MALDIVES VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	158	78	0	+ 158
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	150	8	33	+ 117
Malaria	3	125	75	0	+ 125
Tuberculosis	4	117	27	11	+ 106
Road Traffic Accidents	5	104	31	9	+ 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	101	22	14	+ 87
Stroke	7	97	2	143	- 46
Birth Trauma	8	87	39	5	+ 82
Coronary Heart Disease	9	76	1	279	- 203
Low Birth Weight	10	70	20	15	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	11	56	15	19	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	12	39	35	5	+ 34
Liver Disease	13	38	11	24	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	14	37	13	22	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	15	36	6	47	- 11
Malnutrition	16	32	45	3	+ 29
Hypertension	17	30	17	16	+ 14
Violence	18	27	28	10	+ 17
Kidney Disease	19	26	4	80	- 54
Other Injuries	20	25	18	16	+ 9
Meningitis	21	18	50	1	+ 17
Lung Disease	22	18	3	91	- 74
Pertussis	23	16	52	0	+ 16
Suicide	24	14	21	15	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	25	13	59	0	+ 13
Syphilis	26	12	58	0	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	12	5	47	- 35
Prostate Cancer	28	10	26	11	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	29	10	12	22	- 11
Asthma	30	10	29	10	- 0
Oral Cancer	31	9	19	15	- 6
Drownings	32	9	23	14	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	9	14	21	- 12
Falls	34	9	16	19	- 10
Fires	35	8	41	4	+ 4
Liver Cancer	36	8	10	27	- 19
Breast Cancer	37	7	9	28	- 21
Inflammatory/Heart	38	7	36	5	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	39	7	49	1	+ 6
Poisonings	40	7	55	0	+ 6
Lymphomas	41	5	34	7	- 3
Skin Cancers	42	4	63	0	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	4	38	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	44	4	37	5	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	45	3	25	12	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	3	42	4	- 1
Leukemia	47	2	24	13	- 10
Drug Use	48	2	48	2	+ 1
Tetanus	49	2	54	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	2	43	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	51	2	71	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	52	2	32	8	- 6
Ovary Cancer	53	2	30	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	54	2	66	0	+ 2
Measles	55	2	60	0	+ 2
Alcohol	56	2	51	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	57	1	47	2	- 1
Appendicitis	58	1	61	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	56	0	+ 1
Lung Cancers	61	1	7	36	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	62	1	40	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	0	53	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	64	0	46	2	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	+ 0
War	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	57	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	33	8	- 8
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Tanzania

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.