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MALDIVES VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Philippines PHILIPPINES MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 427 1 279 + 148
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 308 8 33 + 275
Stroke 3 244 2 143 + 101
Kidney Disease 4 129 4 80 + 49
Hypertension 5 113 17 16 + 97
Lung Disease 6 107 3 91 + 16
Diabetes Mellitus 7 106 6 47 + 59
Tuberculosis 8 89 27 11 + 78
Violence 9 49 28 10 + 39
Road Traffic Accidents 10 43 31 9 + 34
Asthma 11 37 29 10 + 28
Endocrine Disorders 12 34 12 22 + 13
Lung Cancers 13 34 7 36 - 3
Low Birth Weight 14 33 20 15 + 19
Breast Cancer 15 32 9 28 + 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers 16 27 14 21 + 6
Congenital Anomalies 17 26 15 19 + 7
Birth Trauma 18 26 39 5 + 21
Liver Cancer 19 25 10 27 - 2
Liver Disease 20 23 11 24 - 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease 21 23 42 4 + 19
Diarrhoeal diseases 22 20 22 14 + 6
Other Neoplasms 23 17 46 2 + 15
Malnutrition 24 14 45 3 + 11
Skin Disease 25 14 32 8 + 5
Prostate Cancer 26 14 26 11 + 2
Drownings 27 13 23 14 - 1
Falls 28 13 16 19 - 6
Leukemia 29 12 24 13 - 1
Inflammatory/Heart 30 12 36 5 + 6
Other Injuries 31 12 18 16 - 4
Anemia 32 11 85 0 + 11
Cervical Cancer 33 10 13 22 - 11
Oral Cancer 34 10 19 15 - 6
Suicide 35 8 21 15 - 7
Lymphomas 36 7 34 7 + 0
Pancreas Cancer 37 7 40 4 + 3
Maternal Conditions 38 7 35 5 + 1
Alzheimers & Dementia 39 7 5 47 - 41
Ovary Cancer 40 7 30 9 - 3
Stomach Cancer 41 6 49 1 + 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease 42 6 43 3 + 3
Pertussis 43 6 52 0 + 5
Syphilis 44 4 58 0 + 4
Epilepsy 45 4 38 5 - 1
Dengue 46 3 33 8 - 4
Meningitis 47 3 50 1 + 2
Measles 48 3 60 0 + 3
War 49 3 62 0 + 3
Uterin Cancer 50 3 47 2 + 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy 51 2 80 0 + 2
Drug Use 52 2 48 2 + 0
Oesophagus Cancer 53 2 59 0 + 2
Fires 54 2 41 4 - 2
Parkinson's Disease 55 2 25 12 - 10
Hepatitis B 56 2 56 0 + 2
Osteoarthritis 57 2 81 0 + 2
Bladder Cancer 58 2 37 5 - 3
Tetanus 59 2 54 0 + 1
Alcohol 60 1 51 1 + 1
Skin Cancers 61 1 63 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 1 53 0 + 1
Appendicitis 63 1 61 0 + 1
Schistosomiasis 64 1 71 0 + 1
Poisonings 65 1 55 0 + 0
HIV/AIDS 66 1 78 0 + 1
Encephalitis 67 1 44 3 - 2
Schizophrenia 68 0 86 0 + 0
Malaria 69 0 75 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 70 0 66 0 + 0
Leprosy 71 0 70 0 + 0
Multiple Sclerosis 72 0 57 0 - 0
Oral conditions 73 0 82 0 + 0
Otitis Media 74 0 69 0 + 0
Diphtheria 75 0 68 0 + 0
Ascariasis 76 0 65 0 + 0
Iodine Deficiency 77 0 79 0 + 0
Chlamydia 78 0 67 0 + 0
Chagas disease 79 0 73 0 + 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 80 0 84 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 81 0 64 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 82 0 72 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 83 0 74 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 84 0 76 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 85 0 77 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Philippines

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Maldives

Maldives

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020