TURKEY VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,394	1	85,905	- 25,511
Stroke	2	30,968	2	44,006	- 13,038
Lung Disease	3	19,708	4	25,088	- 5,380
Kidney Disease	4	17,392	7	17,021	+ 371
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	10,216	6	17,308	- 7,092
Diabetes Mellitus	6	10,131	5	17,900	- 7,769
Lung Cancers	7	7,863	3	35,070	- 27,207
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	7,145	9	12,845	- 5,700
Breast Cancer	9	6,052	14	5,643	+ 409
Liver Cancer	10	5,803	20	4,542	+ 1,260
Liver Disease	11	5,276	13	6,340	- 1,065
Endocrine Disorders	12	4,678	26	2,612	+ 2,066
Cervical Cancer	13	4,653	34	1,311	+ 3,342
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	4,537	10	10,606	- 6,069
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,167	17	4,966	- 800
Falls	16	4,069	22	4,373	- 304
Hypertension	17	3,544	8	14,763	- 11,219
Other Injuries	18	3,390	30	1,678	+ 1,712
Oral Cancer	19	3,338	35	1,305	+ 2,032
Low Birth Weight	20	3,172	24	3,478	- 306
Suicide	21	3,145	29	2,003	+ 1,141
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	3,104	40	741	+ 2,364
Drownings	23	2,993	44	549	+ 2,445
Leukemia	24	2,766	18	4,870	- 2,104
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,506	25	3,439	- 934
Prostate Cancer	26	2,486	15	5,608	- 3,122
Tuberculosis	27	2,444	50	303	+ 2,141
Violence	28	2,164	23	4,010	- 1,847
Asthma	29	2,128	27	2,434	- 306
Ovary Cancer	30	2,006	28	2,287	- 281
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,869	16	5,573	- 3,704
Skin Disease	32	1,829	48	324	+ 1,505
Dengue	33	1,631	73	0	+ 1,631
Lymphomas	34	1,599	19	4,849	- 3,249
Maternal Conditions	35	1,177	57	109	+ 1,068
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,157	31	1,632	- 476
Bladder Cancer	37	1,135	21	4,485	- 3,350
Epilepsy	38	1,059	36	1,147	- 88
Birth Trauma	39	1,042	41	720	+ 322
Pancreas Cancer	40	951	12	6,882	- 5,931
Fires	41	849	47	343	+ 507
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	778	39	789	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	735	45	452	+ 284
Encephalitis	44	586	54	184	+ 402
Malnutrition	45	584	43	588	- 4
Other Neoplasms	46	440	42	646	- 206
Uterin Cancer	47	427	37	1,090	- 663
Drug Use	48	395	38	972	- 577
Stomach Cancer	49	264	11	10,333	- 10,069
Meningitis	50	233	51	274	- 41
Alcohol	51	144	55	182	- 38
Pertussis	52	80	58	103	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	73	52	237	- 164
Tetanus	54	60	64	12	+ 48
Poisonings	55	54	46	369	- 315
Hepatitis B	56	49	60	72	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	57	46	56	169	- 123
Syphilis	58	31	61	50	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	59	31	33	1,321	- 1,290
Measles	60	28	65	6	+ 22
Appendicitis	61	24	59	93	- 69
War	62	16	49	318	- 302
Skin Cancers	63	11	32	1,548	- 1,537
Hepatitis C	64	11	63	19	- 8
Ascariasis	65	8	70	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	7	66	5	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	2	69	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	1	71	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	1	67	3	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	62	33	- 33
Leishmaniasis	72	0	68	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	53	204	- 204
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

Maldives

Turkey

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.