SOUTH KOREA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,392	1	28,043	+ 9,349
Stroke	2	19,174	3	25,596	- 6,422
Lung Disease	3	12,202	11	8,526	+ 3,676
Kidney Disease	4	10,768	9	10,107	+ 661
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	6,325	6	12,145	- 5,820
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,273	13	6,812	- 539
Lung Cancers	7	4,869	4	20,293	- 15,425
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,423	2	26,650	- 22,226
Breast Cancer	9	3,747	21	2,880	+ 867
Liver Cancer	10	3,593	7	11,589	- 7,996
Liver Disease	11	3,266	14	6,348	- 3,082
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,896	25	1,891	+ 1,006
Cervical Cancer	13	2,881	34	1,065	+ 1,816
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,809	8	10,180	- 7,371
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,580	41	518	+ 2,062
Falls	16	2,519	20	2,934	- 415
Hypertension	17	2,194	17	3,711	- 1,516
Other Injuries	18	2,099	18	3,634	- 1,535
Oral Cancer	19	2,066	29	1,457	+ 609
Low Birth Weight	20	1,964	45	370	+ 1,594
Suicide	21	1,947	5	14,636	- 12,688
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,922	35	929	+ 994
Drownings	23	1,853	42	501	+ 1,352
Leukemia	24	1,713	23	2,140	- 428
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,551	16	3,951	- 2,400
Prostate Cancer	26	1,539	22	2,316	- 777
Tuberculosis	27	1,513	24	1,950	- 437
Violence	28	1,340	44	386	+ 954
Asthma	29	1,318	32	1,150	+ 167
Ovary Cancer	30	1,242	30	1,330	- 88
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,157	15	4,399	- 3,241
Skin Disease	32	1,133	36	704	+ 428
Dengue	33	1,010	77	0	+ 1,010
Lymphomas	34	990	19	3,477	- 2,487
Maternal Conditions	35	729	61	34	+ 695
Inflammatory/Heart	36	716	31	1,325	- 609
Bladder Cancer	37	703	27	1,768	- 1,065
Epilepsy	38	655	40	524	+ 131
Birth Trauma	39	645	54	88	+ 557
Pancreas Cancer	40	589	12	6,994	- 6,405
Fires	41	526	47	263	+ 263
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	482	38	540	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	455	48	224	+ 231
Encephalitis	44	363	65	19	+ 344
Malnutrition	45	361	53	88	+ 273
Other Neoplasms	46	273	26	1,807	- 1,534
Uterin Cancer	47	264	43	420	- 155
Drug Use	48	245	50	154	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	49	163	10	8,625	- 8,462
Meningitis	50	145	58	51	+ 94
Alcohol	51	89	33	1,081	- 991
Pertussis	52	50	67	6	+ 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	45	51	150	- 105
Tetanus	54	37	69	5	+ 33
Poisonings	55	34	52	115	- 81
Hepatitis B	56	31	39	526	- 496
Multiple Sclerosis	57	29	66	11	+ 18
Syphilis	58	19	62	27	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	59	19	28	1,733	- 1,713
Measles	60	17	83	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	61	15	57	54	- 39
War	62	10	68	5	+ 5
Skin Cancers	63	7	37	585	- 578
Hepatitis C	64	7	49	168	- 161
Ascariasis	65	5	74	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	4	63	26	- 21
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 4
Leprosy	70	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	55	84	- 84
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	59	49	- 49
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	41	- 41
Oral conditions	82	0	64	21	- 21
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	329	- 329
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	77	- 77
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Maldives

South Korea

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.