ZIMBABWE VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,313	3	8,493	+ 3,820
Stroke	2	6,314	5	5,126	+ 1,188
Lung Disease	3	4,018	23	1,163	+ 2,855
Kidney Disease	4	3,546	12	2,214	+ 1,332
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,083	31	768	+ 1,315
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,066	9	3,344	- 1,278
Lung Cancers	7	1,603	43	286	+ 1,317
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,457	2	10,779	- 9,323
Breast Cancer	9	1,234	28	839	+ 395
Liver Cancer	10	1,183	38	510	+ 673
Liver Disease	11	1,076	17	1,941	- 866
Endocrine Disorders	12	954	34	553	+ 400
Cervical Cancer	13	949	14	2,023	- 1,074
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	925	40	505	+ 420
Congenital Anomalies	15	849	11	2,217	- 1,368
Falls	16	830	41	465	+ 365
Hypertension	17	723	24	1,146	- 423
Other Injuries	18	691	20	1,656	- 964
Oral Cancer	19	680	49	208	+ 473
Low Birth Weight	20	647	7	4,038	- 3,391
Suicide	21	641	13	2,069	- 1,427
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	633	6	4,595	- 3,962
Drownings	23	610	27	956	- 345
Leukemia	24	564	45	244	+ 320
Parkinson's Disease	25	511	46	226	+ 285
Prostate Cancer	26	507	32	628	- 121
Tuberculosis	27	498	16	1,999	- 1,501
Violence	28	441	18	1,916	- 1,475
Asthma	29	434	21	1,531	- 1,097
Ovary Cancer	30	409	51	173	+ 236
Road Traffic Accidents	31	381	4	6,037	- 5,656
Skin Disease	32	373	52	173	+ 200
Dengue	33	333	73	0	+ 332
Lymphomas	34	326	26	960	- 634
Maternal Conditions	35	240	19	1,749	- 1,509
Inflammatory/Heart	36	236	25	1,047	- 811
Bladder Cancer	37	231	54	125	+ 107
Epilepsy	38	216	39	508	- 292
Birth Trauma	39	212	8	3,405	- 3,193
Pancreas Cancer	40	194	47	217	- 23
Fires	41	173	30	793	- 619
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	159	35	548	- 389
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	150	36	542	- 392
Encephalitis	44	120	56	117	+ 2
Malnutrition	45	119	10	2,396	- 2,277
Other Neoplasms	46	90	62	37	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	47	87	50	182	- 95
Drug Use	48	81	48	213	- 132
Stomach Cancer	49	54	33	559	- 505
Meningitis	50	48	22	1,325	- 1,278
Alcohol	51	29	61	48	- 19
Pertussis	52	16	42	419	- 402
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	15	64	26	- 11
Tetanus	54	12	57	102	- 89
Poisonings	55	11	37	515	- 504
Hepatitis B	56	10	60	57	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	57	9	67	14	- 5
Syphilis	58	6	55	124	- 118
Oesophagus Cancer	59	6	29	801	- 795
Measles	60	6	63	30	- 25
Appendicitis	61	5	58	66	- 61
War	62	3	65	26	- 23
Skin Cancers	63	2	44	264	- 262
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	14	- 12
Ascariasis	65	2	70	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	59	65	- 64
Chlamydia	67	0	69	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	53	172	- 172
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	1	19,988	- 19,988
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
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Maldives

Zimbabwe

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.