	19	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	13	26	39	4	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	25	7	147	- 122
Congenital Anomalies	15	23	32	17	+ 6
Falls	16	23	14	52	- 29
Hypertension	17	20	20	33	- 13
Other Injuries	18	19	33	16	+ 3
Oral Cancer	19	19	23	25	- 6
Low Birth Weight	20	18	35	11	+ 6
Suicide	21	18	22	27	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	17	55	1	+ 16
Drownings	23	17	48	2	+ 14
Leukemia	24	15	21	28	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	25	14	16	50	- 36
Prostate Cancer	26	14	13	53	- 39
Tuberculosis	27	14	52	2	+ 12
Violence	28	12	40	4	+ 8
Asthma	29	12	36	8	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	30	11	17	34	- 23
Road Traffic Accidents	31	10	31	18	- 8
Skin Disease	32	10	25	23	- 13
Dengue	33	9	78	0	+ 9
Lymphomas	34	9	12	53	- 44
Maternal Conditions	35	7	64	0	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	36	6	27	22	- 15
Bladder Cancer	37	6	19	33	- 27
Epilepsy	38	6	43	3	+ 3
Birth Trauma	39	6	44	3	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	40	5	9	90	- 85
Fires	41	5	62	0	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	4	37	7	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	4	49	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	44	3	65	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	45	3	60	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	46	2	26	22	- 20
Uterin Cancer	47	2	28	21	- 18
Drug Use	48	2	38	7	- 5
Stomach Cancer	49	1	15	50	- 48
Meningitis	50	1	56	1	+ 1
Alcohol	51	1	47	3	- 2
Pertussis	52	0	72	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	0	51	2	- 2
Tetanus	54	0	74	0	+ 0
Poisonings	55	0	58	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	0	61	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	45	3	- 3
Syphilis	58	0	81	0	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	29	20	- 20
Measles	60	0	73	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	63	0	- 0
War	62	0	54	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	63	0	34	14	- 14
Hepatitis C	64	0	53	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	41	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.