NEW ZEALAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,705	1	5,095	- 1,390
Stroke	2	1,900	3	2,378	- 478
Lung Disease	3	1,209	5	1,815	- 606
Kidney Disease	4	1,067	17	432	+ 635
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	627	2	3,032	- 2,405
Diabetes Mellitus	6	622	8	769	- 147
Lung Cancers	7	482	4	1,873	- 1,391
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	438	7	920	- 482
Breast Cancer	9	371	10	737	- 365
Liver Cancer	10	356	24	288	+ 68
Liver Disease	11	324	32	158	+ 166
Endocrine Disorders	12	287	21	325	- 38
Cervical Cancer	13	285	41	61	+ 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	278	6	1,495	- 1,216
Congenital Anomalies	15	256	30	176	+ 80
Falls	16	250	11	627	- 377
Hypertension	17	217	20	327	- 109
Other Injuries	18	208	28	218	- 10
Oral Cancer	19	205	31	164	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	20	195	38	78	+ 116
Suicide	21	193	15	528	- 335
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	190	37	81	+ 110
Drownings	23	184	44	54	+ 129
Leukemia	24	170	18	391	- 221
Parkinson's Disease	25	154	19	353	- 199
Prostate Cancer	26	153	9	739	- 586
Tuberculosis	27	150	52	17	+ 133
Violence	28	133	42	57	+ 75
Asthma	29	131	36	91	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	30	123	29	207	- 84
Road Traffic Accidents	31	115	16	458	- 343
Skin Disease	32	112	34	118	- 6
Dengue	33	100	75	0	+ 100
Lymphomas	34	98	13	608	- 510
Maternal Conditions	35	72	63	5	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	36	71	23	313	- 242
Bladder Cancer	37	70	26	267	- 197
Epilepsy	38	65	43	55	+ 10
Birth Trauma	39	64	54	15	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	40	58	14	543	- 484
Fires	41	52	53	17	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	48	39	70	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	45	35	113	- 67
Encephalitis	44	36	66	1	+ 35
Malnutrition	45	36	55	14	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	46	27	27	245	- 218
Uterin Cancer	47	26	33	145	- 118
Drug Use	48	24	40	69	- 45
Stomach Cancer	49	16	22	323	- 307
Meningitis	50	14	59	9	+ 5
Alcohol	51	9	45	51	- 43
Pertussis	52	5	65	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	4	46	47	- 43
Tetanus	54	4	69	0	+ 3
Poisonings	55	3	58	9	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	3	56	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	47	43	- 41
Syphilis	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	25	279	- 277
Measles	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	1	62	6	- 4
War	62	1	68	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	1	12	612	- 611
Hepatitis C	64	1	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	4	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	57	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Maldives

New Zealand

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.