MALDIVES VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Solomon Isl. SOLOMON ISL. MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 522 1 279 + 243
Stroke 2 358 2 143 + 215
Influenza and Pneumonia 3 198 8 33 + 165
Diabetes Mellitus 4 172 6 47 + 126
Diarrhoeal diseases 5 117 22 14 + 102
Lung Disease 6 112 3 91 + 21
Malaria 7 78 75 0 + 78
Road Traffic Accidents 8 59 31 9 + 51
Suicide 9 53 21 15 + 38
Liver Disease 10 48 11 24 + 23
Drownings 11 43 23 14 + 29
Asthma 12 42 29 10 + 32
Hypertension 13 41 17 16 + 24
Low Birth Weight 14 35 20 15 + 20
Kidney Disease 15 34 4 80 - 46
Congenital Anomalies 16 34 15 19 + 14
Other Injuries 17 32 18 16 + 16
Liver Cancer 18 32 10 27 + 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease 19 31 43 3 + 28
Falls 20 29 16 19 + 10
Birth Trauma 21 27 39 5 + 23
Maternal Conditions 22 25 35 5 + 19
Tuberculosis 23 24 27 11 + 13
Dengue 24 22 33 8 + 15
Cervical Cancer 25 22 13 22 + 1
Breast Cancer 26 18 9 28 - 10
Lung Cancers 27 18 7 36 - 18
Alzheimers & Dementia 28 17 5 47 - 30
Syphilis 29 15 58 0 + 15
Violence 30 14 28 10 + 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers 31 12 14 21 - 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease 32 12 42 4 + 8
Ovary Cancer 33 11 30 9 + 2
Parkinson's Disease 34 11 25 12 - 0
Leukemia 35 11 24 13 - 2
Malnutrition 36 10 45 3 + 7
Inflammatory/Heart 37 9 36 5 + 4
Poisonings 38 8 55 0 + 8
Endocrine Disorders 39 8 12 22 - 14
Fires 40 8 41 4 + 4
Prostate Cancer 41 7 26 11 - 5
Lymphomas 42 7 34 7 - 1
Meningitis 43 7 50 1 + 6
Stomach Cancer 44 6 49 1 + 5
Epilepsy 45 6 38 5 + 1
Skin Disease 46 5 32 8 - 3
Uterin Cancer 47 5 47 2 + 3
Alcohol 48 5 51 1 + 4
Oral Cancer 49 4 19 15 - 11
Pertussis 50 4 52 0 + 4
Pancreas Cancer 51 2 40 4 - 2
Bladder Cancer 52 2 37 5 - 3
Hepatitis B 53 2 56 0 + 1
Encephalitis 54 1 44 3 - 2
Appendicitis 55 1 61 0 + 1
Other Neoplasms 56 1 46 2 - 1
Oesophagus Cancer 57 1 59 0 + 0
Drug Use 58 0 48 2 - 1
Tetanus 59 0 54 0 + 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 60 0 53 0 - 0
Multiple Sclerosis 61 0 57 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 62 0 64 0 + 0
Ascariasis 63 0 65 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 64 0 66 0 + 0
War 65 0 62 0 - 0
Chlamydia 66 0 67 0 + 0
Diphtheria 67 0 68 0 + 0
Otitis Media 68 0 69 0 + 0
Skin Cancers 69 0 63 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 70 0 86 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 71 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 72 0 85 0 - 0
Depression 73 0 83 0 - 0
Leprosy 74 0 70 0 - 0
Measles 75 0 60 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 76 0 72 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 77 0 71 0 - 0
Chagas disease 78 0 73 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 79 0 74 0 - 0
HIV/AIDS 80 0 78 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 81 0 76 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 82 0 77 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 83 0 79 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.

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