SINGAPORE VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,328	1	5,292	- 963
Stroke	2	2,219	3	1,559	+ 661
Lung Disease	3	1,412	14	383	+ 1,029
Kidney Disease	4	1,246	6	1,028	+ 218
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	732	36	32	+ 700
Diabetes Mellitus	6	726	28	108	+ 618
Lung Cancers	7	564	4	1,540	- 977
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	512	2	5,189	- 4,677
Breast Cancer	9	434	10	605	- 172
Liver Cancer	10	416	7	746	- 330
Liver Disease	11	378	20	209	+ 169
Endocrine Disorders	12	335	37	30	+ 305
Cervical Cancer	13	333	30	85	+ 248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	325	5	1,203	- 877
Congenital Anomalies	15	299	31	80	+ 219
Falls	16	292	18	218	+ 74
Hypertension	17	254	8	732	- 478
Other Injuries	18	243	32	79	+ 164
Oral Cancer	19	239	15	317	- 78
Low Birth Weight	20	227	41	25	+ 202
Suicide	21	225	9	650	- 425
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	222	39	28	+ 195
Drownings	23	215	38	29	+ 186
Leukemia	24	198	17	249	- 51
Parkinson's Disease	25	180	29	90	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	26	178	16	303	- 124
Tuberculosis	27	175	40	26	+ 150
Violence	28	155	46	15	+ 140
Asthma	29	153	35	37	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	30	144	21	204	- 60
Road Traffic Accidents	31	134	26	121	+ 13
Skin Disease	32	131	25	136	- 5
Dengue	33	117	66	0	+ 117
Lymphomas	34	115	13	397	- 282
Maternal Conditions	35	84	53	3	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	36	83	19	215	- 132
Bladder Cancer	37	81	27	120	- 39
Epilepsy	38	76	42	25	+ 51
Birth Trauma	39	75	55	3	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	40	68	11	537	- 469
Fires	41	61	49	7	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	56	33	69	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	53	43	22	+ 31
Encephalitis	44	42	61	0	+ 42
Malnutrition	45	42	63	0	+ 42
Other Neoplasms	46	32	22	195	- 164
Uterin Cancer	47	31	23	147	- 117
Drug Use	48	28	44	19	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	49	19	12	405	- 386
Meningitis	50	17	48	8	+ 8
Alcohol	51	10	47	10	+ 0
Pertussis	52	6	62	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	58	2	+ 3
Tetanus	54	4	73	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	4	60	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	4	52	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	3	57	3	+ 1
Syphilis	58	2	65	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	24	137	- 135
Measles	60	2	72	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	50	6	- 4
War	62	1	59	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	34	56	- 55
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	54	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	45	18	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	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 SINGAPORE

Maldives

Singapore

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.