MAURITANIA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,021	4	1,636	+ 3,385
Stroke	2	2,153	6	1,307	+ 846
Road Traffic Accidents	3	828	8	1,158	- 330
Hypertension	4	770	22	286	+ 484
Kidney Disease	5	693	15	555	+ 138
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	671	1	2,756	- 2,085
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	519	24	251	+ 267
Low Birth Weight	8	501	2	2,014	- 1,513
Diabetes Mellitus	9	431	12	594	- 164
Lung Disease	10	430	23	275	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	11	401	10	665	- 264
Lung Cancers	12	362	44	60	+ 302
Birth Trauma	13	350	7	1,204	- 855
Breast Cancer	14	319	28	189	+ 130
Liver Disease	15	319	13	586	- 267
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	289	37	110	+ 179
Tuberculosis	17	261	9	717	- 455
Asthma	18	188	29	170	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	19	187	32	132	+ 55
Lymphomas	20	169	43	65	+ 104
Bladder Cancer	21	131	50	42	+ 89
Other Injuries	22	129	19	343	- 214
Falls	23	121	31	140	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	24	115	41	69	+ 46
Leukemia	25	107	55	22	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	102	3	1,656	- 1,554
Cervical Cancer	27	100	20	333	- 233
Suicide	28	99	30	141	- 42
Prostate Cancer	29	98	34	118	- 20
Drug Use	30	91	40	71	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	31	90	51	39	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	32	85	27	197	- 112
Maternal Conditions	33	84	11	639	- 554
Inflammatory/Heart	34	76	36	110	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	66	38	83	- 17
Violence	36	66	16	491	- 426
Skin Cancers	37	65	46	50	+ 16
Oral Cancer	38	64	48	45	+ 19
Fires	39	59	33	123	- 65
Ovary Cancer	40	56	49	43	+ 13
Liver Cancer	41	51	21	312	- 261
Drownings	42	41	35	116	- 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	33	52	34	- 0
Epilepsy	44	33	39	75	- 42
Meningitis	45	29	18	357	- 327
Oesophagus Cancer	46	29	54	30	- 1
Poisonings	47	26	42	67	- 41
HIV/AIDS	48	18	25	231	- 213
Pertussis	49	16	14	574	- 559
Hepatitis B	50	15	56	22	- 7
Encephalitis	51	13	53	33	- 20
Skin Disease	52	10	47	47	- 37
Malnutrition	53	8	17	462	- 455
Alcohol	54	7	58	16	- 8
Appendicitis	55	7	60	9	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	7	57	17	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	63	5	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	5	62	7	- 2
Measles	59	5	61	9	- 4
Tetanus	60	5	45	58	- 53
Syphilis	61	4	26	204	- 200
War	62	4	70	2	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	63	2	59	14	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	64	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	67	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	69	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Algeria

Mauritania

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.