TRINIDAD/TOB. VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,012	1	1,476	- 464
Stroke	2	519	3	822	- 304
Lung Disease	3	330	16	129	+ 201
Kidney Disease	4	291	5	439	- 148
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	171	9	215	- 44
Diabetes Mellitus	6	170	2	1,275	- 1,106
Lung Cancers	7	132	8	217	- 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	120	10	205	- 86
Breast Cancer	9	101	7	258	- 157
Liver Cancer	10	97	28	66	+ 31
Liver Disease	11	88	14	136	- 48
Endocrine Disorders	12	78	18	119	- 41
Cervical Cancer	13	78	21	97	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	76	13	196	- 120
Congenital Anomalies	15	70	22	93	- 24
Falls	16	68	33	43	+ 25
Hypertension	17	59	11	201	- 142
Other Injuries	18	57	30	61	- 4
Oral Cancer	19	56	38	31	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	20	53	23	83	- 30
Suicide	21	53	17	121	- 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	52	45	18	+ 34
Drownings	23	50	39	31	+ 19
Leukemia	24	46	29	62	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	25	42	32	51	- 9
Prostate Cancer	26	42	6	330	- 288
Tuberculosis	27	41	43	22	+ 19
Violence	28	36	4	549	- 513
Asthma	29	36	35	40	- 5
Ovary Cancer	30	34	24	80	- 47
Road Traffic Accidents	31	31	15	130	- 99
Skin Disease	32	31	36	39	- 8
Dengue	33	27	55	5	+ 22
Lymphomas	34	27	20	111	- 85
Maternal Conditions	35	20	50	10	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	36	19	25	72	- 53
Bladder Cancer	37	19	34	41	- 22
Epilepsy	38	18	37	32	- 14
Birth Trauma	39	17	40	25	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	40	16	19	114	- 98
Fires	41	14	48	16	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	13	31	52	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	12	49	11	+ 1
Encephalitis	44	10	54	6	+ 4
Malnutrition	45	10	47	17	- 7
Other Neoplasms	46	7	51	10	- 3
Uterin Cancer	47	7	27	68	- 61
Drug Use	48	7	44	19	- 12
Stomach Cancer	49	4	26	69	- 65
Meningitis	50	4	52	9	- 6
Alcohol	51	2	42	23	- 21
Pertussis	52	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	53	8	- 7
Tetanus	54	1	65	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	59	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	60	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	58	2	- 1
Syphilis	58	1	61	0	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	1	41	24	- 24
Measles	60	0	76	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	56	4	- 4
War	62	0	46	17	- 17
Skin Cancers	63	0	57	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	12	196	- 196
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Maldives

Trinidad/Tob.

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.