MALDIVES VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Viet Nam VIET NAM MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Stroke 1 585 2 143 + 442
Coronary Heart Disease 2 338 1 279 + 59
Lung Disease 3 132 3 91 + 41
Diabetes Mellitus 4 124 6 47 + 78
Road Traffic Accidents 5 108 31 9 + 100
Alzheimers & Dementia 6 108 5 47 + 61
Influenza and Pneumonia 7 102 8 33 + 69
Kidney Disease 8 93 4 80 + 12
Liver Cancer 9 92 10 27 + 65
Liver Disease 10 88 11 24 + 63
Lung Cancers 11 78 7 36 + 42
Hypertension 12 73 17 16 + 57
Falls 13 57 16 19 + 38
Stomach Cancer 14 56 49 1 + 54
Tuberculosis 15 35 27 11 + 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers 16 30 14 21 + 9
Asthma 17 30 29 10 + 20
Suicide 18 27 21 15 + 12
Low Birth Weight 19 26 20 15 + 12
Oral Cancer 20 26 19 15 + 11
Congenital Anomalies 21 26 15 19 + 7
Breast Cancer 22 23 9 28 - 5
Other Injuries 23 20 18 16 + 5
Inflammatory/Heart 24 20 36 5 + 14
Parkinson's Disease 25 20 25 12 + 8
Drownings 26 19 23 14 + 5
HIV/AIDS 27 18 78 0 + 18
Leukemia 28 18 24 13 + 5
Diarrhoeal diseases 29 16 22 14 + 2
Lymphomas 30 11 34 7 + 4
Cervical Cancer 31 9 13 22 - 13
Birth Trauma 32 9 39 5 + 4
Oesophagus Cancer 33 8 59 0 + 8
Endocrine Disorders 34 8 12 22 - 14
Prostate Cancer 35 7 26 11 - 4
Violence 36 7 28 10 - 3
Measles 37 7 60 0 + 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease 38 6 43 3 + 3
Encephalitis 39 6 44 3 + 3
Skin Disease 40 6 32 8 - 3
Drug Use 41 5 48 2 + 3
Uterin Cancer 42 4 47 2 + 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 43 4 42 4 - 0
Pancreas Cancer 44 3 40 4 - 1
Bladder Cancer 45 3 37 5 - 2
Alcohol 46 3 51 1 + 3
Ovary Cancer 47 3 30 9 - 6
Poisonings 48 3 55 0 + 3
Maternal Conditions 49 3 35 5 - 3
Pertussis 50 3 52 0 + 2
Meningitis 51 2 50 1 + 1
Fires 52 2 41 4 - 2
Epilepsy 53 2 38 5 - 3
Skin Cancers 54 2 63 0 + 2
Hepatitis B 55 1 56 0 + 1
Syphilis 56 1 58 0 + 1
Other Neoplasms 57 1 46 2 - 1
Tetanus 58 1 54 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 1 53 0 + 0
Appendicitis 60 1 61 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 61 0 57 0 + 0
Dengue 62 0 33 8 - 7
Malnutrition 63 0 45 3 - 2
Hepatitis C 64 0 64 0 + 0
War 65 0 62 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 66 0 66 0 + 0
Malaria 67 0 75 0 + 0
Ascariasis 68 0 65 0 - 0
Diphtheria 69 0 68 0 + 0
Chlamydia 70 0 67 0 - 0
Otitis Media 71 0 69 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 70 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 73 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 74 0 76 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 75 0 79 0 - 0
Chagas disease 76 0 73 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 77 0 71 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 78 0 72 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 79 0 74 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 80 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 81 0 85 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 82 0 86 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 83 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 84 0 80 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 85 0 81 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 82 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Viet Nam

Viet Nam

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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