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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS NIGERIA

Compare Maldives and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Maldives Population Pyramid
586,102
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Maldives MALDIVES   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
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
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
100.91
107
2. Stroke
52.95
123
88.68
86
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
20.77
99
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
23.87
88
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
20.56
47
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
19.45
59
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
33.50
82
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
21.11
35
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
1.37
178
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
98.12
28
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
6.19
71
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
20.40
63
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
41.99
21
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
4.32
157
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
7.01
35
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.90
112
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
16.07
103
18. Falls
5.80
86
8.54
40
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
5.60
29
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
99.13
6
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.44
107
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
10.98
56
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
78.99
13
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
11.22
5
25. Asthma
3.60
99
10.71
58
26. Drownings
3.18
70
2.17
107
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
1.64
90
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
14.70
5
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
2.06
151
30. Suicide
2.76
165
6.87
117
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
5.96
45
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
0.81
166
33. Violence
1.95
133
11.97
42
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
27.25
54
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
1.60
132
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
5.49
76
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.00
98
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
2.64
126
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
7.03
31
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
3.25
23
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
2.05
69
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
2.36
83
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
15.51
2
44. Fires
0.99
114
3.44
37
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
0.51
76
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
0.50
88
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
14.14
17
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
5.81
5
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
2.52
169
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
17.54
9
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
61,374
4.14
2. Stroke
143
11.86
57,744
3.90
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
12,569
0.85
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
18,189
1.23
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
22,497
1.52
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
6,786
0.46
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
1,295
0.09
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
207,281
14.00
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
11,884
0.80
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
5,289
0.36
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
38,326
2.59
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
10,574
0.71
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
15,799
1.07
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
4,152
0.28
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
49,696
3.36
16. Falls
19
1.58
7,528
0.51
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
10,692
0.72
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
22,696
1.53
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
95,959
6.48
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
2,238
0.15
21. Suicide
15
1.24
7,019
0.47
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
144,724
9.77
23. Drownings
14
1.16
6,584
0.44
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
2,257
0.15
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
2,473
0.17
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
127,335
8.60
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
5,914
0.40
28. Asthma
10
0.83
8,192
0.55
29. Violence
10
0.83
18,407
1.24
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
2,133
0.14
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
41,693
2.82
32. Dengue
8
0.66
2
0.00
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
1,468
0.10
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
5,202
0.35
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
23,540
1.59
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
100,186
6.76
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
670
0.05
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
5,001
0.34
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
4,826
0.33
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
1,975
0.13
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
5,846
0.39
42. Fires
4
0.33
7,132
0.48
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
937
0.06
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
5,896
0.40
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
1,946
0.13
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
679
0.05
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
290
0.02
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
6,273
0.42
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
43,651
2.95
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
2,129
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
20.56
47
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
21.11
35
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
1.37
178
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
6.19
71
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
20.40
63
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
4.32
157
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.90
112
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.44
107
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
2.06
151
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
5.96
45
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
0.81
166
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
1.60
132
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
2.64
126
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
2.52
169
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
0.75
171
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
2.29
62
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.