UNITED KINGDOM VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,150	2	71,728	- 22,578
Stroke	2	25,203	4	37,626	- 12,424
Lung Disease	3	16,039	6	32,896	- 16,857
Kidney Disease	4	14,154	18	5,471	+ 8,683
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	8,314	1	98,135	- 89,821
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,245	17	5,842	+ 2,403
Lung Cancers	7	6,399	5	35,715	- 29,315
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	5,814	3	40,540	- 34,726
Breast Cancer	9	4,925	9	12,718	- 7,793
Liver Cancer	10	4,722	21	5,237	- 514
Liver Disease	11	4,293	14	7,666	- 3,372
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,807	28	3,297	+ 510
Cervical Cancer	13	3,787	43	1,099	+ 2,688
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	3,692	7	18,446	- 14,754
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,391	35	2,127	+ 1,264
Falls	16	3,312	15	7,618	- 4,307
Hypertension	17	2,884	23	5,208	- 2,324
Other Injuries	18	2,759	19	5,464	- 2,705
Oral Cancer	19	2,716	30	3,109	- 393
Low Birth Weight	20	2,582	40	1,313	+ 1,268
Suicide	21	2,559	20	5,325	- 2,766
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	2,527	38	1,599	+ 928
Drownings	23	2,436	49	301	+ 2,135
Leukemia	24	2,251	22	5,211	- 2,960
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,039	13	8,573	- 6,533
Prostate Cancer	26	2,023	8	13,289	- 11,266
Tuberculosis	27	1,989	47	351	+ 1,638
Violence	28	1,761	46	868	+ 893
Asthma	29	1,732	41	1,302	+ 430
Ovary Cancer	30	1,633	25	4,019	- 2,386
Road Traffic Accidents	31	1,521	33	2,169	- 648
Skin Disease	32	1,489	34	2,134	- 645
Dengue	33	1,328	73	0	+ 1,327
Lymphomas	34	1,302	10	9,350	- 8,049
Maternal Conditions	35	958	64	47	+ 911
Inflammatory/Heart	36	941	29	3,126	- 2,185
Bladder Cancer	37	924	16	6,133	- 5,210
Epilepsy	38	862	42	1,193	- 332
Birth Trauma	39	848	54	190	+ 658
Pancreas Cancer	40	774	11	8,995	- 8,221
Fires	41	691	48	334	+ 357
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	633	36	2,090	- 1,457
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	598	45	876	- 278
Encephalitis	44	477	68	6	+ 471
Malnutrition	45	475	58	116	+ 360
Other Neoplasms	46	358	26	3,986	- 3,627
Uterin Cancer	47	347	32	2,346	- 1,999
Drug Use	48	322	31	2,824	- 2,503
Stomach Cancer	49	215	24	4,999	- 4,784
Meningitis	50	190	52	232	- 42
Alcohol	51	117	39	1,555	- 1,437
Pertussis	52	65	69	3	+ 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	60	44	1,014	- 954
Tetanus	54	49	72	0	+ 49
Poisonings	55	44	53	221	- 176
Hepatitis B	56	40	65	40	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	37	37	1,856	- 1,818
Syphilis	58	26	62	49	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	59	25	12	8,727	- 8,702
Measles	60	23	75	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	61	20	59	105	- 86
War	62	13	67	10	+ 4
Skin Cancers	63	9	27	3,727	- 3,718
Hepatitis C	64	9	51	267	- 258
Ascariasis	65	7	80	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	6	63	48	- 43
Chlamydia	67	2	79	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	66	16	- 15
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	55	188	- 188
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	184	- 184
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	167	- 167
Oral conditions	82	0	61	54	- 54
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	50	277	- 277
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	101	- 101
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Maldives

United Kingdom

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.