MAURITIUS VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	941	2	1,805	- 864
Stroke	2	482	3	985	- 503
Lung Disease	3	307	5	646	- 339
Kidney Disease	4	271	4	724	- 453
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	159	34	42	+ 117
Diabetes Mellitus	6	158	1	1,873	- 1,715
Lung Cancers	7	123	9	182	- 60
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	111	7	346	- 235
Breast Cancer	9	94	8	232	- 138
Liver Cancer	10	90	27	56	+ 34
Liver Disease	11	82	12	145	- 63
Endocrine Disorders	12	73	19	101	- 28
Cervical Cancer	13	72	30	49	+ 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	71	10	182	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	15	65	25	57	+ 8
Falls	16	63	26	57	+ 7
Hypertension	17	55	6	592	- 536
Other Injuries	18	53	21	66	- 13
Oral Cancer	19	52	23	63	- 11
Low Birth Weight	20	49	35	37	+ 13
Suicide	21	49	14	120	- 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	48	42	23	+ 26
Drownings	23	47	33	43	+ 4
Leukemia	24	43	31	48	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	25	39	47	12	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	26	39	15	115	- 76
Tuberculosis	27	38	45	17	+ 21
Violence	28	34	41	30	+ 4
Asthma	29	33	17	107	- 74
Ovary Cancer	30	31	32	46	- 14
Road Traffic Accidents	31	29	11	155	- 126
Skin Disease	32	29	22	64	- 36
Dengue	33	25	68	0	+ 25
Lymphomas	34	25	24	57	- 32
Maternal Conditions	35	18	48	11	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	36	18	16	108	- 90
Bladder Cancer	37	18	44	21	- 3
Epilepsy	38	16	38	35	- 18
Birth Trauma	39	16	36	37	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	40	15	28	55	- 40
Fires	41	13	50	10	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	12	43	22	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	11	56	3	+ 8
Encephalitis	44	9	61	1	+ 8
Malnutrition	45	9	54	4	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	46	7	20	77	- 70
Uterin Cancer	47	7	40	32	- 25
Drug Use	48	6	46	16	- 10
Stomach Cancer	49	4	18	104	- 100
Meningitis	50	4	57	2	+ 1
Alcohol	51	2	29	53	- 51
Pertussis	52	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	60	1	+ 0
Tetanus	54	1	76	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	49	11	- 10
Hepatitis B	56	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	58	0	67	0	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	37	35	- 35
Measles	60	0	77	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	59	1	- 1
War	62	0	62	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	53	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	0	51	9	- 9
Ascariasis	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	13	141	- 141
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.