SOMALIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,346	7	7,233	+ 2,113
Stroke	2	4,792	6	8,595	- 3,803
Lung Disease	3	3,050	19	2,442	+ 607
Kidney Disease	4	2,691	21	2,051	+ 640
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,581	32	647	+ 934
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,568	16	2,888	- 1,320
Lung Cancers	7	1,217	54	233	+ 984
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,106	1	21,712	- 20,606
Breast Cancer	9	936	26	1,232	- 295
Liver Cancer	10	898	53	256	+ 642
Liver Disease	11	816	13	3,917	- 3,100
Endocrine Disorders	12	724	44	406	+ 318
Cervical Cancer	13	720	28	883	- 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	702	38	546	+ 156
Congenital Anomalies	15	645	15	3,410	- 2,765
Falls	16	630	37	548	+ 82
Hypertension	17	548	18	2,643	- 2,095
Other Injuries	18	525	14	3,602	- 3,077
Oral Cancer	19	516	46	328	+ 189
Low Birth Weight	20	491	8	6,250	- 5,759
Suicide	21	487	27	1,219	- 732
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	480	2	15,363	- 14,882
Drownings	23	463	25	1,272	- 808
Leukemia	24	428	35	562	- 133
Parkinson's Disease	25	388	56	184	+ 204
Prostate Cancer	26	385	52	285	+ 100
Tuberculosis	27	378	4	10,261	- 9,883
Violence	28	335	29	828	- 493
Asthma	29	329	23	1,878	- 1,549
Ovary Cancer	30	310	50	295	+ 16
Road Traffic Accidents	31	289	11	4,231	- 3,942
Skin Disease	32	283	58	151	+ 132
Dengue	33	252	73	1	+ 252
Lymphomas	34	247	34	605	- 357
Maternal Conditions	35	182	12	4,127	- 3,944
Inflammatory/Heart	36	179	39	521	- 342
Bladder Cancer	37	176	61	149	+ 26
Epilepsy	38	164	43	419	- 255
Birth Trauma	39	161	5	9,573	- 9,412
Pancreas Cancer	40	147	62	108	+ 40
Fires	41	131	30	810	- 679
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	120	36	559	- 439
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	114	41	446	- 332
Encephalitis	44	91	63	91	- 0
Malnutrition	45	90	10	4,825	- 4,734
Other Neoplasms	46	68	70	12	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	47	66	64	78	- 12
Drug Use	48	61	65	54	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	49	41	49	310	- 269
Meningitis	50	36	9	5,381	- 5,345
Alcohol	51	22	59	151	- 129
Pertussis	52	12	20	2,054	- 2,042
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	11	66	35	- 24
Tetanus	54	9	17	2,648	- 2,639
Poisonings	55	8	31	758	- 750
Hepatitis B	56	8	48	315	- 307
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	71	8	- 1
Syphilis	58	5	45	378	- 373
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	40	516	- 511
Measles	60	4	3	11,576	- 11,571
Appendicitis	61	4	55	188	- 184
War	62	3	24	1,318	- 1,316
Skin Cancers	63	2	57	164	- 162
Hepatitis C	64	2	67	34	- 33
Ascariasis	65	1	69	30	- 28
Upper Respiratory	66	1	47	326	- 325
Chlamydia	67	0	72	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	69	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	42	435	- 435
Leishmaniasis	72	0	51	290	- 290
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	33	610	- 610
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.