MALDIVES VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	365	1	279	+ 86
Stroke	2	164	2	143	+ 21
War	3	156	62	0	+ 156
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	145	8	33	+ 112
Low Birth Weight	5	107	20	15	+ 92
Road Traffic Accidents	6	104	31	9	+ 95
Birth Trauma	7	72	39	5	+ 67
Hypertension	8	64	17	16	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	53	22	14	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	10	52	15	19	+ 33
Lung Disease	11	39	3	91	- 52
Measles	12	37	60	0	+ 36
Liver Disease	13	35	11	24	+ 11
Violence	14	34	28	10	+ 24
Kidney Disease	15	32	4	80	- 48
Other Injuries	16	27	18	16	+ 11
Asthma	17	25	29	10	+ 16
Tuberculosis	18	23	27	11	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	19	22	6	47	- 25
Malaria	20	21	75	0	+ 21
Suicide	21	21	21	15	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	17	5	47	- 30
Pertussis	23	15	52	0	+ 15
Falls	24	14	16	19	- 5
Drownings	25	14	23	14	- 0
Breast Cancer	26	14	9	28	- 14
Malnutrition	27	13	45	3	+ 10
Meningitis	28	12	50	1	+ 11
Fires	29	12	41	4	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	11	14	21	- 10
Stomach Cancer	31	11	49	1	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	32	11	35	5	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	10	42	4	+ 6
Leukemia	34	9	24	13	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	35	9	59	0	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	36	9	12	22	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	9	43	3	+ 5
Drug Use	38	7	48	2	+ 6
Liver Cancer	39	7	10	27	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	40	7	36	5	+ 2
Lung Cancers	41	7	7	36	- 29
Oral Cancer	42	7	19	15	- 9
Epilepsy	43	7	38	5	+ 2
Poisonings	44	6	55	0	+ 6
Lymphomas	45	5	34	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	46	5	78	0	+ 5
Tetanus	47	5	54	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	48	4	44	3	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	49	4	25	12	- 7
Hepatitis B	50	4	56	0	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	51	3	40	4	- 1
Ovary Cancer	52	2	30	9	- 7
Syphilis	53	2	58	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	2	61	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	2	37	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	56	1	71	0	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	57	1	13	22	- 20
Skin Cancers	58	1	63	0	+ 1
Alcohol	59	1	51	1	+ 0
Dengue	60	1	33	8	- 7
Skin Disease	61	1	32	8	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	57	0	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	0	26	11	- 11
Other Neoplasms	64	0	46	2	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	0	53	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	47	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	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.