MAURITANIA VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,616	4	1,636	+ 1,980
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,082	12	594	+ 2,488
Stroke	3	2,059	6	1,307	+ 752
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,421	8	1,158	+ 262
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,273	1	2,756	- 1,483
Kidney Disease	6	1,197	15	555	+ 642
Lung Disease	7	1,094	23	275	+ 819
Lung Cancers	8	911	44	60	+ 850
Liver Cancer	9	805	21	312	+ 494
Liver Disease	10	701	13	586	+ 115
Breast Cancer	11	552	28	189	+ 363
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	549	24	251	+ 297
Congenital Anomalies	13	461	10	665	- 204
Stomach Cancer	14	418	32	132	+ 285
Prostate Cancer	15	416	34	118	+ 298
Low Birth Weight	16	370	2	2,014	- 1,644
Asthma	17	317	29	170	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	18	295	20	333	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	246	38	83	+ 163
Other Injuries	20	235	19	343	- 108
Hypertension	21	213	22	286	- 73
Lymphomas	22	208	43	65	+ 143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	202	37	110	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	24	190	41	69	+ 121
Drownings	25	176	35	116	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	165	3	1,656	- 1,491
Suicide	27	165	30	141	+ 24
Violence	28	148	16	491	- 343
Meningitis	29	145	18	357	- 212
Pancreas Cancer	30	138	51	39	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	31	120	27	197	- 77
Falls	32	115	31	140	- 25
Birth Trauma	33	112	7	1,204	- 1,093
Leukemia	34	104	55	22	+ 81
Dengue	35	103	73	0	+ 103
Fires	36	100	33	123	- 23
Malnutrition	37	94	17	462	- 368
Inflammatory/Heart	38	94	36	110	- 16
Oral Cancer	39	90	48	45	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	88	52	34	+ 55
Hepatitis B	41	85	56	22	+ 63
Skin Cancers	42	83	46	50	+ 33
Skin Disease	43	80	47	47	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	44	71	49	43	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	45	70	11	639	- 569
Oesophagus Cancer	46	67	54	30	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	47	61	57	17	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	48	51	50	42	+ 9
Poisonings	49	47	42	67	- 20
Pertussis	50	43	14	574	- 532
Tuberculosis	51	39	9	717	- 678
Alcohol	52	32	58	16	+ 16
Epilepsy	53	31	39	75	- 44
Syphilis	54	30	26	204	- 174
Drug Use	55	17	40	71	- 54
Encephalitis	56	14	53	33	- 19
Other Neoplasms	57	13	62	7	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	11	60	9	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	9	67	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	64	4	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	63	5	- 2
War	62	0	70	2	- 1
Tetanus	63	0	45	58	- 57
Diphtheria	64	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	65	0	61	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	25	231	- 231
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	74	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.