MAURITANIA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,614	4	1,636	+ 1,978
Stroke	2	3,075	6	1,307	+ 1,768
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,326	12	594	+ 1,732
Hypertension	4	1,103	22	286	+ 817
Prostate Cancer	5	1,091	34	118	+ 973
Breast Cancer	6	1,088	28	189	+ 899
Kidney Disease	7	1,060	15	555	+ 505
Endocrine Disorders	8	1,013	27	197	+ 816
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	986	1	2,756	- 1,769
Other Injuries	10	850	19	343	+ 507
Lung Disease	11	714	23	275	+ 439
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	655	37	110	+ 546
Skin Disease	13	375	47	47	+ 327
Cervical Cancer	14	371	20	333	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	15	300	32	132	+ 168
Lung Cancers	16	280	44	60	+ 220
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	279	24	251	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	18	257	25	231	+ 27
Lymphomas	19	254	43	65	+ 190
Uterin Cancer	20	243	57	17	+ 226
Inflammatory/Heart	21	237	36	110	+ 127
Anemia	22	218	84	0	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	23	214	51	39	+ 175
Leukemia	24	203	55	22	+ 181
Liver Cancer	25	191	21	312	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	26	180	10	665	- 486
Epilepsy	27	149	39	75	+ 74
Liver Disease	28	148	13	586	- 438
Alcohol	29	145	58	16	+ 129
Ovary Cancer	30	140	49	43	+ 97
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	136	80	0	+ 136
Other Neoplasms	32	126	62	7	+ 119
Oral Cancer	33	107	48	45	+ 63
Violence	34	99	16	491	- 392
Drownings	35	99	35	116	- 17
Asthma	36	81	29	170	- 89
Low Birth Weight	37	71	2	2,014	- 1,943
Malnutrition	38	56	17	462	- 406
Appendicitis	39	54	60	9	+ 46
Drug Use	40	52	40	71	- 19
Bladder Cancer	41	47	50	42	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	42	43	41	69	- 26
Skin Cancers	43	43	46	50	- 7
Birth Trauma	44	41	7	1,204	- 1,164
Schizophrenia	45	39	86	0	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	35	3	1,656	- 1,621
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	35	38	83	- 49
Poisonings	48	30	42	67	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	25	52	34	- 8
Tuberculosis	50	23	9	717	- 694
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	19	64	4	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	52	18	11	639	- 620
Meningitis	53	17	18	357	- 340
Suicide	54	16	30	141	- 125
Otitis Media	55	12	72	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	63	5	+ 6
Fires	57	7	33	123	- 116
Oesophagus Cancer	58	5	54	30	- 25
War	59	1	70	2	- 1
Syphilis	60	0	26	204	- 204
Chlamydia	61	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	63	0	45	58	- 58
Pertussis	64	0	14	574	- 574
Measles	65	0	61	9	- 9
Ascariasis	66	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	67	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	76	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	53	33	- 33
Hepatitis B	74	0	56	22	- 22
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	14	- 14
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	8	1,158	- 1,158
Falls	82	0	31	140	- 140
Oral conditions	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Antigua/Bar.

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.