SWEDEN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,603	1	15,136	- 7,533
Stroke	2	3,899	3	6,035	- 2,136
Lung Disease	3	2,481	4	4,344	- 1,863
Kidney Disease	4	2,189	12	1,629	+ 560
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,286	2	10,917	- 9,631
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,275	11	1,834	- 559
Lung Cancers	7	990	5	3,722	- 2,732
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	899	7	2,659	- 1,759
Breast Cancer	9	762	13	1,582	- 821
Liver Cancer	10	731	22	752	- 21
Liver Disease	11	664	23	723	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	12	589	24	702	- 113
Cervical Cancer	13	586	38	228	+ 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	571	6	3,049	- 2,478
Congenital Anomalies	15	525	35	308	+ 217
Falls	16	512	17	1,109	- 597
Hypertension	17	446	10	1,838	- 1,392
Other Injuries	18	427	15	1,374	- 947
Oral Cancer	19	420	31	379	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	20	399	51	50	+ 349
Suicide	21	396	14	1,479	- 1,084
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	391	36	289	+ 102
Drownings	23	377	46	114	+ 262
Leukemia	24	348	20	825	- 477
Parkinson's Disease	25	315	19	943	- 628
Prostate Cancer	26	313	8	2,622	- 2,309
Tuberculosis	27	308	56	24	+ 284
Violence	28	272	47	113	+ 160
Asthma	29	268	42	158	+ 110
Ovary Cancer	30	253	27	553	- 300
Road Traffic Accidents	31	235	34	315	- 80
Skin Disease	32	230	39	220	+ 10
Dengue	33	205	80	0	+ 205
Lymphomas	34	201	16	1,357	- 1,155
Maternal Conditions	35	148	64	5	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	36	146	28	547	- 401
Bladder Cancer	37	143	21	760	- 617
Epilepsy	38	133	44	121	+ 13
Birth Trauma	39	131	55	34	+ 98
Pancreas Cancer	40	120	9	1,849	- 1,729
Fires	41	107	49	65	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	98	37	277	- 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	93	48	110	- 18
Encephalitis	44	74	71	0	+ 74
Malnutrition	45	74	45	117	- 44
Other Neoplasms	46	55	18	1,036	- 981
Uterin Cancer	47	54	33	345	- 291
Drug Use	48	50	30	423	- 374
Stomach Cancer	49	33	26	612	- 579
Meningitis	50	29	54	35	- 6
Alcohol	51	18	32	359	- 340
Pertussis	52	10	67	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	9	43	129	- 120
Tetanus	54	8	68	0	+ 7
Poisonings	55	7	60	18	- 11
Hepatitis B	56	6	62	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	6	41	170	- 164
Syphilis	58	4	72	0	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	59	4	29	538	- 534
Measles	60	4	83	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	59	18	- 15
War	62	2	65	2	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	1	25	650	- 649
Hepatitis C	64	1	53	44	- 43
Ascariasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	20	- 19
Chlamydia	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	61	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	175	- 175
Schizophrenia	86	0	50	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Maldives

Sweden

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.