MALAYSIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,816	1	36,729	- 11,913
Stroke	2	12,725	3	21,592	- 8,867
Lung Disease	3	8,098	5	6,633	+ 1,465
Kidney Disease	4	7,146	6	6,629	+ 517
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,198	10	3,996	+ 202
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,163	9	4,107	+ 56
Lung Cancers	7	3,231	8	4,319	- 1,088
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,936	2	23,477	- 20,542
Breast Cancer	9	2,487	12	3,071	- 585
Liver Cancer	10	2,384	16	1,984	+ 400
Liver Disease	11	2,168	7	5,125	- 2,958
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,922	37	809	+ 1,113
Cervical Cancer	13	1,912	31	1,010	+ 901
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,864	11	3,832	- 1,968
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,712	24	1,403	+ 309
Falls	16	1,672	18	1,855	- 183
Hypertension	17	1,456	38	649	+ 807
Other Injuries	18	1,393	14	2,222	- 829
Oral Cancer	19	1,371	17	1,865	- 493
Low Birth Weight	20	1,303	29	1,020	+ 283
Suicide	21	1,292	19	1,823	- 531
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	1,276	20	1,773	- 497
Drownings	23	1,230	36	820	+ 410
Leukemia	24	1,137	23	1,412	- 276
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,030	28	1,106	- 76
Prostate Cancer	26	1,021	33	903	+ 118
Tuberculosis	27	1,004	26	1,227	- 223
Violence	28	889	34	869	+ 20
Asthma	29	874	30	1,013	- 139
Ovary Cancer	30	824	35	827	- 3
Road Traffic Accidents	31	768	4	7,181	- 6,413
Skin Disease	32	752	15	2,066	- 1,314
Dengue	33	670	47	280	+ 390
Lymphomas	34	657	25	1,321	- 664
Maternal Conditions	35	484	56	167	+ 317
Inflammatory/Heart	36	475	27	1,214	- 738
Bladder Cancer	37	466	39	467	- 1
Epilepsy	38	435	52	226	+ 209
Birth Trauma	39	428	42	359	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	40	391	32	994	- 603
Fires	41	349	44	336	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	320	22	1,424	- 1,105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	302	51	246	+ 56
Encephalitis	44	241	40	452	- 211
Malnutrition	45	240	49	249	- 9
Other Neoplasms	46	181	48	265	- 84
Uterin Cancer	47	175	43	352	- 177
Drug Use	48	162	45	322	- 160
Stomach Cancer	49	108	21	1,441	- 1,333
Meningitis	50	96	46	301	- 205
Alcohol	51	59	55	181	- 121
Pertussis	52	33	57	80	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	30	60	27	+ 3
Tetanus	54	25	61	21	+ 3
Poisonings	55	22	53	211	- 188
Hepatitis B	56	20	54	206	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	57	19	59	30	- 11
Syphilis	58	13	62	19	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	59	13	41	435	- 422
Measles	60	11	70	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	61	10	58	71	- 62
War	62	7	63	11	- 4
Skin Cancers	63	5	50	247	- 243
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	6	- 1
Ascariasis	65	3	67	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	65	5	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	13	2,679	- 2,679
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Maldives

Malaysia

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.