VIET NAM VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		VIET NAM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	75,930	2	91,939	- 16,009
Stroke	2	38,934	1	159,032	- 120,098
Lung Disease	3	24,778	3	35,875	- 11,097
Kidney Disease	4	21,866	8	25,251	- 3,385
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	12,844	6	29,307	- 16,463
Diabetes Mellitus	6	12,737	4	33,860	- 21,123
Lung Cancers	7	9,886	11	21,294	- 11,408
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	8,982	7	27,836	- 18,854
Breast Cancer	9	7,608	22	6,187	+ 1,421
Liver Cancer	10	7,295	9	24,995	- 17,699
Liver Disease	11	6,633	10	23,900	- 17,267
Endocrine Disorders	12	5,881	34	2,082	+ 3,799
Cervical Cancer	13	5,850	31	2,391	+ 3,458
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	5,704	16	8,258	- 2,554
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,238	21	7,064	- 1,825
Falls	16	5,116	13	15,427	- 10,311
Hypertension	17	4,456	12	19,880	- 15,424
Other Injuries	18	4,263	23	5,539	- 1,276
Oral Cancer	19	4,196	20	7,088	- 2,892
Low Birth Weight	20	3,988	19	7,132	- 3,144
Suicide	21	3,954	18	7,249	- 3,295
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	3,903	29	4,390	- 487
Drownings	23	3,763	26	5,097	- 1,334
Leukemia	24	3,478	28	4,899	- 1,421
Parkinson's Disease	25	3,150	25	5,338	- 2,188
Prostate Cancer	26	3,125	35	1,911	+ 1,214
Tuberculosis	27	3,073	15	9,446	- 6,373
Violence	28	2,721	36	1,785	+ 935
Asthma	29	2,676	17	8,150	- 5,474
Ovary Cancer	30	2,522	47	864	+ 1,658
Road Traffic Accidents	31	2,350	5	29,475	- 27,125
Skin Disease	32	2,300	40	1,515	+ 785
Dengue	33	2,051	62	127	+ 1,924
Lymphomas	34	2,011	30	2,964	- 954
Maternal Conditions	35	1,480	49	773	+ 707
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,454	24	5,357	- 3,902
Bladder Cancer	37	1,427	45	896	+ 531
Epilepsy	38	1,331	53	583	+ 748
Birth Trauma	39	1,310	32	2,340	- 1,030
Pancreas Cancer	40	1,196	44	929	+ 266
Fires	41	1,068	52	595	+ 473
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	978	43	957	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	924	38	1,708	- 784
Encephalitis	44	737	39	1,558	- 821
Malnutrition	45	734	63	120	+ 614
Other Neoplasms	46	554	57	325	+ 229
Uterin Cancer	47	537	42	1,159	- 622
Drug Use	48	497	41	1,366	- 869
Stomach Cancer	49	332	14	15,134	- 14,802
Meningitis	50	293	51	624	- 331
Alcohol	51	181	46	867	- 685
Pertussis	52	101	50	705	- 604
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	92	59	224	- 132
Tetanus	54	76	58	286	- 211
Poisonings	55	68	48	832	- 764
Hepatitis B	56	62	55	379	- 317
Multiple Sclerosis	57	58	61	135	- 78
Syphilis	58	39	56	328	- 289
Oesophagus Cancer	59	39	33	2,265	- 2,226
Measles	60	35	37	1,780	- 1,745
Appendicitis	61	30	60	201	- 171
War	62	21	65	34	- 13
Skin Cancers	63	14	54	467	- 453
Hepatitis C	64	14	64	78	- 65
Ascariasis	65	10	68	9	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	9	66	34	- 25
Chlamydia	67	3	70	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	1	69	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	71	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	14	- 14
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	27	4,993	- 4,993
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VIET NAM

Maldives

Viet Nam

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.