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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS DR CONGO

Compare Maldives and DR Congo health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

DR Congo
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Maldives Population Pyramid
586,102
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Maldives MALDIVES   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.1
42.6
43.9
111
140
124
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
108.48
92
2. Stroke
52.95
123
112.53
56
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
44.15
23
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
24.38
79
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
15.42
112
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
19.83
52
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
36.82
69
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
22.64
30
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
3.48
152
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
117.32
16
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
9.59
31
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
31.05
27
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
36.25
41
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
9.05
87
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
10.69
18
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.08
143
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
50.51
14
18. Falls
5.80
86
8.41
41
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
3.70
117
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
79.20
9
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.21
121
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
12.62
40
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
55.99
28
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
7.74
35
25. Asthma
3.60
99
20.76
18
26. Drownings
3.18
70
3.10
72
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
1.81
79
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
11.44
22
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
3.40
102
30. Suicide
2.76
165
12.41
45
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
4.48
101
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
0.78
167
33. Violence
1.95
133
16.45
27
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
39.80
25
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
1.91
111
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
9.82
29
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.00
86
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
2.92
114
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
5.00
58
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
2.36
50
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
4.14
24
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
11.91
24
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
10.95
18
44. Fires
0.99
114
3.03
48
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
0.63
57
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
0.25
151
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
16.42
13
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
1.25
88
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
6.55
82
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
11.11
32
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
34,713
5.28
2. Stroke
143
11.86
36,596
5.56
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
13,527
2.06
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
9,077
1.38
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
12,902
1.96
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
4,548
0.69
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
1,158
0.18
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
73,546
11.18
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
3,416
0.52
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
3,840
0.58
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
15,044
2.29
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
4,823
0.73
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
7,380
1.12
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
2,966
0.45
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
16,256
2.47
16. Falls
19
1.58
3,483
0.53
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
15,743
2.39
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
8,272
1.26
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
34,668
5.27
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
1,003
0.15
21. Suicide
15
1.24
5,812
0.88
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
41,301
6.28
23. Drownings
14
1.16
3,454
0.52
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
1,871
0.28
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
1,035
0.16
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
43,759
6.65
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
3,948
0.60
28. Asthma
10
0.83
7,733
1.18
29. Violence
10
0.83
11,120
1.69
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
656
0.10
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
30,256
4.60
32. Dengue
8
0.66
1
0.00
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
781
0.12
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
2,061
0.31
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
10,513
1.60
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
33,075
5.03
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
270
0.04
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
1,727
0.26
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
4,045
0.61
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
1,017
0.15
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
1,923
0.29
42. Fires
4
0.33
2,007
0.31
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
680
0.10
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
8,910
1.35
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
1,728
0.26
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
352
0.05
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
88
0.01
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
638
0.10
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
11,568
1.76
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
2,579
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
15.42
112
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
22.64
30
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
3.48
152
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
9.59
31
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
31.05
27
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
9.05
87
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.08
143
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.21
121
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
3.40
102
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
4.48
101
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
0.78
167
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
1.91
111
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
2.92
114
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
6.55
82
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
2.18
101
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
2.16
74
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.