MALDIVES VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Pakistan PAKISTAN MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 371 1 279 + 92
Stroke 2 218 2 143 + 75
Diarrhoeal diseases 3 161 22 14 + 146
Low Birth Weight 4 144 20 15 + 129
Lung Disease 5 134 3 91 + 43
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 129 8 33 + 96
Diabetes Mellitus 7 98 6 47 + 52
Birth Trauma 8 92 39 5 + 87
Kidney Disease 9 88 4 80 + 7
Liver Disease 10 84 11 24 + 60
Tuberculosis 11 65 27 11 + 54
Road Traffic Accidents 12 43 31 9 + 35
Other Injuries 13 42 18 16 + 26
Congenital Anomalies 14 41 15 19 + 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease 15 40 43 3 + 37
Hypertension 16 35 17 16 + 19
Asthma 17 32 29 10 + 22
Suicide 18 30 21 15 + 15
Meningitis 19 28 50 1 + 27
Breast Cancer 20 28 9 28 - 0
Oral Cancer 21 26 19 15 + 11
Alzheimers & Dementia 22 23 5 47 - 24
Violence 23 20 28 10 + 10
Maternal Conditions 24 19 35 5 + 14
Endocrine Disorders 25 18 12 22 - 4
Lung Cancers 26 15 7 36 - 21
Malnutrition 27 14 45 3 + 11
Falls 28 13 16 19 - 5
Oesophagus Cancer 29 12 59 0 + 12
Tetanus 30 12 54 0 + 11
Lymphomas 31 11 34 7 + 3
HIV/AIDS 32 10 78 0 + 10
Encephalitis 33 10 44 3 + 8
Pertussis 34 10 52 0 + 9
Parkinson's Disease 35 9 25 12 - 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 36 8 42 4 + 5
Drownings 37 8 23 14 - 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers 38 8 14 21 - 13
Leukemia 39 8 24 13 - 5
Epilepsy 40 8 38 5 + 3
Liver Cancer 41 7 10 27 - 20
Fires 42 7 41 4 + 3
Stomach Cancer 43 6 49 1 + 5
Cervical Cancer 44 6 13 22 - 15
Prostate Cancer 45 5 26 11 - 6
Ovary Cancer 46 5 30 9 - 4
Poisonings 47 5 55 0 + 5
Bladder Cancer 48 4 37 5 - 1
Measles 49 4 60 0 + 4
Alcohol 50 4 51 1 + 3
Appendicitis 51 4 61 0 + 4
Inflammatory/Heart 52 4 36 5 - 2
Hepatitis B 53 3 56 0 + 3
Skin Cancers 54 2 63 0 + 2
Dengue 55 2 33 8 - 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis 56 2 53 0 + 2
Syphilis 57 2 58 0 + 2
Hepatitis C 58 2 64 0 + 2
Uterin Cancer 59 2 47 2 - 0
Pancreas Cancer 60 2 40 4 - 3
Drug Use 61 1 48 2 - 1
War 62 1 62 0 + 1
Malaria 63 1 75 0 + 1
Other Neoplasms 64 1 46 2 - 1
Multiple Sclerosis 65 1 57 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 66 0 66 0 + 0
Skin Disease 67 0 32 8 - 8
Ascariasis 68 0 65 0 + 0
Diphtheria 69 0 68 0 + 0
Chlamydia 70 0 67 0 + 0
Otitis Media 71 0 69 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 72 0 72 0 + 0
Trypanosomiasis 73 0 74 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 74 0 71 0 - 0
Chagas disease 75 0 73 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 79 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 77 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 76 0 - 0
Leprosy 79 0 70 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 80 0 81 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 81 0 80 0 - 0
Oral conditions 82 0 82 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 83 0 86 0 - 0
Depression 84 0 83 0 - 0
Anemia 85 0 85 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 86 0 84 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020