MAURITIUS VS CENTRAL AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CENTRAL AFRICA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,213	7	346	+ 867
Tuberculosis	2	1,091	45	17	+ 1,073
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,086	42	23	+ 1,064
HIV/AIDS	4	870	13	141	+ 729
Stroke	5	762	3	985	- 223
Malaria	6	761	70	0	+ 761
Coronary Heart Disease	7	673	2	1,805	- 1,132
Low Birth Weight	8	517	35	37	+ 480
Birth Trauma	9	508	36	37	+ 472
Road Traffic Accidents	10	415	11	155	+ 260
Measles	11	377	77	0	+ 377
Hypertension	12	290	6	592	- 301
Maternal Conditions	13	272	48	11	+ 262
Liver Disease	14	267	12	145	+ 122
Diabetes Mellitus	15	265	1	1,873	- 1,609
Meningitis	16	235	57	2	+ 233
Violence	17	234	41	30	+ 204
Lung Disease	18	222	5	646	- 425
Congenital Anomalies	19	180	25	57	+ 123
Asthma	20	176	17	107	+ 69
Kidney Disease	21	165	4	724	- 560
Malnutrition	22	160	54	4	+ 156
Other Injuries	23	144	21	66	+ 78
Suicide	24	136	14	120	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	25	98	19	101	- 3
Breast Cancer	26	80	8	232	- 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	74	43	22	+ 51
War	28	73	62	0	+ 73
Tetanus	29	65	76	0	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	30	63	16	108	- 46
Pertussis	31	61	66	0	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	32	53	30	49	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	47	34	42	+ 5
Drownings	34	47	33	43	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	45	56	3	+ 42
Falls	36	42	26	57	- 15
Schistosomiasis	37	39	69	0	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	38	36	15	115	- 79
Fires	39	33	50	10	+ 23
Poisonings	40	31	49	11	+ 21
Syphilis	41	28	67	0	+ 28
Lymphomas	42	28	24	57	- 29
Epilepsy	43	28	38	35	- 7
Liver Cancer	44	27	27	56	- 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	45	27	10	182	- 155
Oral Cancer	46	21	23	63	- 42
Leukemia	47	20	31	48	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	48	16	47	12	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	49	15	18	104	- 89
Ovary Cancer	50	15	32	46	- 31
Appendicitis	51	14	59	1	+ 13
Alcohol	52	14	29	53	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	53	11	37	35	- 24
Skin Disease	54	11	22	64	- 53
Lung Cancers	55	11	9	182	- 171
Leishmaniasis	56	11	72	0	+ 11
Drug Use	57	10	46	16	- 6
Skin Cancers	58	10	53	5	+ 5
Trypanosomiasis	59	9	73	0	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	60	8	28	55	- 46
Hepatitis B	61	8	65	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	62	6	61	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	6	63	0	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	64	5	44	21	- 15
Uterin Cancer	65	5	40	32	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	60	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	51	9	- 8
Other Neoplasms	70	1	20	77	- 76
Ascariasis	71	1	64	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	84	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
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.