MAURITANIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,999	4	1,636	+ 363
Violence	2	1,517	16	491	+ 1,026
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,463	12	594	+ 869
Stroke	4	1,320	6	1,307	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	5	1,240	25	231	+ 1,010
Kidney Disease	6	1,065	15	555	+ 511
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,005	1	2,756	- 1,751
Road Traffic Accidents	8	916	8	1,158	- 242
Liver Disease	9	600	13	586	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	10	493	34	118	+ 375
Lung Disease	11	478	23	275	+ 203
Hypertension	12	476	22	286	+ 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	466	24	251	+ 215
Other Injuries	14	370	19	343	+ 27
Lung Cancers	15	317	44	60	+ 257
Suicide	16	287	30	141	+ 146
Cervical Cancer	17	286	20	333	- 47
Drownings	18	248	35	116	+ 132
Liver Cancer	19	248	21	312	- 64
Stomach Cancer	20	241	32	132	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	21	240	10	665	- 425
Endocrine Disorders	22	234	27	197	+ 37
Breast Cancer	23	225	28	189	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	208	37	110	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	25	205	2	2,014	- 1,809
Inflammatory/Heart	26	188	36	110	+ 78
Falls	27	134	31	140	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	28	114	41	69	+ 45
Malnutrition	29	102	17	462	- 360
Alcohol	30	101	58	16	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	31	97	51	39	+ 59
Birth Trauma	32	96	7	1,204	- 1,108
Tuberculosis	33	92	9	717	- 625
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	90	3	1,656	- 1,566
Asthma	35	80	29	170	- 90
Epilepsy	36	80	39	75	+ 5
Skin Disease	37	57	47	47	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	54	38	83	- 30
Leukemia	39	41	55	22	+ 19
Fires	40	38	33	123	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	35	52	34	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	42	24	11	639	- 615
Oesophagus Cancer	43	23	54	30	- 7
Appendicitis	44	15	60	9	+ 6
Poisonings	45	15	42	67	- 53
Meningitis	46	15	18	357	- 342
Drug Use	47	14	40	71	- 57
Encephalitis	48	14	53	33	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	11	64	4	+ 7
Lymphomas	50	11	43	65	- 53
Uterin Cancer	51	11	57	17	- 5
Ovary Cancer	52	10	49	43	- 33
Other Neoplasms	53	10	62	7	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	4	63	5	- 1
Dengue	55	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	2	56	22	- 20
Chagas disease	57	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	1	68	3	- 1
Tetanus	59	1	45	58	- 56
War	60	1	70	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	0	67	3	- 2
Syphilis	62	0	26	204	- 203
Pertussis	63	0	14	574	- 574
Ascariasis	64	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	46	50	- 50
Oral Cancer	67	0	48	45	- 45
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	50	42	- 42
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.