SPAIN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,945	1	51,684	- 17,739
Stroke	2	17,406	3	29,004	- 11,598
Lung Disease	3	11,077	5	18,926	- 7,849
Kidney Disease	4	9,775	8	9,725	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	5,742	2	42,339	- 36,597
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,694	10	7,773	- 2,079
Lung Cancers	7	4,420	4	22,131	- 17,711
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,016	7	13,717	- 9,701
Breast Cancer	9	3,401	11	7,067	- 3,666
Liver Cancer	10	3,261	18	5,098	- 1,837
Liver Disease	11	2,965	23	4,231	- 1,266
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,629	21	4,863	- 2,234
Cervical Cancer	13	2,615	39	855	+ 1,760
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	2,550	6	16,957	- 14,408
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,342	38	863	+ 1,479
Falls	16	2,287	26	3,246	- 959
Hypertension	17	1,992	9	9,115	- 7,123
Other Injuries	18	1,906	15	5,536	- 3,630
Oral Cancer	19	1,876	27	2,583	- 707
Low Birth Weight	20	1,783	52	253	+ 1,530
Suicide	21	1,768	25	3,609	- 1,842
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,745	36	1,064	+ 681
Drownings	23	1,682	45	446	+ 1,237
Leukemia	24	1,555	24	3,772	- 2,218
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,408	20	4,943	- 3,535
Prostate Cancer	26	1,397	13	6,420	- 5,022
Tuberculosis	27	1,374	50	270	+ 1,103
Violence	28	1,216	51	262	+ 955
Asthma	29	1,196	35	1,133	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	30	1,127	28	2,026	- 898
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,051	31	1,829	- 779
Skin Disease	32	1,028	30	1,840	- 812
Dengue	33	917	77	0	+ 917
Lymphomas	34	899	16	5,335	- 4,436
Maternal Conditions	35	661	64	14	+ 648
Inflammatory/Heart	36	650	19	4,984	- 4,334
Bladder Cancer	37	638	17	5,222	- 4,584
Epilepsy	38	595	40	824	- 229
Birth Trauma	39	586	60	113	+ 473
Pancreas Cancer	40	535	12	6,752	- 6,218
Fires	41	477	55	185	+ 293
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	437	44	475	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	413	33	1,612	- 1,199
Encephalitis	44	330	70	4	+ 326
Malnutrition	45	328	47	302	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	46	248	22	4,748	- 4,500
Uterin Cancer	47	240	34	1,612	- 1,372
Drug Use	48	222	41	776	- 554
Stomach Cancer	49	148	14	5,796	- 5,648
Meningitis	50	131	59	129	+ 3
Alcohol	51	81	46	333	- 252
Pertussis	52	45	73	2	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	41	48	294	- 253
Tetanus	54	34	72	2	+ 32
Poisonings	55	31	57	170	- 140
Hepatitis B	56	28	58	162	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	57	26	49	287	- 261
Syphilis	58	18	67	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	59	17	29	2,011	- 1,994
Measles	60	16	81	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	13	61	79	- 66
War	62	9	68	6	+ 4
Skin Cancers	63	6	32	1,803	- 1,797
Hepatitis C	64	6	42	652	- 646
Ascariasis	65	4	78	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	47	- 43
Chlamydia	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	9	- 9
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	65	11	- 11
Chagas disease	73	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	43	538	- 538
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	69	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	204	- 204
Osteoarthritis	81	0	53	212	- 212
Oral conditions	82	0	63	44	- 44
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	37	914	- 914
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	181	- 181
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Maldives

Spain

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.