MALDIVES VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	556	1	279	+ 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	401	5	47	+ 354
Stroke	3	222	2	143	+ 78
Lung Disease	4	160	3	91	+ 68
Lung Cancers	5	137	7	36	+ 100
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	112	14	21	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	98	8	33	+ 65
Prostate Cancer	8	96	26	11	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	9	68	40	4	+ 63
Hypertension	10	68	17	16	+ 51
Diabetes Mellitus	11	67	6	47	+ 21
Kidney Disease	12	60	4	80	- 21
Breast Cancer	13	58	9	28	+ 30
Suicide	14	54	21	15	+ 40
Other Injuries	15	50	18	16	+ 35
Lymphomas	16	50	34	7	+ 42
Falls	17	41	16	19	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	18	38	46	2	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	19	35	25	12	+ 23
Leukemia	20	30	24	13	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	21	28	37	5	+ 23
Liver Cancer	22	28	10	27	+ 1
Liver Disease	23	27	11	24	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	24	26	12	22	+ 4
Skin Cancers	25	24	63	0	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	26	22	49	1	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	27	20	30	9	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	28	20	36	5	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	29	20	59	0	+ 20
Drug Use	30	16	48	2	+ 14
Oral Cancer	31	14	19	15	- 2
Alcohol	32	13	51	1	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	33	13	47	2	+ 11
Road Traffic Accidents	34	12	31	9	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	35	11	15	19	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	11	22	14	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	10	42	4	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	38	8	13	22	- 13
Skin Disease	39	8	32	8	- 0
Anemia	40	6	85	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	41	6	57	0	+ 6
Asthma	42	6	29	10	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	5	53	0	+ 4
Epilepsy	44	4	38	5	- 0
Malnutrition	45	4	45	3	+ 2
Drownings	46	4	23	14	- 10
Violence	47	4	28	10	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	4	43	3	+ 1
Fires	49	2	41	4	- 2
Schizophrenia	50	2	86	0	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	51	2	20	15	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	53	2	64	0	+ 2
Meningitis	54	1	50	1	+ 0
Birth Trauma	55	1	39	5	- 4
Tuberculosis	56	1	27	11	- 10
Osteoarthritis	57	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	66	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	1	61	0	+ 1
Poisonings	60	1	55	0	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	61	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	0	56	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	0	82	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	0	35	5	- 5
War	65	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	52	0	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	54	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	71	0	44	3	- 3
Syphilis	72	0	58	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	33	8	- 8
Ascariasis	81	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	60	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	70	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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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.