MALDIVES VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	791	78	0	+ 791
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	315	8	33	+ 282
Diabetes Mellitus	3	305	6	47	+ 258
Stroke	4	273	2	143	+ 130
Coronary Heart Disease	5	258	1	279	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	177	22	14	+ 162
Road Traffic Accidents	7	131	31	9	+ 123
Kidney Disease	8	130	4	80	+ 50
Suicide	9	115	21	15	+ 101
Hypertension	10	100	17	16	+ 83
Liver Disease	11	94	11	24	+ 69
Lung Disease	12	90	3	91	- 1
Tuberculosis	13	87	27	11	+ 76
Low Birth Weight	14	80	20	15	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	15	73	13	22	+ 52
Violence	16	73	28	10	+ 63
Other Injuries	17	65	18	16	+ 49
Birth Trauma	18	57	39	5	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	19	55	15	19	+ 36
Asthma	20	51	29	10	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	21	40	35	5	+ 34
Malnutrition	22	36	45	3	+ 33
Meningitis	23	33	50	1	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	24	32	36	5	+ 27
Drownings	25	30	23	14	+ 16
Fires	26	29	41	4	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	26	5	47	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	28	25	12	22	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	17	42	4	+ 14
Epilepsy	30	16	38	5	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	31	15	26	11	+ 4
Falls	32	14	16	19	- 5
Pertussis	33	13	52	0	+ 13
Poisonings	34	13	55	0	+ 13
Breast Cancer	35	13	9	28	- 15
Lymphomas	36	11	34	7	+ 3
Liver Cancer	37	10	10	27	- 17
Drug Use	38	9	48	2	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	9	43	3	+ 6
Skin Disease	40	9	32	8	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	41	8	25	12	- 3
Skin Cancers	42	7	63	0	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	6	14	21	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	44	6	59	0	+ 6
Syphilis	45	6	58	0	+ 6
Lung Cancers	46	6	7	36	- 31
Leukemia	47	6	24	13	- 7
Alcohol	48	5	51	1	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	49	4	71	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	50	4	47	2	+ 2
Oral Cancer	51	3	19	15	- 12
Ovary Cancer	52	3	30	9	- 6
Stomach Cancer	53	2	49	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	54	2	61	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	2	37	5	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	56	2	40	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	2	56	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	53	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	2	44	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	66	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	46	2	- 1
Tetanus	62	1	54	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	57	0	+ 0
Measles	64	0	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	33	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	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.