MAURITANIA VS ANGOLA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANGOLA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,897	1	2,756	+ 141
Tuberculosis	2	1,977	9	717	+ 1,260
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,774	3	1,656	+ 117
Malaria	4	1,583	5	1,423	+ 161
Birth Trauma	5	1,510	7	1,204	+ 306
HIV/AIDS	6	1,490	25	231	+ 1,259
Low Birth Weight	7	1,301	2	2,014	- 713
Stroke	8	1,243	6	1,307	- 64
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,166	4	1,636	- 470
Road Traffic Accidents	10	968	8	1,158	- 191
Congenital Anomalies	11	861	10	665	+ 196
Liver Disease	12	710	13	586	+ 124
Diabetes Mellitus	13	513	12	594	- 81
Pertussis	14	488	14	574	- 86
Hypertension	15	427	22	286	+ 141
Meningitis	16	415	18	357	+ 58
Malnutrition	17	408	17	462	- 54
Maternal Conditions	18	380	11	639	- 259
Violence	19	341	16	491	- 151
Kidney Disease	20	320	15	555	- 235
Other Injuries	21	312	19	343	- 31
Lung Disease	22	285	23	275	+ 10
Suicide	23	225	30	141	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	24	225	20	333	- 109
Asthma	25	196	29	170	+ 26
Drownings	26	186	35	116	+ 70
Syphilis	27	153	26	204	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	28	152	36	110	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	139	24	251	- 112
Falls	30	133	31	140	- 7
Breast Cancer	31	133	28	189	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	32	130	27	197	- 67
Prostate Cancer	33	125	34	118	+ 6
Fires	34	98	33	123	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	79	38	83	- 4
Epilepsy	36	75	39	75	+ 1
Poisonings	37	74	42	67	+ 7
Lymphomas	38	71	43	65	+ 6
Liver Cancer	39	67	21	312	- 244
Tetanus	40	59	45	58	+ 2
Oral Cancer	41	59	48	45	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	56	37	110	- 54
Skin Cancers	43	54	46	50	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	51	52	34	+ 17
Lung Cancers	45	47	44	60	- 14
Leukemia	46	42	55	22	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	47	41	32	132	- 92
Oesophagus Cancer	48	36	54	30	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	49	34	41	69	- 35
Skin Disease	50	26	47	47	- 21
Alcohol	51	25	58	16	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	52	25	59	14	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	53	24	49	43	- 19
Appendicitis	54	24	60	9	+ 15
Drug Use	55	24	40	71	- 47
Encephalitis	56	22	53	33	- 11
Leishmaniasis	57	19	69	2	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	58	19	50	42	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	59	17	51	39	- 22
Upper Respiratory	60	15	68	3	+ 13
Hepatitis B	61	14	56	22	- 9
Diphtheria	62	13	65	3	+ 10
Measles	63	11	61	9	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	64	9	57	17	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	7	64	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	5	66	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	67	5	62	7	- 2
War	68	3	70	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	63	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	70	2	67	3	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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

Angola

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.