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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS JAPAN

Compare Maldives and Japan 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.

Japan
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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   Japan JAPAN
  Maldives MALDIVES   Japan JAPAN
       
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
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
30.62
181
2. Stroke
52.95
123
23.21
161
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
12.69
156
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
7.61
154
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
10.31
155
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
7.87
159
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
1.35
182
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
2.73
152
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
18.06
66
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
16.56
129
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
6.62
62
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
6.05
157
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
4.78
164
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
13.59
37
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
2.36
135
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.30
136
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
1.07
183
18. Falls
5.80
86
1.98
173
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
2.33
156
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
0.53
140
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.19
124
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
4.92
133
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
0.53
161
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
2.49
167
25. Asthma
3.60
99
0.36
174
26. Drownings
3.18
70
2.12
109
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
0.47
142
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
0.32
183
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
2.76
133
30. Suicide
2.76
165
12.24
49
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
4.22
111
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
1.86
104
33. Violence
1.95
133
0.19
183
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
2.21
175
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
2.02
106
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
2.08
163
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.00
139
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
8.87
10
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
0.61
169
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
0.51
176
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
0.40
162
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
0.41
118
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
0.17
180
44. Fires
0.99
114
0.33
161
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
0.01
169
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
3.05
31
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
0.04
175
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
0.33
177
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
11.47
28
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
0.09
180
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
163,905
14.84
2. Stroke
143
11.86
121,823
11.03
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
78,169
7.08
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
44,779
4.05
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
5,433
0.49
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
56,937
5.15
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
79,688
7.21
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
107,899
9.77
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
15,805
1.43
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
29,384
2.66
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
14,195
1.29
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
3,799
0.34
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
11,486
1.04
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
57,340
5.19
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
2,473
0.22
16. Falls
19
1.58
9,736
0.88
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
6,673
0.60
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
22,068
2.00
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
202
0.02
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
8,333
0.75
21. Suicide
15
1.24
19,466
1.76
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
2,731
0.25
23. Drownings
14
1.16
8,409
0.76
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
9,607
0.87
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
14,007
1.27
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
3,459
0.31
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
13,515
1.22
28. Asthma
10
0.83
1,922
0.17
29. Violence
10
0.83
266
0.02
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
5,061
0.46
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
4,566
0.41
32. Dengue
8
0.66
0
0.00
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
2,806
0.25
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
19,273
1.74
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
39
0.00
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
104
0.01
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
9,936
0.90
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
1,558
0.14
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
8,232
0.75
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
37,027
3.35
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
2,922
0.26
42. Fires
4
0.33
1,007
0.09
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
5
0.00
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
1,910
0.17
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
2,555
0.23
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
3,461
0.31
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
15,120
1.37
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
732
0.07
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
308
0.03
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
50,433
4.57
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
10.31
155
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
2.73
152
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
18.06
66
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
6.62
62
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
6.05
157
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
13.59
37
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.30
136
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.19
124
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
2.76
133
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
4.22
111
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
1.86
104
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
2.02
106
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
8.87
10
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
11.47
28
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
3.28
61
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
0.42
167
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.