MAURITANIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,437	4	1,636	+ 1,801
Lung Disease	2	2,566	23	275	+ 2,291
Stroke	3	1,763	6	1,307	+ 456
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	866	1	2,756	- 1,889
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	829	3	1,656	- 828
Liver Disease	6	810	13	586	+ 224
Diabetes Mellitus	7	802	12	594	+ 208
Kidney Disease	8	727	15	555	+ 172
Tuberculosis	9	674	9	717	- 42
Road Traffic Accidents	10	604	8	1,158	- 554
Stomach Cancer	11	578	32	132	+ 446
Falls	12	543	31	140	+ 403
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	511	24	251	+ 260
Low Birth Weight	14	388	2	2,014	- 1,626
Asthma	15	380	29	170	+ 211
Hypertension	16	374	22	286	+ 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	331	52	34	+ 297
HIV/AIDS	18	284	25	231	+ 53
Birth Trauma	19	251	7	1,204	- 954
Congenital Anomalies	20	246	10	665	- 419
Lung Cancers	21	215	44	60	+ 155
Oesophagus Cancer	22	214	54	30	+ 184
Oral Cancer	23	211	48	45	+ 166
Other Injuries	24	209	19	343	- 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	189	38	83	+ 106
Suicide	26	172	30	141	+ 31
Liver Cancer	27	171	21	312	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	28	154	41	69	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	29	149	20	333	- 184
Encephalitis	30	137	53	33	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	118	37	110	+ 9
Drownings	32	99	35	116	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	33	98	51	39	+ 59
Leukemia	34	91	55	22	+ 68
Violence	35	90	16	491	- 402
Meningitis	36	84	18	357	- 273
Ovary Cancer	37	70	49	43	+ 26
Epilepsy	38	68	39	75	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	39	54	27	197	- 144
Syphilis	40	52	26	204	- 152
Skin Cancers	41	45	46	50	- 5
Maternal Conditions	42	45	11	639	- 594
Breast Cancer	43	39	28	189	- 150
Fires	44	39	33	123	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	45	37	36	110	- 72
Skin Disease	46	36	47	47	- 12
Drug Use	47	34	40	71	- 38
Bladder Cancer	48	32	50	42	- 11
Alcohol	49	29	58	16	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	26	64	4	+ 22
Appendicitis	51	25	60	9	+ 16
Lymphomas	52	24	43	65	- 41
Hepatitis B	53	20	56	22	- 2
Malnutrition	54	17	17	462	- 446
Prostate Cancer	55	17	34	118	- 102
Dengue	56	16	73	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	11	62	7	+ 3
Measles	58	10	61	9	+ 1
Poisonings	59	9	42	67	- 58
Tetanus	60	7	45	58	- 51
Upper Respiratory	61	5	68	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	63	5	- 0
Pertussis	63	5	14	574	- 570
Hepatitis C	64	5	67	3	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	5	69	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Uterin Cancer	71	0	57	17	- 17
Anemia	72	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	82	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	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.