MAURITANIA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,245	6	1,307	+ 4,938
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,415	4	1,636	+ 3,779
Lung Disease	3	2,960	23	275	+ 2,686
Lung Cancers	4	2,183	44	60	+ 2,123
Stomach Cancer	5	1,218	32	132	+ 1,086
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	931	24	251	+ 679
Hypertension	7	921	22	286	+ 635
Road Traffic Accidents	8	765	8	1,158	- 394
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	759	37	110	+ 650
Oesophagus Cancer	10	742	54	30	+ 712
Kidney Disease	11	588	15	555	+ 33
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	560	1	2,756	- 2,195
Liver Cancer	13	553	21	312	+ 241
Diabetes Mellitus	14	494	12	594	- 100
Liver Disease	15	445	13	586	- 141
Falls	16	424	31	140	+ 284
Suicide	17	356	30	141	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	18	341	51	39	+ 302
Breast Cancer	19	284	28	189	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	20	216	41	69	+ 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	200	52	34	+ 166
Leukemia	22	178	55	22	+ 155
Lymphomas	23	177	43	65	+ 112
Oral Cancer	24	167	48	45	+ 122
Other Injuries	25	165	19	343	- 178
Drownings	26	161	35	116	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	27	158	20	333	- 175
Prostate Cancer	28	156	34	118	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	29	116	50	42	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	115	38	83	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	31	112	10	665	- 553
Tuberculosis	32	106	9	717	- 610
Inflammatory/Heart	33	92	36	110	- 18
HIV/AIDS	34	88	25	231	- 143
Ovary Cancer	35	86	49	43	+ 42
Poisonings	36	79	42	67	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	37	78	27	197	- 119
Drug Use	38	74	40	71	+ 3
Asthma	39	71	29	170	- 99
Low Birth Weight	40	66	2	2,014	- 1,948
Skin Cancers	41	60	46	50	+ 10
Alcohol	42	58	58	16	+ 42
Birth Trauma	43	54	7	1,204	- 1,151
Malnutrition	44	40	17	462	- 423
Uterin Cancer	45	36	57	17	+ 19
Epilepsy	46	35	39	75	- 40
Violence	47	34	16	491	- 457
Fires	48	32	33	123	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	31	64	4	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	27	3	1,656	- 1,630
Meningitis	51	17	18	357	- 339
Skin Disease	52	16	47	47	- 32
Other Neoplasms	53	13	62	7	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	54	11	11	639	- 628
Encephalitis	55	9	53	33	- 25
Hepatitis B	56	8	56	22	- 14
Upper Respiratory	57	8	68	3	+ 6
Syphilis	58	6	26	204	- 198
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	63	5	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	4	60	9	- 4
War	61	3	70	2	+ 1
Measles	62	2	61	9	- 7
Tetanus	63	2	45	58	- 56
Pertussis	64	1	14	574	- 573
Schistosomiasis	65	1	59	14	- 12
Hepatitis C	66	0	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

China

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.