MAURITIUS VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,066	2	1,805	- 739
Stroke	2	715	3	985	- 270
Hypertension	3	631	6	592	+ 39
Diabetes Mellitus	4	490	1	1,873	- 1,383
Violence	5	474	41	30	+ 444
HIV/AIDS	6	428	13	141	+ 287
Kidney Disease	7	382	4	724	- 342
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	311	7	346	- 35
Breast Cancer	9	220	8	232	- 12
Other Injuries	10	214	21	66	+ 148
Liver Disease	11	214	12	145	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	12	209	15	115	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	13	197	19	101	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	170	34	42	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	15	150	16	108	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	135	10	182	- 47
Lung Disease	17	106	5	646	- 540
Road Traffic Accidents	18	96	11	155	- 59
Lung Cancers	19	93	9	182	- 89
Skin Disease	20	85	22	64	+ 20
Drownings	21	83	33	43	+ 40
Lymphomas	22	79	24	57	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	23	66	30	49	+ 16
Alcohol	24	64	29	53	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	25	57	18	104	- 48
Falls	26	56	26	57	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	27	54	47	12	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	28	53	35	37	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	29	51	25	57	- 6
Uterin Cancer	30	45	40	32	+ 13
Suicide	31	44	14	120	- 76
Liver Cancer	32	38	27	56	- 18
Fires	33	33	50	10	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	33	43	22	+ 11
Leukemia	35	32	31	48	- 16
Ovary Cancer	36	32	32	46	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	37	31	28	55	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	38	28	37	35	- 8
Asthma	39	27	17	107	- 80
Epilepsy	40	25	38	35	- 10
Maternal Conditions	41	20	48	11	+ 10
Birth Trauma	42	20	36	37	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	17	42	23	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	56	3	+ 11
Malnutrition	45	14	54	4	+ 10
Oral Cancer	46	11	23	63	- 52
Other Neoplasms	47	10	20	77	- 66
Drug Use	48	8	46	16	- 8
Meningitis	49	8	57	2	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	50	7	44	21	- 14
Encephalitis	51	6	61	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	6	59	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	60	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	84	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	55	3	53	5	- 2
Poisonings	56	2	49	11	- 8
War	57	2	62	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	58	1	45	17	- 16
Dengue	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	63	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	76	0	+ 0
Syphilis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	51	9	- 9
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	69	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Oral conditions	84	0	55	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.