FIJI VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	683	2	1,481	- 798
Stroke	2	350	3	583	- 232
Lung Disease	3	223	9	141	+ 82
Kidney Disease	4	197	4	277	- 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	116	19	63	+ 53
Diabetes Mellitus	6	115	1	1,628	- 1,513
Lung Cancers	7	89	22	48	+ 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	81	5	228	- 148
Breast Cancer	9	68	8	162	- 94
Liver Cancer	10	66	18	68	- 2
Liver Disease	11	60	15	82	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	12	53	34	28	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	13	53	13	86	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	51	24	45	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	15	47	10	129	- 82
Falls	16	46	36	27	+ 19
Hypertension	17	40	7	170	- 130
Other Injuries	18	38	17	77	- 38
Oral Cancer	19	38	46	13	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	20	36	14	86	- 50
Suicide	21	36	16	80	- 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	35	12	96	- 61
Drownings	23	34	21	60	- 26
Leukemia	24	31	30	31	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	25	28	26	40	- 12
Prostate Cancer	26	28	25	41	- 12
Tuberculosis	27	28	27	39	- 12
Violence	28	24	40	19	+ 5
Asthma	29	24	6	226	- 202
Ovary Cancer	30	23	32	29	- 6
Road Traffic Accidents	31	21	11	120	- 99
Skin Disease	32	21	41	19	+ 2
Dengue	33	18	55	3	+ 16
Lymphomas	34	18	35	27	- 9
Maternal Conditions	35	13	49	9	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	36	13	23	45	- 32
Bladder Cancer	37	13	50	8	+ 5
Epilepsy	38	12	44	16	- 4
Birth Trauma	39	12	28	36	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	40	11	38	21	- 10
Fires	41	10	33	28	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	9	29	34	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	8	20	62	- 54
Encephalitis	44	7	51	7	- 1
Malnutrition	45	7	45	14	- 8
Other Neoplasms	46	5	53	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	47	5	39	20	- 15
Drug Use	48	4	52	4	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	49	3	37	23	- 20
Meningitis	50	3	43	17	- 15
Alcohol	51	2	57	2	- 0
Pertussis	52	1	48	10	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	1	62	0	+ 0
Tetanus	54	1	58	1	- 1
Poisonings	55	1	56	2	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	1	59	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	1	60	1	- 0
Syphilis	58	0	47	11	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	42	18	- 17
Measles	60	0	63	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	54	3	- 3
War	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	31	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Maldives

Fiji

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.