NETHERLANDS VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,760	2	17,601	- 4,841
Stroke	2	6,543	4	9,707	- 3,164
Lung Disease	3	4,164	5	9,567	- 5,404
Kidney Disease	4	3,675	12	2,530	+ 1,144
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,158	1	18,148	- 15,990
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,140	14	2,386	- 246
Lung Cancers	7	1,661	3	10,980	- 9,318
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,509	7	4,946	- 3,437
Breast Cancer	9	1,279	9	3,535	- 2,256
Liver Cancer	10	1,226	24	1,163	+ 63
Liver Disease	11	1,115	28	936	+ 179
Endocrine Disorders	12	988	26	1,055	- 66
Cervical Cancer	13	983	39	266	+ 717
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	959	6	5,829	- 4,871
Congenital Anomalies	15	880	35	544	+ 336
Falls	16	860	8	4,131	- 3,271
Hypertension	17	749	29	818	- 69
Other Injuries	18	716	19	1,648	- 932
Oral Cancer	19	705	30	768	- 62
Low Birth Weight	20	670	45	167	+ 503
Suicide	21	664	17	2,025	- 1,360
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	656	33	584	+ 72
Drownings	23	632	49	98	+ 535
Leukemia	24	584	20	1,578	- 994
Parkinson's Disease	25	529	16	2,120	- 1,590
Prostate Cancer	26	525	10	3,265	- 2,740
Tuberculosis	27	516	56	29	+ 488
Violence	28	457	48	107	+ 350
Asthma	29	450	46	165	+ 285
Ovary Cancer	30	424	25	1,067	- 643
Road Traffic Accidents	31	395	31	681	- 286
Skin Disease	32	387	36	295	+ 91
Dengue	33	345	81	0	+ 345
Lymphomas	34	338	13	2,511	- 2,173
Maternal Conditions	35	249	65	8	+ 240
Inflammatory/Heart	36	244	23	1,201	- 956
Bladder Cancer	37	240	21	1,471	- 1,231
Epilepsy	38	224	38	289	- 65
Birth Trauma	39	220	52	74	+ 146
Pancreas Cancer	40	201	11	2,995	- 2,794
Fires	41	179	53	49	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	164	47	130	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	155	41	238	- 82
Encephalitis	44	124	68	1	+ 123
Malnutrition	45	123	63	12	+ 111
Other Neoplasms	46	93	18	1,831	- 1,738
Uterin Cancer	47	90	34	566	- 476
Drug Use	48	84	42	231	- 147
Stomach Cancer	49	56	22	1,361	- 1,305
Meningitis	50	49	51	78	- 29
Alcohol	51	30	32	612	- 582
Pertussis	52	17	67	1	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	15	44	214	- 199
Tetanus	54	13	72	0	+ 13
Poisonings	55	11	61	17	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	10	62	14	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	37	295	- 285
Syphilis	58	7	69	1	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	59	7	15	2,145	- 2,139
Measles	60	6	73	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	5	58	26	- 20
War	62	3	66	2	+ 2
Skin Cancers	63	2	27	1,024	- 1,022
Hepatitis C	64	2	60	20	- 18
Ascariasis	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	57	28	- 27
Chlamydia	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	10	- 10
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	55	33	- 33
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	42	- 42
Osteoarthritis	81	0	43	220	- 220
Oral conditions	82	0	59	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	249	- 249
Schizophrenia	86	0	50	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Maldives

Netherlands

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.