PERU VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,405	2	13,769	+ 9,636
Stroke	2	12,002	3	7,722	+ 4,280
Lung Disease	3	7,638	15	2,519	+ 5,119
Kidney Disease	4	6,740	4	7,234	- 494
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,959	6	5,811	- 1,852
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,926	8	4,437	- 510
Lung Cancers	7	3,047	10	3,169	- 121
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,769	1	15,326	- 12,558
Breast Cancer	9	2,345	20	1,969	+ 376
Liver Cancer	10	2,249	16	2,476	- 227
Liver Disease	11	2,045	5	6,375	- 4,331
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,813	40	474	+ 1,339
Cervical Cancer	13	1,803	21	1,924	- 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,758	14	2,642	- 884
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,615	19	1,997	- 382
Falls	16	1,577	25	1,285	+ 292
Hypertension	17	1,373	28	1,061	+ 313
Other Injuries	18	1,314	13	2,876	- 1,562
Oral Cancer	19	1,294	38	519	+ 774
Low Birth Weight	20	1,229	24	1,475	- 246
Suicide	21	1,219	30	903	+ 316
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,203	27	1,108	+ 95
Drownings	23	1,160	36	584	+ 576
Leukemia	24	1,072	22	1,850	- 778
Parkinson's Disease	25	971	26	1,270	- 299
Prostate Cancer	26	963	11	3,167	- 2,204
Tuberculosis	27	947	17	2,377	- 1,430
Violence	28	839	12	3,013	- 2,174
Asthma	29	825	50	208	+ 617
Ovary Cancer	30	777	33	713	+ 64
Road Traffic Accidents	31	725	9	4,414	- 3,690
Skin Disease	32	709	54	156	+ 553
Dengue	33	632	66	4	+ 629
Lymphomas	34	620	18	2,254	- 1,634
Maternal Conditions	35	456	43	345	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	36	448	39	494	- 45
Bladder Cancer	37	440	41	463	- 23
Epilepsy	38	410	47	262	+ 148
Birth Trauma	39	404	37	537	- 133
Pancreas Cancer	40	369	23	1,607	- 1,238
Fires	41	329	49	239	+ 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	301	35	609	- 307
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	285	51	198	+ 87
Encephalitis	44	227	46	281	- 53
Malnutrition	45	226	29	1,006	- 780
Other Neoplasms	46	171	58	54	+ 116
Uterin Cancer	47	165	45	304	- 139
Drug Use	48	153	34	635	- 482
Stomach Cancer	49	102	7	5,072	- 4,970
Meningitis	50	90	56	118	- 27
Alcohol	51	56	44	321	- 265
Pertussis	52	31	48	260	- 229
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	28	57	107	- 79
Tetanus	54	23	60	48	- 24
Poisonings	55	21	55	126	- 105
Hepatitis B	56	19	64	10	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	18	62	35	- 17
Syphilis	58	12	52	182	- 170
Oesophagus Cancer	59	12	42	394	- 382
Measles	60	11	73	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	61	9	53	170	- 161
War	62	6	67	3	+ 3
Skin Cancers	63	4	32	786	- 781
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	4	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	3	69	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	63	11	- 8
Chlamydia	67	1	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	59	49	- 49
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	61	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	31	849	- 849
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Maldives

Peru

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.