MAURITANIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,442	6	1,307	+ 2,135
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,784	4	1,636	+ 1,149
Lung Disease	3	1,172	23	275	+ 898
Tuberculosis	4	954	9	717	+ 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	926	3	1,656	- 730
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	759	1	2,756	- 1,997
Diabetes Mellitus	7	743	12	594	+ 149
Road Traffic Accidents	8	642	8	1,158	- 516
Liver Disease	9	539	13	586	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	10	501	54	30	+ 471
Low Birth Weight	11	448	2	2,014	- 1,566
Oral Cancer	12	398	48	45	+ 353
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	385	24	251	+ 133
Hypertension	14	379	22	286	+ 93
Birth Trauma	15	344	7	1,204	- 861
Lung Cancers	16	312	44	60	+ 252
Kidney Disease	17	278	15	555	- 277
Congenital Anomalies	18	259	10	665	- 406
Measles	19	231	61	9	+ 223
Asthma	20	228	29	170	+ 58
Other Injuries	21	196	19	343	- 148
Drownings	22	182	35	116	+ 66
Breast Cancer	23	175	28	189	- 14
Stomach Cancer	24	174	32	132	+ 42
Suicide	25	154	30	141	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	26	132	20	333	- 202
Violence	27	119	16	491	- 373
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	116	37	110	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	29	101	11	639	- 538
Parkinson's Disease	30	97	41	69	+ 28
Falls	31	85	31	140	- 55
Drug Use	32	76	40	71	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	75	52	34	+ 41
Liver Cancer	34	74	21	312	- 238
Lymphomas	35	68	43	65	+ 4
Malnutrition	36	62	17	462	- 400
Ovary Cancer	37	57	49	43	+ 14
Meningitis	38	54	18	357	- 303
Pertussis	39	52	14	574	- 523
Leukemia	40	49	55	22	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	41	43	34	118	- 75
Inflammatory/Heart	42	38	36	110	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	43	36	51	39	- 2
Epilepsy	44	35	39	75	- 40
Endocrine Disorders	45	34	27	197	- 163
Fires	46	33	33	123	- 91
Appendicitis	47	32	60	9	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	32	38	83	- 51
Syphilis	49	31	26	204	- 172
Skin Disease	50	29	47	47	- 18
Hepatitis B	51	29	56	22	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	52	25	50	42	- 17
Skin Cancers	53	22	46	50	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	21	64	4	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	55	14	25	231	- 216
Poisonings	56	14	42	67	- 54
Tetanus	57	12	45	58	- 46
Uterin Cancer	58	10	57	17	- 7
Encephalitis	59	10	53	33	- 24
Alcohol	60	7	58	16	- 9
Other Neoplasms	61	6	62	7	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	5	67	3	+ 3
War	63	5	70	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	63	5	- 1
Dengue	65	4	73	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	1	69	2	- 1
Malaria	68	1	5	1,423	- 1,421
Ascariasis	69	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	65	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Bangladesh

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.