ICELAND VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	261	1	403	- 142
Stroke	2	134	3	141	- 7
Lung Disease	3	85	5	129	- 43
Kidney Disease	4	75	15	33	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	44	2	295	- 251
Diabetes Mellitus	6	44	16	30	+ 14
Lung Cancers	7	34	4	134	- 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	31	6	82	- 51
Breast Cancer	9	26	9	53	- 27
Liver Cancer	10	25	20	22	+ 3
Liver Disease	11	23	31	9	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	12	20	27	16	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	13	20	32	9	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	20	7	73	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	15	18	34	7	+ 11
Falls	16	18	18	24	- 6
Hypertension	17	15	17	24	- 9
Other Injuries	18	15	11	50	- 35
Oral Cancer	19	14	33	9	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	20	14	43	3	+ 11
Suicide	21	14	13	40	- 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	13	55	1	+ 12
Drownings	23	13	56	1	+ 12
Leukemia	24	12	22	19	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	25	11	10	53	- 42
Prostate Cancer	26	11	8	61	- 50
Tuberculosis	27	11	82	0	+ 11
Violence	28	9	39	4	+ 5
Asthma	29	9	48	2	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	30	9	25	16	- 8
Road Traffic Accidents	31	8	35	7	+ 1
Skin Disease	32	8	45	3	+ 5
Dengue	33	7	72	0	+ 7
Lymphomas	34	7	14	37	- 30
Maternal Conditions	35	5	60	0	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	36	5	26	16	- 11
Bladder Cancer	37	5	21	20	- 15
Epilepsy	38	5	37	5	- 1
Birth Trauma	39	5	46	2	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	40	4	12	43	- 39
Fires	41	4	58	1	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	3	41	3	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	3	54	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	44	3	78	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	45	3	57	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	46	2	30	10	- 8
Uterin Cancer	47	2	36	7	- 5
Drug Use	48	2	24	17	- 15
Stomach Cancer	49	1	23	18	- 16
Meningitis	50	1	50	1	- 0
Alcohol	51	1	28	14	- 14
Pertussis	52	0	62	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	0	38	4	- 4
Tetanus	54	0	68	0	+ 0
Poisonings	55	0	42	3	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	0	63	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	0	44	3	- 3
Syphilis	58	0	80	0	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	59	0	19	23	- 22
Measles	60	0	67	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	86	0	+ 0
War	62	0	61	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	0	29	13	- 13
Hepatitis C	64	0	52	1	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	65	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	59	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	86	0	49	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Maldives

Iceland

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.