MAURITIUS VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,055	2	1,805	- 750
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	763	34	42	+ 721
Stroke	3	506	3	985	- 479
Lung Cancers	4	429	9	182	+ 247
Lung Disease	5	416	5	646	- 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	304	10	182	+ 122
Diabetes Mellitus	7	219	1	1,873	- 1,654
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	218	7	346	- 128
Prostate Cancer	9	184	15	115	+ 69
Breast Cancer	10	167	8	232	- 66
Suicide	11	154	14	120	+ 34
Kidney Disease	12	154	4	724	- 571
Pancreas Cancer	13	153	28	55	+ 98
Falls	14	153	26	57	+ 96
Lymphomas	15	149	24	57	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	16	114	19	101	+ 13
Skin Cancers	17	114	53	5	+ 109
Leukemia	18	104	31	48	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	19	100	47	12	+ 88
Liver Cancer	20	100	27	56	+ 43
Drug Use	21	87	46	16	+ 71
Other Injuries	22	80	21	66	+ 15
Hypertension	23	80	6	592	- 512
Inflammatory/Heart	24	77	16	108	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	25	73	37	35	+ 38
Liver Disease	26	70	12	145	- 76
Stomach Cancer	27	63	18	104	- 41
Other Neoplasms	28	61	20	77	- 15
Road Traffic Accidents	29	61	11	155	- 94
Bladder Cancer	30	58	44	21	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	31	49	32	46	+ 3
Oral Cancer	32	48	23	63	- 16
Congenital Anomalies	33	35	25	57	- 22
Skin Disease	34	29	22	64	- 35
Uterin Cancer	35	26	40	32	- 6
Asthma	36	22	17	107	- 85
Alcohol	37	19	29	53	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	19	56	3	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	39	17	30	49	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	14	42	23	- 8
Epilepsy	41	14	38	35	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	14	43	22	- 9
Low Birth Weight	43	12	35	37	- 25
Violence	44	12	41	30	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	11	60	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	46	9	84	0	+ 9
Drownings	47	9	33	43	- 34
Hepatitis C	48	8	51	9	- 0
Anemia	49	8	39	33	- 26
Birth Trauma	50	7	36	37	- 30
Malnutrition	51	6	54	4	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	52	6	83	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	3	58	2	+ 1
Schizophrenia	54	3	52	5	- 2
Fires	55	3	50	10	- 8
Tuberculosis	56	3	45	17	- 15
HIV/AIDS	57	2	13	141	- 138
Hepatitis B	58	2	65	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	59	2	55	3	- 1
Meningitis	60	2	57	2	- 0
Poisonings	61	2	49	11	- 9
Appendicitis	62	1	59	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	63	1	48	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
War	65	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	61	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Australia

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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.