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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Maldives and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Maldives MALDIVES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
83.76
128
2. Stroke
52.95
123
80.50
93
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
31.41
47
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
35.72
35
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
18.21
76
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
16.44
118
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
74.67
16
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
20.99
37
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
18.34
64
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
83.23
40
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
5.46
87
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
35.20
22
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
18.41
95
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
8.90
89
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
11.70
14
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.85
115
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
33.86
36
18. Falls
5.80
86
2.99
150
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
3.36
130
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
39.83
26
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
3.18
80
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
10.77
57
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
33.37
46
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
6.23
83
25. Asthma
3.60
99
13.63
45
26. Drownings
3.18
70
4.06
44
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
2.91
30
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
7.16
63
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
3.34
108
30. Suicide
2.76
165
23.49
8
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
6.08
39
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
2.19
83
33. Violence
1.95
133
37.54
8
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
22.70
61
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
2.15
99
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
12.75
17
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.00
171
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
4.98
65
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
4.52
65
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
3.28
22
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
2.04
70
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
4.41
56
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
3.36
78
44. Fires
0.99
114
6.64
4
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
0.43
87
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
0.65
75
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
2.65
62
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
1.52
67
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
3.68
137
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
6.74
41
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
32,739
7.20
2. Stroke
143
11.86
30,693
6.75
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
11,895
2.62
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
15,302
3.37
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
30,188
6.64
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
4,676
1.03
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
7,705
1.70
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
39,341
8.65
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
4,533
1.00
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
2,383
0.52
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
9,013
1.98
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
5,555
1.22
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
5,890
1.30
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
3,587
0.79
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
4,351
0.96
16. Falls
19
1.58
1,399
0.31
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
12,789
2.81
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
6,014
1.32
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
6,250
1.37
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
1,406
0.31
21. Suicide
15
1.24
13,774
3.03
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
15,843
3.49
23. Drownings
14
1.16
2,403
0.53
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
1,464
0.32
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
1,077
0.24
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
21,965
4.83
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
4,374
0.96
28. Asthma
10
0.83
5,966
1.31
29. Violence
10
0.83
21,000
4.62
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
951
0.21
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
13,014
2.86
32. Dengue
8
0.66
0
0.00
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
1,101
0.24
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
2,818
0.62
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
1,700
0.37
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
3,004
0.66
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
829
0.18
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
1,870
0.41
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
5,408
1.19
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
2,007
0.44
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
1,894
0.42
42. Fires
4
0.33
3,618
0.80
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
234
0.05
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
2,381
0.52
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
1,015
0.22
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
512
0.11
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
267
0.06
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
770
0.17
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
3,660
0.81
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
1,535
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
18.21
76
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
20.99
37
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
18.34
64
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
5.46
87
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
35.20
22
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
8.90
89
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.85
115
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
3.18
80
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
3.34
108
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
6.08
39
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
2.19
83
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
2.15
99
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
4.98
65
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
3.68
137
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
8.50
16
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
2.47
53
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.