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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS JAMAICA

Compare Maldives and Jamaica 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.

Jamaica
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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Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
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   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Maldives MALDIVES   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
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
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
49.69
162
2. Stroke
52.95
123
70.26
104
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
13.20
151
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
23.98
84
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
25.54
24
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
15.09
133
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
61.66
24
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
22.18
32
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
14.66
78
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
11.23
153
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
3.14
161
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
53.37
3
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
4.80
162
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
13.25
39
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
5.56
60
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
5.85
38
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
18.75
89
18. Falls
5.80
86
2.34
167
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
3.69
118
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
0.24
157
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
1.87
141
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
2.77
173
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
1.06
133
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
4.63
124
25. Asthma
3.60
99
2.02
115
26. Drownings
3.18
70
0.34
182
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
4.13
19
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
6.72
67
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
4.13
63
30. Suicide
2.76
165
2.28
175
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
7.87
10
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
1.77
108
33. Violence
1.95
133
47.92
4
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
14.23
101
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
6.42
8
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
4.11
112
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.04
47
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
3.62
94
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
2.47
92
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
1.48
101
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
0.85
127
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
1.43
90
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
1.82
96
44. Fires
0.99
114
0.47
145
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
0.43
90
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
0.57
80
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
1.15
81
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
0.40
169
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
7.00
77
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
0.49
116
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
1,726
9.88
2. Stroke
143
11.86
2,415
13.82
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
452
2.59
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
793
4.54
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
2,077
11.88
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
587
3.36
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
472
2.70
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
393
2.25
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
413
2.36
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
101
0.58
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
155
0.89
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
358
2.05
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
176
1.01
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
436
2.49
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
139
0.80
16. Falls
19
1.58
82
0.47
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
651
3.73
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
91
0.52
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
241
1.38
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
59
0.34
21. Suicide
15
1.24
70
0.40
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
35
0.20
23. Drownings
14
1.16
10
0.06
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
129
0.74
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
132
0.76
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
8
0.05
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
883
5.05
28. Asthma
10
0.83
65
0.37
29. Violence
10
0.83
1,484
8.49
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
97
0.56
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
444
2.54
32. Dengue
8
0.66
1
0.01
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
145
0.83
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
251
1.44
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
35
0.20
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
65
0.37
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
60
0.34
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
46
0.26
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
133
0.76
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
119
0.68
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
82
0.47
42. Fires
4
0.33
16
0.09
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
13
0.07
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
48
0.27
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
27
0.15
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
106
0.61
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
19
0.11
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
13
0.07
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
16
0.09
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
231
1.32
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
25.54
24
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
22.18
32
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
14.66
78
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
3.14
161
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
53.37
3
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
13.25
39
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
5.85
38
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
1.87
141
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
4.13
63
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
7.87
10
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
1.77
108
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
6.42
8
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
3.62
94
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
7.00
77
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
2.28
95
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
0.29
168
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.