MAURITANIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,522	4	1,636	+ 3,886
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,402	24	251	+ 3,151
Stroke	3	2,677	6	1,307	+ 1,370
Lung Cancers	4	2,449	44	60	+ 2,388
Lung Disease	5	2,326	23	275	+ 2,052
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,051	1	2,756	- 704
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,203	37	110	+ 1,093
Kidney Disease	8	1,067	15	555	+ 512
Breast Cancer	9	935	28	189	+ 746
Suicide	10	763	30	141	+ 622
Other Injuries	11	725	19	343	+ 382
Other Neoplasms	12	660	62	7	+ 653
Prostate Cancer	13	659	34	118	+ 541
Pancreas Cancer	14	654	51	39	+ 615
Falls	15	634	31	140	+ 494
Lymphomas	16	561	43	65	+ 496
Liver Disease	17	518	13	586	- 68
Endocrine Disorders	18	517	27	197	+ 320
Parkinson's Disease	19	498	41	69	+ 429
Diabetes Mellitus	20	459	12	594	- 136
Leukemia	21	433	55	22	+ 411
Bladder Cancer	22	390	50	42	+ 347
Inflammatory/Heart	23	383	36	110	+ 273
Liver Cancer	24	353	21	312	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	25	325	54	30	+ 295
Stomach Cancer	26	312	32	132	+ 180
Hypertension	27	267	22	286	- 19
Oral Cancer	28	244	48	45	+ 199
Road Traffic Accidents	29	241	8	1,158	- 918
Ovary Cancer	30	236	49	43	+ 192
Skin Cancers	31	189	46	50	+ 139
Alcohol	32	181	58	16	+ 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	151	3	1,656	- 1,505
Uterin Cancer	34	139	57	17	+ 122
Skin Disease	35	137	47	47	+ 90
Epilepsy	36	126	39	75	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	106	52	34	+ 72
Malnutrition	38	105	17	462	- 357
Drug Use	39	104	40	71	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	40	102	10	665	- 563
Cervical Cancer	41	88	20	333	- 245
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	77	38	83	- 7
Anemia	43	72	84	0	+ 72
Violence	44	54	16	491	- 437
Multiple Sclerosis	45	53	63	5	+ 48
Asthma	46	46	29	170	- 124
Drownings	47	28	35	116	- 88
Fires	48	27	33	123	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	26	64	4	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	50	25	2	2,014	- 1,989
Osteoarthritis	51	21	81	0	+ 21
Hepatitis C	52	19	67	3	+ 17
Birth Trauma	53	17	7	1,204	- 1,188
Tuberculosis	54	16	9	717	- 700
Poisonings	55	15	42	67	- 53
Schizophrenia	56	14	86	0	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	57	13	25	231	- 218
Meningitis	58	10	18	357	- 347
Upper Respiratory	59	8	68	3	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	7	80	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	61	7	82	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	62	6	60	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	6	56	22	- 16
Maternal Conditions	64	2	11	639	- 637
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	0	53	33	- 33
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	14	574	- 574
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Syphilis	70	0	26	204	- 204
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	45	58	- 58
Measles	79	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	83	0	73	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

Belgium

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.