MAURITANIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,336	4	1,636	+ 2,700
War	2	2,764	70	2	+ 2,762
Stroke	3	2,056	6	1,307	+ 749
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,580	1	2,756	- 1,175
Low Birth Weight	5	1,363	2	2,014	- 651
Birth Trauma	6	1,157	7	1,204	- 48
Tuberculosis	7	1,061	9	717	+ 345
Hypertension	8	862	22	286	+ 576
Maternal Conditions	9	842	11	639	+ 203
Kidney Disease	10	711	15	555	+ 156
Road Traffic Accidents	11	651	8	1,158	- 508
Diabetes Mellitus	12	620	12	594	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	599	3	1,656	- 1,057
Congenital Anomalies	14	539	10	665	- 126
Lung Disease	15	502	23	275	+ 227
Liver Disease	16	496	13	586	- 89
Asthma	17	367	29	170	+ 197
Other Injuries	18	350	19	343	+ 6
Violence	19	347	16	491	- 144
Meningitis	20	283	18	357	- 74
Pertussis	21	227	14	574	- 347
Breast Cancer	22	197	28	189	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	190	24	251	- 61
Suicide	24	170	30	141	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	162	38	83	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	26	162	32	132	+ 30
Oral Cancer	27	158	48	45	+ 113
Endocrine Disorders	28	147	27	197	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	29	142	54	30	+ 112
Tetanus	30	135	45	58	+ 78
Encephalitis	31	128	53	33	+ 95
Lung Cancers	32	116	44	60	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	112	52	34	+ 79
Drownings	34	107	35	116	- 9
Epilepsy	35	107	39	75	+ 33
Lymphomas	36	102	43	65	+ 37
Falls	37	98	31	140	- 42
Hepatitis B	38	93	56	22	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	80	37	110	- 30
Liver Cancer	40	71	21	312	- 241
Parkinson's Disease	41	68	41	69	- 1
Leukemia	42	66	55	22	+ 43
Malnutrition	43	64	17	462	- 399
Cervical Cancer	44	58	20	333	- 275
Inflammatory/Heart	45	57	36	110	- 53
HIV/AIDS	46	50	25	231	- 181
Poisonings	47	41	42	67	- 26
Ovary Cancer	48	40	49	43	- 4
Measles	49	38	61	9	+ 29
Fires	50	38	33	123	- 86
Drug Use	51	35	40	71	- 36
Appendicitis	52	32	60	9	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	53	31	57	17	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	54	29	50	42	- 13
Prostate Cancer	55	28	34	118	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	56	25	51	39	- 14
Malaria	57	20	5	1,423	- 1,403
Alcohol	58	16	58	16	+ 0
Skin Cancers	59	16	46	50	- 34
Syphilis	60	10	26	204	- 194
Skin Disease	61	10	47	47	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	62	9	63	5	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	3	62	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	64	4	- 2
Ascariasis	66	2	66	3	- 1
Diphtheria	67	2	65	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	14	- 14
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Afghanistan

Mauritania

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.