MAURITANIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,885	4	1,636	+ 2,249
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,836	1	2,756	+ 81
Stroke	3	2,533	6	1,307	+ 1,226
Kidney Disease	4	2,067	15	555	+ 1,512
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,732	12	594	+ 1,138
Liver Disease	6	1,402	13	586	+ 816
Lung Disease	7	1,313	23	275	+ 1,038
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	872	24	251	+ 620
Road Traffic Accidents	9	854	8	1,158	- 304
Hypertension	10	677	22	286	+ 391
Other Injuries	11	450	19	343	+ 106
Low Birth Weight	12	445	2	2,014	- 1,569
Tuberculosis	13	417	9	717	- 299
Violence	14	386	16	491	- 106
Congenital Anomalies	15	380	10	665	- 285
Cervical Cancer	16	376	20	333	+ 43
Falls	17	375	31	140	+ 235
Malnutrition	18	362	17	462	- 100
Birth Trauma	19	346	7	1,204	- 859
Lung Cancers	20	317	44	60	+ 257
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	310	3	1,656	- 1,346
Parkinson's Disease	22	300	41	69	+ 231
Stomach Cancer	23	276	32	132	+ 144
Chagas disease	24	265	78	0	+ 265
Liver Cancer	25	253	21	312	- 58
Suicide	26	251	30	141	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	238	38	83	+ 155
Prostate Cancer	28	193	34	118	+ 75
Breast Cancer	29	169	28	189	- 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	143	37	110	+ 34
Drownings	31	143	35	116	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	32	135	27	197	- 62
Alcohol	33	135	58	16	+ 119
Leukemia	34	133	55	22	+ 111
Inflammatory/Heart	35	132	36	110	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	36	117	51	39	+ 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	103	52	34	+ 69
Asthma	38	91	29	170	- 79
Maternal Conditions	39	86	11	639	- 552
Drug Use	40	86	40	71	+ 15
Lymphomas	41	77	43	65	+ 12
Epilepsy	42	70	39	75	- 4
Skin Cancers	43	67	46	50	+ 17
Fires	44	64	33	123	- 59
HIV/AIDS	45	61	25	231	- 169
Appendicitis	46	55	60	9	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	47	53	57	17	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	48	47	54	30	+ 17
Meningitis	49	45	18	357	- 312
Pertussis	50	42	14	574	- 532
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	39	64	4	+ 35
Encephalitis	52	39	53	33	+ 5
Syphilis	53	37	26	204	- 167
Ovary Cancer	54	36	49	43	- 7
Skin Disease	55	35	47	47	- 12
Oral Cancer	56	32	48	45	- 13
Poisonings	57	23	42	67	- 44
Other Neoplasms	58	15	62	7	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	59	15	50	42	- 27
Tetanus	60	11	45	58	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	63	5	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	5	68	3	+ 3
War	63	3	70	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	64	2	56	22	- 20
Leishmaniasis	65	2	69	2	- 1
Dengue	66	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Bolivia

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.