MAURITANIA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,005	1	2,756	+ 250
Malaria	2	2,072	5	1,423	+ 650
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,011	3	1,656	+ 355
Stroke	4	1,724	6	1,307	+ 417
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,589	4	1,636	- 46
Low Birth Weight	6	1,445	2	2,014	- 569
Birth Trauma	7	1,163	7	1,204	- 41
Road Traffic Accidents	8	931	8	1,158	- 227
Liver Disease	9	721	13	586	+ 135
Congenital Anomalies	10	667	10	665	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	11	666	25	231	+ 436
Meningitis	12	579	18	357	+ 222
Kidney Disease	13	568	15	555	+ 13
Diabetes Mellitus	14	563	12	594	- 31
Other Injuries	15	451	19	343	+ 108
Endocrine Disorders	16	428	27	197	+ 231
Lung Disease	17	359	23	275	+ 84
Pertussis	18	344	14	574	- 230
Hypertension	19	321	22	286	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	20	306	11	639	- 333
Malnutrition	21	273	17	462	- 189
Suicide	22	271	30	141	+ 130
Tuberculosis	23	271	9	717	- 446
Asthma	24	262	29	170	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	25	255	34	118	+ 137
Measles	26	232	61	9	+ 223
Breast Cancer	27	231	28	189	+ 42
Violence	28	214	16	491	- 278
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	211	24	251	- 41
Cervical Cancer	30	197	20	333	- 136
Drownings	31	168	35	116	+ 52
Falls	32	160	31	140	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	33	135	36	110	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	130	38	83	+ 47
Fires	35	127	33	123	+ 4
Lymphomas	36	114	43	65	+ 49
Epilepsy	37	109	39	75	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	38	106	32	132	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	39	96	54	30	+ 66
Liver Cancer	40	95	21	312	- 217
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	92	37	110	- 18
Poisonings	42	90	42	67	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	43	62	41	69	- 7
Drug Use	44	58	40	71	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	58	52	34	+ 24
Leukemia	46	58	55	22	+ 35
Schistosomiasis	47	54	59	14	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	48	52	51	39	+ 14
Oral Cancer	49	46	48	45	+ 1
Tetanus	50	46	45	58	- 12
Syphilis	51	44	26	204	- 160
Skin Disease	52	42	47	47	- 5
Hepatitis B	53	42	56	22	+ 20
Skin Cancers	54	30	46	50	- 20
Uterin Cancer	55	29	57	17	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	56	25	49	43	- 18
Encephalitis	57	25	53	33	- 8
Alcohol	58	25	58	16	+ 9
Lung Cancers	59	20	44	60	- 41
Appendicitis	60	13	60	9	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	61	13	50	42	- 30
Ascariasis	62	12	66	3	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	6	62	7	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	5	68	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	5	67	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	5	63	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	64	4	- 1
Diphtheria	68	3	65	3	- 0
War	69	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Benin

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.