VENEZUELA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,436	1	26,905	- 4,469
Stroke	2	11,505	3	12,133	- 629
Lung Disease	3	7,322	10	5,150	+ 2,172
Kidney Disease	4	6,461	8	5,932	+ 529
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,795	35	572	+ 3,223
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,764	4	11,176	- 7,413
Lung Cancers	7	2,921	11	3,900	- 979
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,654	7	7,188	- 4,534
Breast Cancer	9	2,248	15	2,563	- 315
Liver Cancer	10	2,156	26	1,029	+ 1,126
Liver Disease	11	1,960	16	2,340	- 380
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,738	30	760	+ 978
Cervical Cancer	13	1,728	20	1,986	- 258
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,685	19	2,037	- 352
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,548	14	2,846	- 1,298
Falls	16	1,512	28	865	+ 646
Hypertension	17	1,317	9	5,195	- 3,878
Other Injuries	18	1,260	21	1,693	- 434
Oral Cancer	19	1,240	38	544	+ 696
Low Birth Weight	20	1,178	12	3,088	- 1,909
Suicide	21	1,168	34	585	+ 583
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,153	22	1,359	- 206
Drownings	23	1,112	43	388	+ 724
Leukemia	24	1,028	27	1,007	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	25	931	48	252	+ 679
Prostate Cancer	26	923	13	2,848	- 1,925
Tuberculosis	27	908	31	748	+ 160
Violence	28	804	2	18,132	- 17,328
Asthma	29	791	46	311	+ 480
Ovary Cancer	30	745	36	563	+ 183
Road Traffic Accidents	31	695	5	11,127	- 10,433
Skin Disease	32	680	66	18	+ 662
Dengue	33	606	59	65	+ 541
Lymphomas	34	594	23	1,248	- 654
Maternal Conditions	35	437	39	422	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	36	430	33	599	- 169
Bladder Cancer	37	422	45	365	+ 57
Epilepsy	38	393	41	411	- 17
Birth Trauma	39	387	24	1,087	- 700
Pancreas Cancer	40	353	25	1,082	- 729
Fires	41	316	54	144	+ 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	289	40	418	- 129
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	273	57	80	+ 193
Encephalitis	44	218	61	37	+ 181
Malnutrition	45	217	32	629	- 412
Other Neoplasms	46	164	18	2,167	- 2,004
Uterin Cancer	47	159	47	309	- 151
Drug Use	48	147	50	225	- 78
Stomach Cancer	49	98	17	2,175	- 2,077
Meningitis	50	87	49	251	- 164
Alcohol	51	54	62	34	+ 19
Pertussis	52	30	64	26	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	27	52	180	- 153
Tetanus	54	22	68	8	+ 15
Poisonings	55	20	58	68	- 47
Hepatitis B	56	18	63	30	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	17	60	51	- 34
Syphilis	58	12	67	15	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	59	11	44	370	- 358
Measles	60	10	79	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	61	9	56	98	- 89
War	62	6	51	185	- 179
Skin Cancers	63	4	37	553	- 549
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	21	- 17
Ascariasis	65	3	70	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	74	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	71	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	71	0	76	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	3	- 3
Chagas disease	73	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	42	402	- 402
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	6	7,490	- 7,490
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	55	126	- 126
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Maldives

Venezuela

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.