MALDIVES VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	436	2	143	+ 293
Coronary Heart Disease	2	344	1	279	+ 65
Diabetes Mellitus	3	323	6	47	+ 276
Kidney Disease	4	184	4	80	+ 104
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	152	8	33	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	6	130	26	11	+ 119
Road Traffic Accidents	7	126	31	9	+ 118
Lung Disease	8	122	3	91	+ 31
Hypertension	9	121	17	16	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	110	5	47	+ 63
Violence	11	86	28	10	+ 76
Liver Disease	12	81	11	24	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	13	73	36	5	+ 68
Breast Cancer	14	59	9	28	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	15	51	49	1	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	49	14	21	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	17	47	12	22	+ 25
Lung Cancers	18	43	7	36	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	19	40	20	15	+ 25
Skin Disease	20	37	32	8	+ 29
Other Injuries	21	34	18	16	+ 18
Suicide	22	33	21	15	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	23	32	25	12	+ 21
Lymphomas	24	30	34	7	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	25	27	13	22	+ 6
Falls	26	24	16	19	+ 6
Asthma	27	22	29	10	+ 12
Drownings	28	22	23	14	+ 8
Alcohol	29	21	51	1	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	30	19	15	19	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	31	19	40	4	+ 14
Epilepsy	32	16	38	5	+ 12
Malnutrition	33	15	45	3	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	12	42	4	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	11	22	14	- 4
Leukemia	36	10	24	13	- 3
Liver Cancer	37	9	10	27	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	9	43	3	+ 6
Fires	39	8	41	4	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	40	7	59	0	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	41	7	30	9	- 2
Birth Trauma	42	7	39	5	+ 2
Oral Cancer	43	7	19	15	- 8
Tuberculosis	44	7	27	11	- 5
Uterin Cancer	45	5	47	2	+ 3
Drug Use	46	4	48	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	47	4	35	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	48	4	46	2	+ 2
Meningitis	49	3	50	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	3	53	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	51	3	61	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	3	44	3	- 0
Dengue	53	1	33	8	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	57	0	+ 1
Poisonings	55	1	55	0	+ 0
Tetanus	56	0	54	0	+ 0
Syphilis	57	0	58	0	+ 0
War	58	0	62	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	56	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	52	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	65	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	63	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	37	5	- 5
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	60	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Saint Lucia

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.