MAURITIUS VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	834	7	346	+ 488
Low Birth Weight	2	610	35	37	+ 573
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	502	42	23	+ 479
Coronary Heart Disease	4	495	2	1,805	- 1,310
Malaria	5	431	70	0	+ 431
Stroke	6	396	3	985	- 589
Birth Trauma	7	365	36	37	+ 328
Road Traffic Accidents	8	351	11	155	+ 196
Tuberculosis	9	217	45	17	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	10	201	25	57	+ 145
Maternal Conditions	11	193	48	11	+ 183
Diabetes Mellitus	12	180	1	1,873	- 1,693
Liver Disease	13	177	12	145	+ 32
Pertussis	14	174	66	0	+ 174
Kidney Disease	15	168	4	724	- 556
Violence	16	149	41	30	+ 119
Malnutrition	17	140	54	4	+ 136
Meningitis	18	108	57	2	+ 106
Other Injuries	19	104	21	66	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	20	101	30	49	+ 52
Liver Cancer	21	94	27	56	+ 38
Hypertension	22	87	6	592	- 505
Lung Disease	23	83	5	646	- 563
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	76	34	42	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	25	70	13	141	- 71
Syphilis	26	62	67	0	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	27	60	19	101	- 41
Breast Cancer	28	57	8	232	- 175
Asthma	29	51	17	107	- 56
Suicide	30	43	14	120	- 77
Falls	31	42	26	57	- 14
Stomach Cancer	32	40	18	104	- 64
Fires	33	37	50	10	+ 27
Prostate Cancer	34	36	15	115	- 79
Drownings	35	35	33	43	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	36	33	16	108	- 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	33	10	182	- 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	25	43	22	+ 3
Epilepsy	39	23	38	35	- 12
Drug Use	40	22	46	16	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	21	47	12	+ 9
Poisonings	42	20	49	11	+ 10
Lymphomas	43	20	24	57	- 37
Lung Cancers	44	18	9	182	- 164
Tetanus	45	17	76	0	+ 17
Skin Cancers	46	15	53	5	+ 11
Skin Disease	47	14	22	64	- 50
Oral Cancer	48	14	23	63	- 50
Ovary Cancer	49	13	32	46	- 33
Bladder Cancer	50	13	44	21	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	51	12	28	55	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	10	56	3	+ 7
Encephalitis	53	10	61	1	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	54	9	37	35	- 26
Leukemia	55	7	31	48	- 42
Hepatitis B	56	7	65	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	57	5	40	32	- 27
Alcohol	58	5	29	53	- 48
Schistosomiasis	59	4	69	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	3	59	1	+ 2
Measles	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	62	2	20	77	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	60	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	51	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	1	72	0	+ 1
War	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.