MAURITIUS VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,527	13	141	+ 1,386
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	824	7	346	+ 478
Coronary Heart Disease	3	649	2	1,805	- 1,156
Road Traffic Accidents	4	461	11	155	+ 306
Stroke	5	392	3	985	- 593
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	351	42	23	+ 329
Low Birth Weight	7	309	35	37	+ 272
Birth Trauma	8	260	36	37	+ 224
Diabetes Mellitus	9	256	1	1,873	- 1,618
Malnutrition	10	183	54	4	+ 179
Congenital Anomalies	11	169	25	57	+ 113
Kidney Disease	12	169	4	724	- 555
Suicide	13	158	14	120	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	14	155	30	49	+ 105
Malaria	15	153	70	0	+ 153
Tuberculosis	16	153	45	17	+ 135
Liver Disease	17	148	12	145	+ 3
Violence	18	146	41	30	+ 117
Maternal Conditions	19	134	48	11	+ 123
Other Injuries	20	127	21	66	+ 61
Asthma	21	117	17	107	+ 10
Meningitis	22	101	57	2	+ 99
Lung Disease	23	89	5	646	- 558
Hypertension	24	88	6	592	- 504
Inflammatory/Heart	25	80	16	108	- 28
Lymphomas	26	73	24	57	+ 17
Drownings	27	73	33	43	+ 30
Breast Cancer	28	64	8	232	- 168
Oesophagus Cancer	29	61	37	35	+ 26
Fires	30	61	50	10	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	59	34	42	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	32	48	15	115	- 67
Stomach Cancer	33	43	18	104	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	34	42	19	101	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	42	43	22	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	41	56	3	+ 38
Poisonings	37	39	49	11	+ 29
Liver Cancer	38	39	27	56	- 17
Epilepsy	39	39	38	35	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	39	10	182	- 144
Falls	41	36	26	57	- 21
Pertussis	42	32	66	0	+ 32
Lung Cancers	43	22	9	182	- 160
Skin Cancers	44	20	53	5	+ 16
Leukemia	45	19	31	48	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	46	17	47	12	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	47	17	28	55	- 38
Drug Use	48	16	46	16	+ 0
Oral Cancer	49	16	23	63	- 47
Uterin Cancer	50	14	40	32	- 18
Ovary Cancer	51	13	32	46	- 32
Skin Disease	52	13	22	64	- 51
Schistosomiasis	53	13	69	0	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	54	10	44	21	- 11
Syphilis	55	10	67	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	56	9	61	1	+ 8
Tetanus	57	8	76	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	58	5	59	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	59	5	63	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	65	0	+ 4
Alcohol	61	4	29	53	- 50
Other Neoplasms	62	3	20	77	- 74
Measles	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	60	1	+ 1
War	65	2	62	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	51	9	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	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.