MAURITANIA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,953	4	1,636	+ 7,317
Stroke	2	3,688	6	1,307	+ 2,381
Hypertension	3	1,243	22	286	+ 957
Kidney Disease	4	1,183	15	555	+ 628
Diabetes Mellitus	5	854	12	594	+ 260
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	838	1	2,756	- 1,918
Lung Cancers	7	762	44	60	+ 702
Lung Disease	8	729	23	275	+ 454
Road Traffic Accidents	9	716	8	1,158	- 442
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	575	24	251	+ 324
Liver Disease	11	563	13	586	- 22
Breast Cancer	12	417	28	189	+ 228
Asthma	13	387	29	170	+ 217
Low Birth Weight	14	383	2	2,014	- 1,631
Tuberculosis	15	332	9	717	- 384
Suicide	16	303	30	141	+ 162
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	296	37	110	+ 186
Cervical Cancer	18	290	20	333	- 43
Falls	19	284	31	140	+ 144
Lymphomas	20	263	43	65	+ 198
Other Injuries	21	263	19	343	- 80
Congenital Anomalies	22	246	10	665	- 419
Birth Trauma	23	239	7	1,204	- 965
Prostate Cancer	24	222	34	118	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	25	196	32	132	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	26	175	41	69	+ 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	138	3	1,656	- 1,518
Endocrine Disorders	28	131	27	197	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	125	38	83	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	30	124	50	42	+ 81
Leukemia	31	120	55	22	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	32	118	36	110	+ 8
Fires	33	105	33	123	- 18
Ovary Cancer	34	93	49	43	+ 49
Oral Cancer	35	90	48	45	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	36	86	51	39	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	83	52	34	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	38	81	11	639	- 557
Violence	39	73	16	491	- 418
Meningitis	40	63	18	357	- 294
Skin Cancers	41	55	46	50	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	42	51	54	30	+ 21
Drownings	43	49	35	116	- 67
Liver Cancer	44	49	21	312	- 263
Epilepsy	45	39	39	75	- 36
Pertussis	46	38	14	574	- 537
Drug Use	47	37	40	71	- 34
Hepatitis B	48	37	56	22	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	49	33	25	231	- 197
Poisonings	50	31	42	67	- 37
Malnutrition	51	23	17	462	- 439
Encephalitis	52	20	53	33	- 13
Uterin Cancer	53	18	57	17	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	17	47	47	- 30
Syphilis	55	16	26	204	- 188
Appendicitis	56	15	60	9	+ 6
Alcohol	57	13	58	16	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	12	63	5	+ 7
Tetanus	59	9	45	58	- 49
Other Neoplasms	60	8	62	7	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	61	8	59	14	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	64	4	+ 0
War	63	2	70	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	2	69	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	66	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.