MAURITANIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,261	4	1,636	+ 1,625
Stroke	2	2,423	6	1,307	+ 1,116
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,863	1	2,756	- 893
Violence	4	1,353	16	491	+ 861
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,172	12	594	+ 578
Lung Disease	6	1,168	23	275	+ 893
Kidney Disease	7	741	15	555	+ 187
Road Traffic Accidents	8	666	8	1,158	- 492
Lung Cancers	9	623	44	60	+ 562
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	604	24	251	+ 353
Hypertension	11	567	22	286	+ 281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	456	37	110	+ 346
Liver Disease	13	421	13	586	- 164
Breast Cancer	14	408	28	189	+ 219
Prostate Cancer	15	374	34	118	+ 256
Falls	16	371	31	140	+ 231
Stomach Cancer	17	354	32	132	+ 222
Inflammatory/Heart	18	344	36	110	+ 234
Endocrine Disorders	19	333	27	197	+ 136
Suicide	20	286	30	141	+ 145
Other Injuries	21	272	19	343	- 72
HIV/AIDS	22	247	25	231	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	23	242	10	665	- 423
Pancreas Cancer	24	236	51	39	+ 197
Liver Cancer	25	226	21	312	- 85
Oesophagus Cancer	26	206	54	30	+ 176
Lymphomas	27	204	43	65	+ 139
Oral Cancer	28	196	48	45	+ 151
Cervical Cancer	29	187	20	333	- 146
Leukemia	30	168	55	22	+ 145
Skin Disease	31	141	47	47	+ 94
Alcohol	32	140	58	16	+ 124
Low Birth Weight	33	135	2	2,014	- 1,879
Malnutrition	34	132	17	462	- 331
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	111	3	1,656	- 1,545
Bladder Cancer	36	104	50	42	+ 62
Chagas disease	37	99	78	0	+ 99
Skin Cancers	38	99	46	50	+ 49
Drownings	39	97	35	116	- 19
Tuberculosis	40	96	9	717	- 620
Parkinson's Disease	41	94	41	69	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	42	92	62	7	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	43	86	49	43	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	84	38	83	+ 0
Birth Trauma	45	74	7	1,204	- 1,130
Epilepsy	46	64	39	75	- 10
Uterin Cancer	47	55	57	17	+ 38
Asthma	48	51	29	170	- 119
Drug Use	49	49	40	71	- 23
Anemia	50	48	84	0	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	43	52	34	+ 10
Hepatitis C	52	38	67	3	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	53	30	11	639	- 609
Meningitis	54	27	18	357	- 330
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	22	80	0	+ 22
War	56	21	70	2	+ 20
Appendicitis	57	21	60	9	+ 12
Fires	58	20	33	123	- 103
Hepatitis B	59	15	56	22	- 7
Schizophrenia	60	13	86	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	12	64	4	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	62	12	59	14	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	9	69	2	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	63	5	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	6	81	0	+ 6
Poisonings	66	6	42	67	- 61
Upper Respiratory	67	5	68	3	+ 3
Syphilis	68	4	26	204	- 199
Leprosy	69	3	77	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	70	2	72	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	45	58	- 56
Encephalitis	72	1	53	33	- 32
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	1	5	1,423	- 1,422
Pertussis	75	1	14	574	- 574
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	79	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	61	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	79	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Brazil

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.