PORTUGAL VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,328	1	12,878	- 5,550
Stroke	2	3,758	2	12,339	- 8,582
Lung Disease	3	2,391	7	4,286	- 1,895
Kidney Disease	4	2,110	9	2,803	- 693
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,240	3	7,191	- 5,951
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,229	8	3,601	- 2,372
Lung Cancers	7	954	5	4,406	- 3,452
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	867	4	6,851	- 5,984
Breast Cancer	9	734	12	1,997	- 1,263
Liver Cancer	10	704	18	1,270	- 566
Liver Disease	11	640	22	1,126	- 486
Endocrine Disorders	12	568	17	1,547	- 979
Cervical Cancer	13	565	34	329	+ 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	550	6	4,389	- 3,839
Congenital Anomalies	15	506	40	196	+ 309
Falls	16	494	23	1,033	- 539
Hypertension	17	430	14	1,880	- 1,450
Other Injuries	18	411	13	1,937	- 1,526
Oral Cancer	19	405	25	912	- 507
Low Birth Weight	20	385	52	79	+ 306
Suicide	21	382	19	1,172	- 790
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	377	36	231	+ 146
Drownings	23	363	51	79	+ 284
Leukemia	24	336	24	1,015	- 680
Parkinson's Disease	25	304	21	1,139	- 835
Prostate Cancer	26	302	11	2,124	- 1,822
Tuberculosis	27	297	38	213	+ 84
Violence	28	263	48	96	+ 166
Asthma	29	258	43	146	+ 112
Ovary Cancer	30	243	33	397	- 154
Road Traffic Accidents	31	227	27	838	- 611
Skin Disease	32	222	39	202	+ 20
Dengue	33	198	84	0	+ 198
Lymphomas	34	194	16	1,608	- 1,413
Maternal Conditions	35	143	63	7	+ 136
Inflammatory/Heart	36	140	26	909	- 768
Bladder Cancer	37	138	20	1,171	- 1,033
Epilepsy	38	128	31	415	- 287
Birth Trauma	39	126	60	24	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	40	115	15	1,669	- 1,554
Fires	41	103	46	108	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	94	37	229	- 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	89	41	169	- 80
Encephalitis	44	71	67	1	+ 70
Malnutrition	45	71	53	79	- 8
Other Neoplasms	46	53	28	652	- 599
Uterin Cancer	47	52	32	406	- 354
Drug Use	48	48	44	128	- 80
Stomach Cancer	49	32	10	2,532	- 2,500
Meningitis	50	28	56	43	- 14
Alcohol	51	18	45	111	- 94
Pertussis	52	10	72	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	9	47	99	- 90
Tetanus	54	7	73	0	+ 7
Poisonings	55	7	57	29	- 23
Hepatitis B	56	6	59	26	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	54	56	- 51
Syphilis	58	4	64	3	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	59	4	29	623	- 619
Measles	60	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	3	61	21	- 18
War	62	2	69	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	30	523	- 522
Hepatitis C	64	1	49	87	- 85
Ascariasis	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	15	- 14
Chlamydia	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	35	320	- 320
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	42	151	- 151
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	49	- 49
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Maldives

Portugal

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.