NAMIBIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,013	5	1,221	+ 792
Stroke	2	1,032	4	1,333	- 301
Lung Disease	3	657	10	461	+ 196
Kidney Disease	4	580	15	322	+ 258
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	340	21	176	+ 165
Diabetes Mellitus	6	338	7	724	- 387
Lung Cancers	7	262	35	59	+ 203
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	238	2	1,464	- 1,226
Breast Cancer	9	202	24	121	+ 81
Liver Cancer	10	193	41	45	+ 148
Liver Disease	11	176	14	336	- 160
Endocrine Disorders	12	156	33	73	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	13	155	23	133	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	151	36	54	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	15	139	16	283	- 144
Falls	16	136	34	62	+ 74
Hypertension	17	118	12	428	- 310
Other Injuries	18	113	19	207	- 94
Oral Cancer	19	111	30	100	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	20	106	9	516	- 410
Suicide	21	105	17	243	- 138
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	103	8	645	- 541
Drownings	23	100	26	110	- 10
Leukemia	24	92	49	24	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	25	84	42	43	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	26	83	31	94	- 11
Tuberculosis	27	81	3	1,416	- 1,335
Violence	28	72	11	450	- 378
Asthma	29	71	20	200	- 130
Ovary Cancer	30	67	50	23	+ 44
Road Traffic Accidents	31	62	6	868	- 806
Skin Disease	32	61	47	31	+ 30
Dengue	33	54	74	0	+ 54
Lymphomas	34	53	40	46	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	35	39	25	110	- 71
Inflammatory/Heart	36	39	22	162	- 123
Bladder Cancer	37	38	54	16	+ 22
Epilepsy	38	35	38	49	- 14
Birth Trauma	39	35	13	345	- 310
Pancreas Cancer	40	32	53	18	+ 14
Fires	41	28	28	109	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	26	32	76	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	25	44	33	- 9
Encephalitis	44	20	59	8	+ 11
Malnutrition	45	19	18	224	- 204
Other Neoplasms	46	15	60	8	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	47	14	56	11	+ 3
Drug Use	48	13	46	32	- 19
Stomach Cancer	49	9	45	33	- 24
Meningitis	50	8	27	109	- 101
Alcohol	51	5	48	28	- 23
Pertussis	52	3	37	54	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	2	57	9	- 7
Tetanus	54	2	62	6	- 4
Poisonings	55	2	39	46	- 45
Hepatitis B	56	2	63	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	64	2	- 1
Syphilis	58	1	43	35	- 34
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	52	21	- 20
Measles	60	1	65	2	- 1
Appendicitis	61	1	58	9	- 8
War	62	1	67	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	29	108	- 107
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	6	- 6
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	55	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	51	22	- 22
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Maldives

Namibia

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.