MALDIVES VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	754	1	279	+ 475
Diabetes Mellitus	2	479	6	47	+ 432
Stroke	3	465	2	143	+ 322
Kidney Disease	4	220	4	80	+ 139
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	202	8	33	+ 169
Lung Disease	6	161	3	91	+ 70
Suicide	7	125	21	15	+ 111
Hypertension	8	106	17	16	+ 89
Liver Disease	9	93	11	24	+ 68
Lung Cancers	10	90	7	36	+ 53
Drownings	11	67	23	14	+ 53
Breast Cancer	12	66	9	28	+ 38
Asthma	13	62	29	10	+ 52
Low Birth Weight	14	58	20	15	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	54	43	3	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	52	22	14	+ 38
Other Injuries	17	52	18	16	+ 36
Congenital Anomalies	18	52	15	19	+ 33
Tuberculosis	19	49	27	11	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	20	46	49	1	+ 45
Birth Trauma	21	42	39	5	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	33	14	21	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	23	33	13	22	+ 11
Liver Cancer	24	32	10	27	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	26	42	4	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	25	5	47	- 22
Falls	27	24	16	19	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	28	24	36	5	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	29	22	26	11	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	30	21	12	22	- 1
Violence	31	21	28	10	+ 11
Leukemia	32	20	24	13	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	33	18	25	12	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	34	14	35	5	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	35	14	40	4	+ 10
Lymphomas	36	14	34	7	+ 7
Pertussis	37	14	52	0	+ 13
Oral Cancer	38	13	19	15	- 2
Meningitis	39	12	50	1	+ 11
Syphilis	40	12	58	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	41	11	47	2	+ 9
Skin Disease	42	11	32	8	+ 2
Epilepsy	43	11	38	5	+ 6
Malnutrition	44	10	45	3	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	45	9	30	9	- 0
Alcohol	46	9	51	1	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	59	0	+ 8
Fires	48	8	41	4	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	49	6	37	5	+ 1
Poisonings	50	4	55	0	+ 4
Skin Cancers	51	4	63	0	+ 3
Drug Use	52	2	48	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	53	2	44	3	- 0
Appendicitis	54	2	61	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	1	46	2	- 1
Measles	56	1	60	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	1	56	0	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	1	31	9	- 8
Tetanus	59	1	54	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	53	0	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	33	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	57	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	65	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	71	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Micronesia

Maldives

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.