POLAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,818	1	117,700	- 89,882
Stroke	2	14,264	2	32,693	- 18,429
Lung Disease	3	9,078	6	13,677	- 4,599
Kidney Disease	4	8,011	20	4,065	+ 3,946
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,706	21	3,701	+ 1,004
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,667	8	8,947	- 4,281
Lung Cancers	7	3,622	3	25,781	- 22,159
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,291	4	19,998	- 16,708
Breast Cancer	9	2,787	9	7,967	- 5,179
Liver Cancer	10	2,673	29	2,290	+ 383
Liver Disease	11	2,430	10	7,912	- 5,482
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,155	38	831	+ 1,324
Cervical Cancer	13	2,143	32	1,907	+ 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,090	5	14,610	- 12,521
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,919	36	916	+ 1,003
Falls	16	1,874	16	4,712	- 2,837
Hypertension	17	1,632	15	4,937	- 3,304
Other Injuries	18	1,562	28	2,527	- 965
Oral Cancer	19	1,537	25	3,377	- 1,839
Low Birth Weight	20	1,461	42	579	+ 882
Suicide	21	1,449	18	4,282	- 2,833
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,430	37	839	+ 591
Drownings	23	1,379	39	636	+ 742
Leukemia	24	1,274	24	3,456	- 2,181
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,154	34	1,500	- 346
Prostate Cancer	26	1,145	11	6,489	- 5,344
Tuberculosis	27	1,126	41	597	+ 529
Violence	28	997	49	294	+ 703
Asthma	29	980	43	540	+ 440
Ovary Cancer	30	924	27	2,929	- 2,005
Road Traffic Accidents	31	861	22	3,555	- 2,693
Skin Disease	32	843	46	469	+ 374
Dengue	33	751	84	0	+ 751
Lymphomas	34	737	19	4,141	- 3,405
Maternal Conditions	35	542	63	10	+ 533
Inflammatory/Heart	36	533	23	3,495	- 2,962
Bladder Cancer	37	523	17	4,700	- 4,178
Epilepsy	38	488	35	1,145	- 658
Birth Trauma	39	480	57	52	+ 428
Pancreas Cancer	40	438	13	5,430	- 4,991
Fires	41	391	45	474	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	358	26	3,091	- 2,733
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	339	40	612	- 273
Encephalitis	44	270	64	6	+ 264
Malnutrition	45	269	50	291	- 22
Other Neoplasms	46	203	7	9,256	- 9,054
Uterin Cancer	47	197	30	2,163	- 1,966
Drug Use	48	182	48	321	- 139
Stomach Cancer	49	121	12	5,910	- 5,789
Meningitis	50	108	53	171	- 63
Alcohol	51	66	14	5,238	- 5,172
Pertussis	52	37	71	0	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	34	47	369	- 335
Tetanus	54	28	67	2	+ 26
Poisonings	55	25	51	205	- 180
Hepatitis B	56	23	56	52	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	57	21	44	502	- 481
Syphilis	58	14	69	0	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	59	14	33	1,803	- 1,789
Measles	60	13	72	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	61	11	55	69	- 58
War	62	8	66	4	+ 4
Skin Cancers	63	5	31	2,155	- 2,150
Hepatitis C	64	5	52	188	- 183
Ascariasis	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	19	- 16
Chlamydia	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	54	115	- 115
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	59	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	18	- 18
Oral conditions	82	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	62	12	- 12
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	30	- 30
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Maldives

Poland

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.