SAUDI ARABIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,237	1	39,037	- 12,800
Stroke	2	13,454	2	16,793	- 3,339
Lung Disease	3	8,562	10	2,842	+ 5,720
Kidney Disease	4	7,556	4	9,051	- 1,495
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,438	11	2,442	+ 1,996
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,401	9	3,890	+ 511
Lung Cancers	7	3,416	26	775	+ 2,641
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,104	5	6,132	- 3,028
Breast Cancer	9	2,629	20	908	+ 1,721
Liver Cancer	10	2,521	21	845	+ 1,676
Liver Disease	11	2,292	7	4,931	- 2,639
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,032	15	1,447	+ 585
Cervical Cancer	13	2,021	49	157	+ 1,865
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,971	14	1,630	+ 341
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,810	12	2,307	- 497
Falls	16	1,768	6	5,340	- 3,572
Hypertension	17	1,540	22	834	+ 706
Other Injuries	18	1,473	8	4,004	- 2,531
Oral Cancer	19	1,450	34	465	+ 985
Low Birth Weight	20	1,378	18	989	+ 389
Suicide	21	1,366	13	2,046	- 680
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,349	35	457	+ 892
Drownings	23	1,300	24	821	+ 479
Leukemia	24	1,202	19	925	+ 277
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,089	25	776	+ 312
Prostate Cancer	26	1,080	50	148	+ 932
Tuberculosis	27	1,062	27	752	+ 310
Violence	28	940	30	646	+ 294
Asthma	29	925	17	1,168	- 243
Ovary Cancer	30	871	42	247	+ 624
Road Traffic Accidents	31	812	3	12,317	- 11,505
Skin Disease	32	795	32	516	+ 279
Dengue	33	709	63	9	+ 700
Lymphomas	34	695	28	716	- 21
Maternal Conditions	35	511	48	172	+ 339
Inflammatory/Heart	36	503	16	1,342	- 839
Bladder Cancer	37	493	46	214	+ 279
Epilepsy	38	460	29	694	- 234
Birth Trauma	39	453	37	343	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	40	413	31	526	- 113
Fires	41	369	23	825	- 456
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	338	41	275	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	319	39	280	+ 39
Encephalitis	44	255	43	234	+ 20
Malnutrition	45	254	52	79	+ 174
Other Neoplasms	46	191	57	40	+ 151
Uterin Cancer	47	185	38	323	- 138
Drug Use	48	172	33	491	- 319
Stomach Cancer	49	115	36	389	- 274
Meningitis	50	101	45	227	- 125
Alcohol	51	63	51	128	- 66
Pertussis	52	35	54	56	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	32	62	9	+ 23
Tetanus	54	26	61	16	+ 11
Poisonings	55	24	40	279	- 256
Hepatitis B	56	21	53	57	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	57	20	56	49	- 29
Syphilis	58	14	59	33	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	59	13	44	229	- 216
Measles	60	12	68	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	61	10	58	35	- 24
War	62	7	65	3	+ 4
Skin Cancers	63	5	55	55	- 50
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	7	- 3
Ascariasis	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	70	1	+ 3
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	60	25	- 25
Leishmaniasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	47	192	- 192
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Maldives

Saudi Arabia

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.