SWITZERLAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,361	1	10,713	- 4,352
Stroke	2	3,262	3	3,918	- 656
Lung Disease	3	2,076	5	2,902	- 826
Kidney Disease	4	1,832	13	1,261	+ 571
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,076	2	7,192	- 6,116
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,067	17	1,022	+ 45
Lung Cancers	7	828	4	3,520	- 2,691
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	753	8	1,949	- 1,197
Breast Cancer	9	637	11	1,577	- 939
Liver Cancer	10	611	19	805	- 194
Liver Disease	11	556	21	677	- 122
Endocrine Disorders	12	493	25	593	- 100
Cervical Cancer	13	490	42	105	+ 385
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	478	7	1,995	- 1,517
Congenital Anomalies	15	439	31	305	+ 134
Falls	16	429	9	1,919	- 1,491
Hypertension	17	373	6	2,471	- 2,098
Other Injuries	18	357	30	410	- 52
Oral Cancer	19	352	26	500	- 149
Low Birth Weight	20	334	43	105	+ 229
Suicide	21	331	14	1,249	- 918
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	327	35	186	+ 141
Drownings	23	315	50	49	+ 266
Leukemia	24	291	22	671	- 380
Parkinson's Disease	25	264	18	857	- 593
Prostate Cancer	26	262	10	1,579	- 1,317
Tuberculosis	27	257	56	21	+ 236
Violence	28	228	51	42	+ 186
Asthma	29	224	46	95	+ 129
Ovary Cancer	30	211	29	457	- 246
Road Traffic Accidents	31	197	34	193	+ 4
Skin Disease	32	193	40	129	+ 63
Dengue	33	172	81	0	+ 172
Lymphomas	34	168	15	1,131	- 963
Maternal Conditions	35	124	64	4	+ 120
Inflammatory/Heart	36	122	16	1,027	- 905
Bladder Cancer	37	120	23	669	- 550
Epilepsy	38	112	39	159	- 47
Birth Trauma	39	110	52	32	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	40	100	12	1,486	- 1,386
Fires	41	89	55	21	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	82	41	122	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	77	48	78	- 0
Encephalitis	44	62	68	1	+ 61
Malnutrition	45	61	47	84	- 23
Other Neoplasms	46	46	20	681	- 635
Uterin Cancer	47	45	33	224	- 179
Drug Use	48	42	36	176	- 134
Stomach Cancer	49	28	24	614	- 586
Meningitis	50	25	57	20	+ 5
Alcohol	51	15	32	229	- 214
Pertussis	52	8	73	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	49	68	- 60
Tetanus	54	6	70	0	+ 6
Poisonings	55	6	60	13	- 7
Hepatitis B	56	5	63	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	38	160	- 155
Syphilis	58	3	65	2	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	59	3	28	491	- 488
Measles	60	3	75	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	3	59	15	- 12
War	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	27	493	- 492
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	15	- 14
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	11	- 10
Chlamydia	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	54	29	- 29
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	102	- 102
Schizophrenia	86	0	45	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Maldives

Switzerland

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.