MALAWI VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	13,856	2	7,739	+ 6,117
Low Birth Weight	2	10,127	8	4,339	+ 5,788
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	8,329	6	5,782	+ 2,547
Coronary Heart Disease	4	8,225	7	4,929	+ 3,296
Malaria	5	7,153	3	6,308	+ 845
Stroke	6	6,571	5	5,939	+ 632
Birth Trauma	7	6,057	9	3,563	+ 2,494
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,825	4	6,221	- 396
Tuberculosis	9	3,603	11	2,992	+ 611
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,344	13	2,509	+ 835
Maternal Conditions	11	3,212	15	1,854	+ 1,358
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,988	14	2,267	+ 722
Liver Disease	13	2,944	10	3,259	- 314
Pertussis	14	2,888	31	436	+ 2,452
Kidney Disease	15	2,790	19	1,567	+ 1,223
Violence	16	2,471	32	406	+ 2,064
Malnutrition	17	2,325	20	1,499	+ 826
Meningitis	18	1,795	18	1,792	+ 3
Other Injuries	19	1,726	22	1,266	+ 460
Cervical Cancer	20	1,675	12	2,876	- 1,201
Liver Cancer	21	1,567	38	317	+ 1,250
Hypertension	22	1,438	17	1,797	- 358
Lung Disease	23	1,382	21	1,340	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,264	25	782	+ 482
HIV/AIDS	25	1,159	1	12,839	- 11,679
Syphilis	26	1,025	29	480	+ 544
Endocrine Disorders	27	992	42	257	+ 736
Breast Cancer	28	950	27	600	+ 350
Asthma	29	854	26	705	+ 149
Suicide	30	709	23	1,007	- 298
Falls	31	704	28	562	+ 143
Stomach Cancer	32	665	45	206	+ 459
Fires	33	619	34	380	+ 240
Prostate Cancer	34	594	40	271	+ 324
Drownings	35	585	30	458	+ 127
Inflammatory/Heart	36	553	35	370	+ 182
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	551	44	234	+ 316
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	419	39	280	+ 140
Epilepsy	39	375	41	260	+ 115
Drug Use	40	358	59	48	+ 310
Parkinson's Disease	41	347	46	200	+ 147
Poisonings	42	339	37	325	+ 14
Lymphomas	43	326	24	839	- 513
Lung Cancers	44	303	51	131	+ 173
Tetanus	45	290	47	178	+ 112
Skin Cancers	46	250	36	331	- 80
Skin Disease	47	239	53	101	+ 137
Oral Cancer	48	226	43	251	- 26
Ovary Cancer	49	218	48	158	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	50	213	33	388	- 175
Pancreas Cancer	51	194	60	38	+ 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	169	49	154	+ 14
Encephalitis	53	167	58	48	+ 119
Oesophagus Cancer	54	150	16	1,842	- 1,691
Leukemia	55	113	56	82	+ 31
Hepatitis B	56	112	55	88	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	57	85	62	23	+ 62
Alcohol	58	80	52	114	- 34
Schistosomiasis	59	69	50	143	- 75
Appendicitis	60	44	54	94	- 50
Measles	61	43	67	6	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	62	36	63	17	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	63	27	66	9	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	22	61	29	- 7
Diphtheria	65	15	72	2	+ 14
Ascariasis	66	13	69	4	+ 9
Hepatitis C	67	13	64	15	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	13	57	60	- 47
Leishmaniasis	69	12	74	0	+ 12
War	70	8	71	2	+ 6
Chlamydia	71	2	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Mauritania

Malawi

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.