MAURITIUS VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	987	2	1,805	- 817
Stroke	2	734	3	985	- 251
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	564	7	346	+ 218
Violence	4	410	41	30	+ 380
Diabetes Mellitus	5	355	1	1,873	- 1,518
Lung Disease	6	354	5	646	- 293
Kidney Disease	7	224	4	724	- 500
Road Traffic Accidents	8	202	11	155	+ 46
Lung Cancers	9	189	9	182	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	183	34	42	+ 141
Hypertension	11	172	6	592	- 420
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	138	10	182	- 44
Liver Disease	13	128	12	145	- 18
Breast Cancer	14	124	8	232	- 109
Prostate Cancer	15	113	15	115	- 2
Falls	16	112	26	57	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	17	107	18	104	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	18	104	16	108	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	19	101	19	101	+ 0
Suicide	20	87	14	120	- 34
Other Injuries	21	82	21	66	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	22	75	13	141	- 66
Congenital Anomalies	23	73	25	57	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	24	71	28	55	+ 17
Liver Cancer	25	69	27	56	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	26	62	37	35	+ 27
Lymphomas	27	62	24	57	+ 5
Oral Cancer	28	59	23	63	- 4
Cervical Cancer	29	57	30	49	+ 8
Leukemia	30	51	31	48	+ 2
Skin Disease	31	43	22	64	- 22
Alcohol	32	42	29	53	- 11
Low Birth Weight	33	41	35	37	+ 4
Malnutrition	34	40	54	4	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	34	42	23	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	36	32	44	21	+ 11
Chagas disease	37	30	71	0	+ 30
Skin Cancers	38	30	53	5	+ 25
Drownings	39	29	33	43	- 14
Tuberculosis	40	29	45	17	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	41	28	47	12	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	42	28	20	77	- 49
Ovary Cancer	43	26	32	46	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	25	43	22	+ 3
Birth Trauma	45	22	36	37	- 14
Epilepsy	46	19	38	35	- 15
Uterin Cancer	47	17	40	32	- 15
Asthma	48	15	17	107	- 92
Drug Use	49	15	46	16	- 1
Anemia	50	14	39	33	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	13	56	3	+ 10
Hepatitis C	52	12	51	9	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	53	9	48	11	- 2
Meningitis	54	8	57	2	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	7	58	2	+ 4
War	56	6	62	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	6	59	1	+ 5
Fires	58	6	50	10	- 4
Hepatitis B	59	5	65	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	60	4	52	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	4	60	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	62	4	69	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	84	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Poisonings	66	2	49	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	67	2	63	0	+ 2
Syphilis	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	72	0	61	1	- 0
Oral conditions	73	0	55	3	- 3
Malaria	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	75	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.