MALDIVES VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,554	1	279	+ 1,275
Stroke	2	904	2	143	+ 760
Lung Cancers	3	150	7	36	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	4	149	36	5	+ 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	134	5	47	+ 87
Liver Disease	6	126	11	24	+ 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	118	14	21	+ 97
Suicide	8	101	21	15	+ 87
Lung Disease	9	101	3	91	+ 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	89	8	33	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	11	81	49	1	+ 80
Alcohol	12	77	51	1	+ 77
Breast Cancer	13	64	9	28	+ 36
Other Injuries	14	62	18	16	+ 47
HIV/AIDS	15	59	78	0	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	16	56	40	4	+ 52
Hypertension	17	51	17	16	+ 34
Diabetes Mellitus	18	51	6	47	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	19	48	31	9	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	20	39	26	11	+ 27
Falls	21	32	16	19	+ 14
Kidney Disease	22	32	4	80	- 48
Violence	23	32	28	10	+ 22
Liver Cancer	24	31	10	27	+ 4
Oral Cancer	25	30	19	15	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	26	26	25	12	+ 14
Drug Use	27	25	48	2	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	25	42	4	+ 21
Lymphomas	29	25	34	7	+ 17
Tuberculosis	30	23	27	11	+ 12
Leukemia	31	23	24	13	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	32	22	30	9	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	33	21	59	0	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	34	20	13	22	- 1
Uterin Cancer	35	19	47	2	+ 17
Drownings	36	18	23	14	+ 4
Fires	37	18	41	4	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	38	17	37	5	+ 12
Skin Cancers	39	15	63	0	+ 15
Poisonings	40	15	55	0	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	41	12	15	19	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	8	43	3	+ 4
Skin Disease	43	8	32	8	- 1
Low Birth Weight	44	6	20	15	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	45	6	12	22	- 16
Asthma	46	5	29	10	- 5
Encephalitis	47	3	44	3	+ 0
Meningitis	48	3	50	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	2	57	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	2	53	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	51	2	46	2	- 0
Epilepsy	52	2	38	5	- 3
Birth Trauma	53	2	39	5	- 3
Appendicitis	54	1	61	0	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	1	22	14	- 13
Maternal Conditions	56	1	35	5	- 5
Malnutrition	57	1	45	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	58	0	66	0	+ 0
War	59	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	56	0	- 0
Chlamydia	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	58	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	54	0	- 0
Otitis Media	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	52	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	60	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	33	8	- 8
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.