NORWAY VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,956	1	5,321	- 1,365
Stroke	2	2,028	4	2,475	- 447
Lung Disease	3	1,291	3	2,723	- 1,432
Kidney Disease	4	1,139	14	611	+ 528
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	669	2	4,464	- 3,795
Diabetes Mellitus	6	664	16	560	+ 104
Lung Cancers	7	515	5	2,320	- 1,805
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	468	6	1,797	- 1,329
Breast Cancer	9	396	11	698	- 302
Liver Cancer	10	380	26	259	+ 121
Liver Disease	11	346	30	214	+ 132
Endocrine Disorders	12	306	19	359	- 52
Cervical Cancer	13	305	39	125	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	297	7	1,787	- 1,489
Congenital Anomalies	15	273	34	136	+ 137
Falls	16	267	9	777	- 511
Hypertension	17	232	28	230	+ 2
Other Injuries	18	222	15	583	- 361
Oral Cancer	19	219	32	168	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	20	208	52	23	+ 184
Suicide	21	206	13	633	- 427
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	203	37	128	+ 76
Drownings	23	196	45	65	+ 131
Leukemia	24	181	21	354	- 173
Parkinson's Disease	25	164	17	554	- 390
Prostate Cancer	26	163	8	1,172	- 1,009
Tuberculosis	27	160	56	15	+ 145
Violence	28	142	50	32	+ 110
Asthma	29	139	43	85	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	30	131	24	309	- 178
Road Traffic Accidents	31	122	42	114	+ 8
Skin Disease	32	120	38	128	- 8
Dengue	33	107	75	0	+ 107
Lymphomas	34	105	12	646	- 541
Maternal Conditions	35	77	66	1	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	36	76	29	221	- 145
Bladder Cancer	37	74	20	356	- 282
Epilepsy	38	69	40	119	- 50
Birth Trauma	39	68	54	17	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	40	62	10	770	- 708
Fires	41	56	48	45	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	51	33	160	- 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	48	46	61	- 13
Encephalitis	44	38	70	0	+ 38
Malnutrition	45	38	35	135	- 97
Other Neoplasms	46	29	23	324	- 296
Uterin Cancer	47	28	36	134	- 106
Drug Use	48	26	25	264	- 238
Stomach Cancer	49	17	22	343	- 326
Meningitis	50	15	58	14	+ 2
Alcohol	51	9	31	205	- 195
Pertussis	52	5	64	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	47	60	- 56
Tetanus	54	4	69	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	4	57	14	- 11
Hepatitis B	56	3	63	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	41	119	- 116
Syphilis	58	2	67	1	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	27	248	- 246
Measles	60	2	72	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	59	12	- 10
War	62	1	68	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	18	407	- 407
Hepatitis C	64	1	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	12	- 11
Chlamydia	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	61	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Maldives

Norway

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.