SRI LANKA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,782	1	26,304	- 10,522
Stroke	2	8,093	6	6,805	+ 1,288
Lung Disease	3	5,150	3	9,456	- 4,306
Kidney Disease	4	4,545	5	6,858	- 2,313
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,670	4	6,939	- 4,269
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,648	2	12,460	- 9,813
Lung Cancers	7	2,055	12	1,775	+ 280
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,867	8	5,117	- 3,250
Breast Cancer	9	1,581	15	1,383	+ 198
Liver Cancer	10	1,516	19	1,090	+ 426
Liver Disease	11	1,379	17	1,303	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,222	32	462	+ 760
Cervical Cancer	13	1,216	26	762	+ 454
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,186	24	911	+ 274
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,089	22	989	+ 100
Falls	16	1,063	23	964	+ 99
Hypertension	17	926	20	1,055	- 129
Other Injuries	18	886	14	1,529	- 643
Oral Cancer	19	872	11	2,893	- 2,021
Low Birth Weight	20	829	29	536	+ 293
Suicide	21	822	10	2,977	- 2,156
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	811	28	605	+ 207
Drownings	23	782	27	731	+ 52
Leukemia	24	723	18	1,155	- 432
Parkinson's Disease	25	655	45	168	+ 487
Prostate Cancer	26	650	30	507	+ 143
Tuberculosis	27	639	25	769	- 131
Violence	28	565	31	499	+ 66
Asthma	29	556	7	6,471	- 5,915
Ovary Cancer	30	524	37	281	+ 243
Road Traffic Accidents	31	489	9	4,200	- 3,711
Skin Disease	32	478	36	293	+ 185
Dengue	33	426	47	131	+ 295
Lymphomas	34	418	21	1,027	- 609
Maternal Conditions	35	308	48	96	+ 211
Inflammatory/Heart	36	302	35	425	- 123
Bladder Cancer	37	297	34	432	- 135
Epilepsy	38	277	39	269	+ 7
Birth Trauma	39	272	44	193	+ 79
Pancreas Cancer	40	249	43	214	+ 35
Fires	41	222	41	239	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	203	56	38	+ 165
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	192	53	49	+ 143
Encephalitis	44	153	61	10	+ 143
Malnutrition	45	153	54	43	+ 109
Other Neoplasms	46	115	50	86	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	47	112	42	218	- 106
Drug Use	48	103	40	257	- 154
Stomach Cancer	49	69	16	1,321	- 1,252
Meningitis	50	61	46	146	- 85
Alcohol	51	38	51	82	- 45
Pertussis	52	21	59	15	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	19	60	11	+ 8
Tetanus	54	16	57	27	- 12
Poisonings	55	14	49	93	- 79
Hepatitis B	56	13	62	6	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	69	2	+ 10
Syphilis	58	8	58	15	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	59	8	13	1,544	- 1,536
Measles	60	7	77	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	61	6	64	5	+ 1
War	62	4	38	280	- 275
Skin Cancers	63	3	52	58	- 55
Hepatitis C	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	65	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	5	- 3
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	63	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	55	39	- 39
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	33	445	- 445
Schizophrenia	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Maldives

Sri Lanka

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.