RWANDA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,781	4	3,605	+ 6,175
Stroke	2	5,015	2	5,060	- 45
Lung Disease	3	3,192	13	1,555	+ 1,637
Kidney Disease	4	2,817	15	1,206	+ 1,611
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,654	25	657	+ 997
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,641	11	1,858	- 218
Lung Cancers	7	1,273	39	234	+ 1,039
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,157	1	5,280	- 4,122
Breast Cancer	9	980	27	600	+ 380
Liver Cancer	10	940	23	706	+ 233
Liver Disease	11	854	8	2,548	- 1,694
Endocrine Disorders	12	758	41	219	+ 538
Cervical Cancer	13	754	18	941	- 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	735	28	591	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	15	675	12	1,777	- 1,102
Falls	16	659	31	412	+ 247
Hypertension	17	574	14	1,357	- 783
Other Injuries	18	549	17	944	- 395
Oral Cancer	19	541	37	272	+ 269
Low Birth Weight	20	514	9	2,193	- 1,679
Suicide	21	509	24	704	- 194
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	503	6	3,121	- 2,618
Drownings	23	485	36	285	+ 200
Leukemia	24	448	35	317	+ 131
Parkinson's Disease	25	406	47	146	+ 260
Prostate Cancer	26	403	32	396	+ 7
Tuberculosis	27	396	26	625	- 229
Violence	28	350	29	548	- 198
Asthma	29	345	22	717	- 373
Ovary Cancer	30	325	53	92	+ 233
Road Traffic Accidents	31	303	3	3,718	- 3,416
Skin Disease	32	296	52	103	+ 193
Dengue	33	264	72	0	+ 264
Lymphomas	34	259	30	450	- 191
Maternal Conditions	35	191	21	722	- 532
Inflammatory/Heart	36	187	34	347	- 159
Bladder Cancer	37	184	62	35	+ 149
Epilepsy	38	171	45	191	- 20
Birth Trauma	39	169	10	1,888	- 1,719
Pancreas Cancer	40	154	43	214	- 60
Fires	41	138	38	270	- 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	126	33	362	- 236
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	119	48	136	- 17
Encephalitis	44	95	61	39	+ 56
Malnutrition	45	95	16	1,168	- 1,073
Other Neoplasms	46	71	64	16	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	47	69	56	58	+ 11
Drug Use	48	64	60	45	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	49	43	20	780	- 737
Meningitis	50	38	19	847	- 809
Alcohol	51	23	49	125	- 102
Pertussis	52	13	42	218	- 205
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	12	63	23	- 11
Tetanus	54	10	58	53	- 43
Poisonings	55	9	40	220	- 211
Hepatitis B	56	8	55	68	- 60
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	66	7	+ 0
Syphilis	58	5	46	173	- 167
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	44	213	- 208
Measles	60	5	59	51	- 47
Appendicitis	61	4	54	70	- 66
War	62	3	69	3	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	2	50	113	- 111
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	12	- 10
Ascariasis	65	1	67	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	66	1	57	58	- 57
Chlamydia	67	0	70	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	51	111	- 111
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	7	2,826	- 2,826
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.