THAILAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,200	1	51,305	- 1,106
Stroke	2	25,741	2	50,273	- 24,532
Lung Disease	3	16,382	9	19,474	- 3,093
Kidney Disease	4	14,456	4	26,822	- 12,366
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	8,492	6	22,851	- 14,359
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,421	10	18,776	- 10,355
Lung Cancers	7	6,536	8	22,296	- 15,760
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	5,939	3	31,289	- 25,351
Breast Cancer	9	5,030	17	6,053	- 1,023
Liver Cancer	10	4,823	5	23,883	- 19,059
Liver Disease	11	4,385	11	17,596	- 13,211
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,888	37	1,888	+ 2,000
Cervical Cancer	13	3,867	19	5,110	- 1,243
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,771	13	9,908	- 6,137
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,463	35	2,107	+ 1,356
Falls	16	3,382	18	5,409	- 2,027
Hypertension	17	2,946	34	2,179	+ 767
Other Injuries	18	2,818	21	4,869	- 2,051
Oral Cancer	19	2,774	20	4,961	- 2,186
Low Birth Weight	20	2,637	40	1,548	+ 1,089
Suicide	21	2,614	16	6,147	- 3,533
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	2,580	15	6,863	- 4,283
Drownings	23	2,488	25	3,956	- 1,468
Leukemia	24	2,299	26	3,902	- 1,603
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,083	23	4,292	- 2,210
Prostate Cancer	26	2,066	30	3,013	- 947
Tuberculosis	27	2,032	14	9,551	- 7,520
Violence	28	1,799	31	2,965	- 1,167
Asthma	29	1,769	24	4,182	- 2,413
Ovary Cancer	30	1,667	36	2,003	- 336
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,554	7	22,428	- 20,874
Skin Disease	32	1,521	28	3,375	- 1,855
Dengue	33	1,356	55	172	+ 1,184
Lymphomas	34	1,329	22	4,539	- 3,210
Maternal Conditions	35	978	52	227	+ 751
Inflammatory/Heart	36	961	32	2,879	- 1,917
Bladder Cancer	37	943	38	1,798	- 855
Epilepsy	38	880	47	689	+ 191
Birth Trauma	39	866	50	533	+ 333
Pancreas Cancer	40	791	33	2,383	- 1,592
Fires	41	706	48	617	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	647	39	1,679	- 1,032
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	611	51	436	+ 175
Encephalitis	44	487	46	722	- 234
Malnutrition	45	485	42	962	- 477
Other Neoplasms	46	366	54	192	+ 174
Uterin Cancer	47	355	44	864	- 509
Drug Use	48	329	45	794	- 465
Stomach Cancer	49	219	27	3,451	- 3,232
Meningitis	50	194	43	931	- 736
Alcohol	51	120	49	548	- 428
Pertussis	52	67	62	77	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	61	53	194	- 134
Tetanus	54	50	58	116	- 67
Poisonings	55	45	57	132	- 87
Hepatitis B	56	41	56	153	- 112
Multiple Sclerosis	57	38	61	86	- 47
Syphilis	58	26	64	36	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	59	26	29	3,156	- 3,130
Measles	60	23	63	56	- 33
Appendicitis	61	20	59	114	- 94
War	62	14	60	87	- 74
Skin Cancers	63	9	41	1,133	- 1,124
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	7	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	7	69	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	6	65	18	- 12
Chlamydia	67	2	70	3	- 1
Diphtheria	68	1	71	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	1	68	7	- 6
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	66	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	12	13,922	- 13,922
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Maldives

Thailand

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.