SWAZILAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	817	5	755	+ 62
Stroke	2	419	4	800	- 381
Lung Disease	3	267	12	264	+ 2
Kidney Disease	4	235	8	381	- 146
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	138	27	77	+ 62
Diabetes Mellitus	6	137	3	892	- 755
Lung Cancers	7	106	46	17	+ 90
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	97	2	921	- 824
Breast Cancer	9	82	35	37	+ 45
Liver Cancer	10	79	37	29	+ 49
Liver Disease	11	71	11	274	- 202
Endocrine Disorders	12	63	28	74	- 11
Cervical Cancer	13	63	15	215	- 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	61	43	19	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	15	56	19	160	- 104
Falls	16	55	32	41	+ 14
Hypertension	17	48	10	292	- 244
Other Injuries	18	46	17	190	- 144
Oral Cancer	19	45	51	10	+ 35
Low Birth Weight	20	43	14	233	- 190
Suicide	21	43	9	338	- 295
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	42	6	517	- 475
Drownings	23	40	25	87	- 46
Leukemia	24	37	47	16	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	25	34	41	24	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	26	34	31	45	- 11
Tuberculosis	27	33	13	256	- 223
Violence	28	29	16	212	- 183
Asthma	29	29	20	150	- 121
Ovary Cancer	30	27	52	10	+ 17
Road Traffic Accidents	31	25	7	384	- 359
Skin Disease	32	25	40	25	- 1
Dengue	33	22	72	0	+ 22
Lymphomas	34	22	36	31	- 9
Maternal Conditions	35	16	21	116	- 100
Inflammatory/Heart	36	16	24	94	- 78
Bladder Cancer	37	15	55	6	+ 9
Epilepsy	38	14	30	46	- 31
Birth Trauma	39	14	18	166	- 152
Pancreas Cancer	40	13	56	6	+ 7
Fires	41	11	26	84	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	11	29	51	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	10	39	26	- 16
Encephalitis	44	8	59	5	+ 3
Malnutrition	45	8	22	106	- 98
Other Neoplasms	46	6	61	4	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	47	6	50	11	- 6
Drug Use	48	5	38	27	- 21
Stomach Cancer	49	4	53	7	- 3
Meningitis	50	3	23	97	- 94
Alcohol	51	2	48	16	- 14
Pertussis	52	1	33	39	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	58	5	- 4
Tetanus	54	1	62	4	- 3
Poisonings	55	1	34	37	- 37
Hepatitis B	56	1	57	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	63	1	- 1
Syphilis	58	0	45	17	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	44	18	- 18
Measles	60	0	64	1	- 0
Appendicitis	61	0	54	7	- 6
War	62	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	42	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Maldives

Swaziland

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.