YEMEN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,075	1	30,158	- 7,083
Stroke	2	11,832	2	13,570	- 1,737
Lung Disease	3	7,530	11	3,196	+ 4,334
Kidney Disease	4	6,645	15	2,679	+ 3,967
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,903	22	1,405	+ 2,498
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,871	19	1,794	+ 2,077
Lung Cancers	7	3,004	41	569	+ 2,435
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,730	4	11,978	- 9,249
Breast Cancer	9	2,312	26	1,134	+ 1,179
Liver Cancer	10	2,217	39	609	+ 1,608
Liver Disease	11	2,016	13	2,891	- 876
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,787	36	738	+ 1,050
Cervical Cancer	13	1,778	57	119	+ 1,659
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,733	30	913	+ 820
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,592	10	4,291	- 2,699
Falls	16	1,555	24	1,170	+ 385
Hypertension	17	1,354	8	5,293	- 3,939
Other Injuries	18	1,295	16	2,225	- 930
Oral Cancer	19	1,275	42	547	+ 728
Low Birth Weight	20	1,212	5	8,810	- 7,598
Suicide	21	1,202	21	1,699	- 497
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,186	9	4,372	- 3,186
Drownings	23	1,144	25	1,142	+ 1
Leukemia	24	1,057	34	776	+ 281
Parkinson's Disease	25	957	49	362	+ 596
Prostate Cancer	26	950	63	39	+ 910
Tuberculosis	27	934	18	1,899	- 966
Violence	28	827	14	2,839	- 2,012
Asthma	29	813	17	2,106	- 1,293
Ovary Cancer	30	766	52	188	+ 578
Road Traffic Accidents	31	714	6	8,561	- 7,846
Skin Disease	32	699	61	44	+ 655
Dengue	33	623	60	71	+ 552
Lymphomas	34	611	45	433	+ 178
Maternal Conditions	35	450	32	890	- 440
Inflammatory/Heart	36	442	40	585	- 143
Bladder Cancer	37	434	55	160	+ 273
Epilepsy	38	405	43	539	- 134
Birth Trauma	39	398	7	5,939	- 5,541
Pancreas Cancer	40	363	51	283	+ 81
Fires	41	324	29	991	- 666
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	297	33	833	- 536
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	281	37	707	- 426
Encephalitis	44	224	48	369	- 145
Malnutrition	45	223	27	1,058	- 835
Other Neoplasms	46	168	64	21	+ 148
Uterin Cancer	47	163	69	5	+ 158
Drug Use	48	151	38	613	- 462
Stomach Cancer	49	101	31	902	- 801
Meningitis	50	89	28	1,018	- 929
Alcohol	51	55	59	78	- 23
Pertussis	52	31	23	1,239	- 1,209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	28	66	14	+ 14
Tetanus	54	23	47	395	- 372
Poisonings	55	21	44	532	- 511
Hepatitis B	56	19	50	299	- 281
Multiple Sclerosis	57	18	62	42	- 24
Syphilis	58	12	53	175	- 163
Oesophagus Cancer	59	12	35	765	- 753
Measles	60	11	12	3,019	- 3,009
Appendicitis	61	9	54	162	- 152
War	62	6	3	12,915	- 12,909
Skin Cancers	63	4	58	100	- 95
Hepatitis C	64	4	68	8	- 4
Ascariasis	65	3	65	17	- 14
Upper Respiratory	66	3	70	5	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	72	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	14	- 13
Otitis Media	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	56	124	- 124
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Hookworm Disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	46	396	- 396
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Maldives

Yemen

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.