SENEGAL VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,532	2	6,224	+ 7,307
Stroke	2	6,939	4	5,342	+ 1,596
Lung Disease	3	4,416	18	1,351	+ 3,065
Kidney Disease	4	3,897	12	2,210	+ 1,686
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,289	26	879	+ 1,410
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,270	10	2,395	- 125
Lung Cancers	7	1,762	44	180	+ 1,581
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,601	1	7,184	- 5,583
Breast Cancer	9	1,356	27	861	+ 495
Liver Cancer	10	1,300	22	1,087	+ 213
Liver Disease	11	1,182	13	2,147	- 965
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,048	23	1,041	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	13	1,042	17	1,405	- 363
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,016	37	384	+ 632
Congenital Anomalies	15	934	11	2,364	- 1,431
Falls	16	912	30	622	+ 290
Hypertension	17	794	21	1,095	- 301
Other Injuries	18	760	16	1,512	- 752
Oral Cancer	19	748	43	208	+ 540
Low Birth Weight	20	711	7	3,636	- 2,926
Suicide	21	705	24	978	- 273
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	696	3	5,343	- 4,647
Drownings	23	671	33	494	+ 177
Leukemia	24	620	54	113	+ 507
Parkinson's Disease	25	561	41	273	+ 289
Prostate Cancer	26	557	29	642	- 85
Tuberculosis	27	548	9	2,678	- 2,131
Violence	28	485	19	1,247	- 762
Asthma	29	477	25	936	- 459
Ovary Cancer	30	449	42	220	+ 229
Road Traffic Accidents	31	419	6	3,832	- 3,413
Skin Disease	32	410	47	159	+ 251
Dengue	33	366	73	0	+ 365
Lymphomas	34	358	39	315	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	35	264	14	1,669	- 1,405
Inflammatory/Heart	36	259	36	426	- 167
Bladder Cancer	37	254	50	155	+ 100
Epilepsy	38	237	38	330	- 93
Birth Trauma	39	233	8	3,448	- 3,214
Pancreas Cancer	40	213	48	159	+ 54
Fires	41	190	34	448	- 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	174	35	433	- 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	165	46	166	- 1
Encephalitis	44	131	57	85	+ 46
Malnutrition	45	131	32	494	- 364
Other Neoplasms	46	99	62	24	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	47	96	56	94	+ 2
Drug Use	48	89	52	138	- 50
Stomach Cancer	49	59	31	557	- 498
Meningitis	50	52	15	1,628	- 1,576
Alcohol	51	32	59	74	- 42
Pertussis	52	18	28	771	- 754
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	16	67	15	+ 2
Tetanus	54	13	58	85	- 71
Poisonings	55	12	40	315	- 302
Hepatitis B	56	11	60	70	- 59
Multiple Sclerosis	57	10	64	20	- 9
Syphilis	58	7	53	122	- 115
Oesophagus Cancer	59	7	55	99	- 92
Measles	60	6	49	158	- 152
Appendicitis	61	5	61	38	- 33
War	62	4	69	4	- 0
Skin Cancers	63	2	51	147	- 144
Hepatitis C	64	2	68	11	- 8
Ascariasis	65	2	65	18	- 16
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	15	- 14
Chlamydia	67	1	71	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	45	176	- 176
Leishmaniasis	72	0	63	21	- 21
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	20	1,186	- 1,186
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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Maldives

Senegal

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.