NEPAL VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,344	2	19,677	+ 2,668
Stroke	2	11,457	4	12,909	- 1,451
Lung Disease	3	7,292	1	27,027	- 19,735
Kidney Disease	4	6,435	10	4,284	+ 2,151
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,780	19	2,022	+ 1,758
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,748	14	2,929	+ 819
Lung Cancers	7	2,909	12	3,586	- 677
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,643	6	6,237	- 3,594
Breast Cancer	9	2,239	27	1,038	+ 1,201
Liver Cancer	10	2,147	46	256	+ 1,891
Liver Disease	11	1,952	5	6,383	- 4,431
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,731	45	257	+ 1,473
Cervical Cancer	13	1,721	20	1,969	- 248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,679	26	1,167	+ 511
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,542	21	1,949	- 407
Falls	16	1,506	13	3,321	- 1,816
Hypertension	17	1,311	18	2,092	- 780
Other Injuries	18	1,254	22	1,655	- 400
Oral Cancer	19	1,235	24	1,389	- 154
Low Birth Weight	20	1,174	11	3,822	- 2,649
Suicide	21	1,164	16	2,571	- 1,408
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,149	7	6,071	- 4,922
Drownings	23	1,107	23	1,505	- 398
Leukemia	24	1,023	36	668	+ 356
Parkinson's Disease	25	927	33	760	+ 167
Prostate Cancer	26	920	58	85	+ 834
Tuberculosis	27	904	3	16,535	- 15,630
Violence	28	801	35	704	+ 97
Asthma	29	787	8	5,930	- 5,143
Ovary Cancer	30	742	37	585	+ 158
Road Traffic Accidents	31	692	9	4,654	- 3,963
Skin Disease	32	677	67	17	+ 660
Dengue	33	604	55	120	+ 484
Lymphomas	34	592	32	768	- 176
Maternal Conditions	35	435	28	977	- 542
Inflammatory/Heart	36	428	48	217	+ 211
Bladder Cancer	37	420	44	325	+ 95
Epilepsy	38	392	30	874	- 482
Birth Trauma	39	385	15	2,676	- 2,290
Pancreas Cancer	40	352	41	445	- 93
Fires	41	314	50	184	+ 131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	288	49	191	+ 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	272	17	2,320	- 2,048
Encephalitis	44	217	29	882	- 665
Malnutrition	45	216	31	845	- 629
Other Neoplasms	46	163	61	50	+ 113
Uterin Cancer	47	158	60	56	+ 101
Drug Use	48	146	57	93	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	49	98	25	1,379	- 1,282
Meningitis	50	86	43	377	- 291
Alcohol	51	53	52	168	- 114
Pertussis	52	30	40	453	- 423
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	27	51	173	- 146
Tetanus	54	22	53	134	- 112
Poisonings	55	20	39	474	- 454
Hepatitis B	56	18	56	117	- 98
Multiple Sclerosis	57	17	63	38	- 21
Syphilis	58	12	54	134	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	59	11	38	491	- 480
Measles	60	10	59	60	- 50
Appendicitis	61	9	47	220	- 212
War	62	6	65	24	- 18
Skin Cancers	63	4	42	400	- 396
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	29	- 24
Ascariasis	65	3	69	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	66	24	- 21
Chlamydia	67	1	68	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	62	39	- 39
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	34	737	- 737
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Maldives

Nepal

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.