MAURITANIA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,491	4	1,636	+ 2,855
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,775	1	2,756	+ 1,019
Lung Disease	3	2,140	23	275	+ 1,865
Stroke	4	2,107	6	1,307	+ 800
Kidney Disease	5	1,251	15	555	+ 697
Lung Cancers	6	922	44	60	+ 862
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	822	37	110	+ 713
Breast Cancer	8	650	28	189	+ 461
Diabetes Mellitus	9	630	12	594	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	10	580	8	1,158	- 578
Hypertension	11	534	22	286	+ 248
Other Injuries	12	520	19	343	+ 176
Inflammatory/Heart	13	506	36	110	+ 396
Pancreas Cancer	14	424	51	39	+ 386
Prostate Cancer	15	415	34	118	+ 297
Liver Disease	16	371	13	586	- 215
Endocrine Disorders	17	367	27	197	+ 170
Suicide	18	345	30	141	+ 204
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	344	24	251	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	20	324	32	132	+ 192
Other Neoplasms	21	297	62	7	+ 290
Skin Disease	22	292	47	47	+ 245
Violence	23	250	16	491	- 242
Lymphomas	24	249	43	65	+ 185
Cervical Cancer	25	228	20	333	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	26	223	10	665	- 442
Leukemia	27	202	55	22	+ 179
Low Birth Weight	28	201	2	2,014	- 1,813
Oesophagus Cancer	29	189	54	30	+ 159
Liver Cancer	30	188	21	312	- 123
Bladder Cancer	31	154	50	42	+ 112
HIV/AIDS	32	136	25	231	- 94
Ovary Cancer	33	120	49	43	+ 77
Skin Cancers	34	99	46	50	+ 49
Oral Cancer	35	99	48	45	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	36	89	41	69	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	37	87	57	17	+ 70
Malnutrition	38	86	17	462	- 377
Drug Use	39	76	40	71	+ 5
Anemia	40	64	84	0	+ 64
Tuberculosis	41	60	9	717	- 656
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	53	3	1,656	- 1,603
Falls	43	47	31	140	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	45	38	83	- 38
Chagas disease	45	42	78	0	+ 42
Alcohol	46	41	58	16	+ 25
Asthma	47	37	29	170	- 133
Drownings	48	35	35	116	- 81
Birth Trauma	49	34	7	1,204	- 1,170
Epilepsy	50	31	39	75	- 44
Meningitis	51	29	18	357	- 328
Fires	52	26	33	123	- 97
Maternal Conditions	53	26	11	639	- 613
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	22	64	4	+ 18
Poisonings	55	18	42	67	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	13	52	34	- 21
Hepatitis C	57	10	67	3	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	58	9	63	5	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	59	7	81	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	60	6	60	9	- 2
Schizophrenia	61	5	86	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	5	56	22	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	4	80	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	64	2	53	33	- 32
Syphilis	65	1	26	204	- 202
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	68	3	- 1
Pertussis	68	1	14	574	- 573
Leprosy	69	0	77	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	2	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	45	58	- 57
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	78	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	61	9	- 9
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	14	- 14
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Argentina

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.