MAURITANIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,484	4	1,636	+ 1,848
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,520	24	251	+ 2,269
Stroke	3	1,670	6	1,307	+ 364
Lung Cancers	4	1,418	44	60	+ 1,357
Lung Disease	5	1,372	23	275	+ 1,098
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,004	37	110	+ 894
Diabetes Mellitus	7	723	12	594	+ 129
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	719	1	2,756	- 2,037
Prostate Cancer	9	609	34	118	+ 491
Breast Cancer	10	551	28	189	+ 362
Suicide	11	509	30	141	+ 368
Kidney Disease	12	508	15	555	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	13	504	51	39	+ 465
Falls	14	504	31	140	+ 364
Lymphomas	15	491	43	65	+ 427
Endocrine Disorders	16	376	27	197	+ 179
Skin Cancers	17	375	46	50	+ 325
Leukemia	18	344	55	22	+ 321
Parkinson's Disease	19	329	41	69	+ 260
Liver Cancer	20	329	21	312	+ 18
Drug Use	21	288	40	71	+ 217
Other Injuries	22	266	19	343	- 78
Hypertension	23	264	22	286	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	24	254	36	110	+ 144
Oesophagus Cancer	25	241	54	30	+ 212
Liver Disease	26	230	13	586	- 356
Stomach Cancer	27	208	32	132	+ 76
Other Neoplasms	28	202	62	7	+ 195
Road Traffic Accidents	29	201	8	1,158	- 957
Bladder Cancer	30	192	50	42	+ 150
Ovary Cancer	31	162	49	43	+ 119
Oral Cancer	32	157	48	45	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	33	115	10	665	- 550
Skin Disease	34	96	47	47	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	35	85	57	17	+ 68
Asthma	36	74	29	170	- 96
Alcohol	37	61	58	16	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	61	52	34	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	39	55	20	333	- 278
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	48	3	1,656	- 1,609
Epilepsy	41	46	39	75	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	45	38	83	- 39
Low Birth Weight	43	40	2	2,014	- 1,974
Violence	44	39	16	491	- 452
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	37	64	4	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	46	30	63	5	+ 25
Drownings	47	29	35	116	- 88
Hepatitis C	48	28	67	3	+ 25
Anemia	49	25	84	0	+ 25
Birth Trauma	50	23	7	1,204	- 1,182
Malnutrition	51	19	17	462	- 444
Osteoarthritis	52	18	81	0	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	12	80	0	+ 12
Schizophrenia	54	10	86	0	+ 10
Fires	55	9	33	123	- 114
Tuberculosis	56	9	9	717	- 708
HIV/AIDS	57	8	25	231	- 222
Hepatitis B	58	7	56	22	- 16
Oral conditions	59	6	82	0	+ 6
Meningitis	60	6	18	357	- 351
Poisonings	61	6	42	67	- 62
Appendicitis	62	4	60	9	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	3	11	639	- 635
Upper Respiratory	64	3	68	3	+ 0
War	65	1	70	2	- 0
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	26	204	- 203
Encephalitis	68	0	53	33	- 33
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Tetanus	70	0	45	58	- 57
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	61	9	- 9
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	82	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Australia

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.