ZAMBIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,933	10	4,432	+ 10,501
Stroke	2	7,657	3	7,948	- 291
Lung Disease	3	4,873	21	1,273	+ 3,600
Kidney Disease	4	4,300	18	1,760	+ 2,540
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,526	29	590	+ 1,936
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,505	14	2,395	+ 110
Lung Cancers	7	1,944	41	226	+ 1,718
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,767	2	9,517	- 7,750
Breast Cancer	9	1,496	35	366	+ 1,130
Liver Cancer	10	1,435	46	177	+ 1,258
Liver Disease	11	1,304	9	4,501	- 3,196
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,157	37	354	+ 803
Cervical Cancer	13	1,150	17	1,799	- 648
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,122	43	203	+ 919
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,030	12	3,146	- 2,116
Falls	16	1,006	28	596	+ 410
Hypertension	17	876	13	2,616	- 1,740
Other Injuries	18	838	19	1,729	- 890
Oral Cancer	19	825	48	155	+ 670
Low Birth Weight	20	784	8	4,857	- 4,073
Suicide	21	778	20	1,303	- 525
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	768	5	6,275	- 5,508
Drownings	23	740	27	689	+ 51
Leukemia	24	684	39	261	+ 423
Parkinson's Disease	25	620	47	164	+ 456
Prostate Cancer	26	615	30	561	+ 53
Tuberculosis	27	604	6	5,941	- 5,337
Violence	28	535	23	1,153	- 618
Asthma	29	526	26	741	- 215
Ovary Cancer	30	496	57	82	+ 413
Road Traffic Accidents	31	462	11	3,654	- 3,192
Skin Disease	32	452	52	126	+ 327
Dengue	33	403	74	1	+ 402
Lymphomas	34	395	31	548	- 152
Maternal Conditions	35	291	22	1,188	- 897
Inflammatory/Heart	36	286	33	501	- 215
Bladder Cancer	37	281	50	132	+ 149
Epilepsy	38	262	38	332	- 70
Birth Trauma	39	258	7	5,062	- 4,804
Pancreas Cancer	40	235	62	42	+ 193
Fires	41	210	32	546	- 336
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	192	40	246	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	182	45	190	- 8
Encephalitis	44	145	59	70	+ 75
Malnutrition	45	144	15	2,303	- 2,158
Other Neoplasms	46	109	65	20	+ 89
Uterin Cancer	47	106	64	30	+ 76
Drug Use	48	98	53	122	- 25
Stomach Cancer	49	65	42	206	- 141
Meningitis	50	58	16	1,976	- 1,918
Alcohol	51	36	49	140	- 104
Pertussis	52	20	25	743	- 723
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	18	63	30	- 12
Tetanus	54	15	44	190	- 175
Poisonings	55	13	34	456	- 443
Hepatitis B	56	12	55	104	- 92
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	67	13	- 2
Syphilis	58	8	24	885	- 877
Oesophagus Cancer	59	8	36	359	- 351
Measles	60	7	61	48	- 41
Appendicitis	61	6	56	84	- 78
War	62	4	69	6	- 2
Skin Cancers	63	3	54	108	- 105
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	18	- 15
Ascariasis	65	2	68	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	2	60	68	- 66
Chlamydia	67	1	71	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	73	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	51	128	- 128
Leishmaniasis	72	0	58	72	- 72
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	75	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	17,234	- 17,234
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Maldives

Zambia

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.