MAURITANIA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,471	6	1,307	+ 4,164
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,090	4	1,636	+ 3,455
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,700	12	594	+ 3,105
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,148	1	2,756	+ 392
Prostate Cancer	5	2,349	34	118	+ 2,230
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,637	37	110	+ 1,527
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,623	24	251	+ 1,372
Breast Cancer	8	1,353	28	189	+ 1,164
Endocrine Disorders	9	1,328	27	197	+ 1,131
Kidney Disease	10	1,313	15	555	+ 758
Other Injuries	11	1,117	19	343	+ 774
Lung Disease	12	1,051	23	275	+ 776
Hypertension	13	1,024	22	286	+ 738
Skin Disease	14	888	47	47	+ 841
Lymphomas	15	722	43	65	+ 658
Lung Cancers	16	607	44	60	+ 547
Inflammatory/Heart	17	555	36	110	+ 445
Pancreas Cancer	18	551	51	39	+ 513
Violence	19	460	16	491	- 31
Leukemia	20	414	55	22	+ 391
HIV/AIDS	21	401	25	231	+ 170
Stomach Cancer	22	394	32	132	+ 262
Cervical Cancer	23	392	20	333	+ 59
Other Neoplasms	24	368	62	7	+ 360
Road Traffic Accidents	25	334	8	1,158	- 825
Liver Disease	26	325	13	586	- 261
Uterin Cancer	27	301	57	17	+ 285
Oral Cancer	28	254	48	45	+ 209
Congenital Anomalies	29	254	10	665	- 411
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	246	80	0	+ 246
Parkinson's Disease	31	233	41	69	+ 164
Ovary Cancer	32	221	49	43	+ 178
Liver Cancer	33	205	21	312	- 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	202	38	83	+ 118
Asthma	35	185	29	170	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	36	164	54	30	+ 134
Anemia	37	159	84	0	+ 159
Epilepsy	38	134	39	75	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	39	133	50	42	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	97	3	1,656	- 1,559
Falls	41	94	31	140	- 46
Low Birth Weight	42	75	2	2,014	- 1,939
Birth Trauma	43	74	7	1,204	- 1,130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	66	64	4	+ 62
Meningitis	45	61	18	357	- 295
Alcohol	46	58	58	16	+ 42
Skin Cancers	47	56	46	50	+ 6
Poisonings	48	29	42	67	- 38
Malnutrition	49	28	17	462	- 434
Osteoarthritis	50	28	81	0	+ 28
Suicide	51	25	30	141	- 116
Hepatitis B	52	23	56	22	+ 1
Drug Use	53	21	40	71	- 50
Dengue	54	19	73	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	17	52	34	- 17
Maternal Conditions	56	16	11	639	- 622
Drownings	57	16	35	116	- 101
Upper Respiratory	58	15	68	3	+ 12
Schizophrenia	59	15	86	0	+ 15
Tuberculosis	60	14	9	717	- 702
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	63	5	+ 5
Fires	62	8	33	123	- 115
Oral conditions	63	8	82	0	+ 8
Syphilis	64	6	26	204	- 198
Appendicitis	65	5	60	9	- 4
War	66	0	70	2	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	14	574	- 574
Measles	68	0	61	9	- 9
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	70	0	45	58	- 58
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	3	- 3
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	53	33	- 33
Hepatitis C	83	0	67	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Barbados

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.