NIGER VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,913	6	8,229	+ 10,683
Stroke	2	9,698	5	8,717	+ 981
Lung Disease	3	6,172	20	2,172	+ 4,000
Kidney Disease	4	5,446	16	2,732	+ 2,714
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,199	32	858	+ 2,341
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,173	17	2,630	+ 542
Lung Cancers	7	2,462	67	42	+ 2,421
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,237	1	21,093	- 18,856
Breast Cancer	9	1,895	29	1,075	+ 820
Liver Cancer	10	1,817	35	745	+ 1,072
Liver Disease	11	1,652	11	4,116	- 2,464
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,465	23	1,806	- 341
Cervical Cancer	13	1,457	38	487	+ 970
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,421	37	522	+ 899
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,305	10	4,346	- 3,041
Falls	16	1,274	26	1,297	- 23
Hypertension	17	1,110	25	1,356	- 246
Other Injuries	18	1,062	12	3,826	- 2,764
Oral Cancer	19	1,045	49	242	+ 803
Low Birth Weight	20	993	4	9,560	- 8,566
Suicide	21	985	27	1,227	- 242
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	972	3	16,030	- 15,058
Drownings	23	937	24	1,581	- 643
Leukemia	24	866	48	258	+ 609
Parkinson's Disease	25	785	47	275	+ 509
Prostate Cancer	26	778	57	128	+ 651
Tuberculosis	27	765	13	3,703	- 2,938
Violence	28	678	19	2,244	- 1,566
Asthma	29	666	22	1,902	- 1,236
Ovary Cancer	30	628	40	425	+ 203
Road Traffic Accidents	31	585	8	5,946	- 5,361
Skin Disease	32	573	52	213	+ 360
Dengue	33	511	73	0	+ 511
Lymphomas	34	501	43	350	+ 151
Maternal Conditions	35	369	14	3,317	- 2,949
Inflammatory/Heart	36	362	34	769	- 406
Bladder Cancer	37	355	53	161	+ 194
Epilepsy	38	332	36	676	- 345
Birth Trauma	39	326	7	8,030	- 7,704
Pancreas Cancer	40	298	54	138	+ 160
Fires	41	266	28	1,120	- 855
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	244	31	1,044	- 801
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	230	39	467	- 237
Encephalitis	44	184	61	112	+ 71
Malnutrition	45	183	21	2,170	- 1,987
Other Neoplasms	46	138	68	24	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	47	134	64	86	+ 47
Drug Use	48	124	58	126	- 3
Stomach Cancer	49	83	44	300	- 218
Meningitis	50	73	9	5,237	- 5,164
Alcohol	51	45	60	120	- 75
Pertussis	52	25	15	2,858	- 2,833
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	23	70	18	+ 5
Tetanus	54	19	42	372	- 354
Poisonings	55	17	33	771	- 754
Hepatitis B	56	15	46	279	- 263
Multiple Sclerosis	57	14	69	22	- 8
Syphilis	58	10	62	110	- 100
Oesophagus Cancer	59	10	55	132	- 122
Measles	60	9	18	2,414	- 2,405
Appendicitis	61	8	56	128	- 120
War	62	5	41	409	- 404
Skin Cancers	63	3	45	287	- 283
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	46	- 42
Ascariasis	65	3	59	125	- 122
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	94	- 91
Chlamydia	67	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	65	60	- 60
Otitis Media	69	0	72	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	50	237	- 237
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	237	- 237
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	30	1,048	- 1,048
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.