MAURITIUS VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,891	3	985	+ 906
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,639	2	1,805	- 165
Lung Disease	3	896	5	646	+ 250
Lung Cancers	4	661	9	182	+ 479
Stomach Cancer	5	369	18	104	+ 264
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	282	34	42	+ 240
Hypertension	7	279	6	592	- 313
Road Traffic Accidents	8	232	11	155	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	230	10	182	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	10	225	37	35	+ 189
Kidney Disease	11	178	4	724	- 546
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	170	7	346	- 176
Liver Cancer	13	167	27	56	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	14	150	1	1,873	- 1,724
Liver Disease	15	135	12	145	- 11
Falls	16	129	26	57	+ 72
Suicide	17	108	14	120	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	18	103	28	55	+ 49
Breast Cancer	19	86	8	232	- 146
Parkinson's Disease	20	65	47	12	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	60	56	3	+ 57
Leukemia	22	54	31	48	+ 5
Lymphomas	23	54	24	57	- 3
Oral Cancer	24	51	23	63	- 13
Other Injuries	25	50	21	66	- 16
Drownings	26	49	33	43	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	27	48	30	49	- 1
Prostate Cancer	28	47	15	115	- 68
Bladder Cancer	29	35	44	21	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	35	43	22	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	31	34	25	57	- 23
Tuberculosis	32	32	45	17	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	33	28	16	108	- 80
HIV/AIDS	34	27	13	141	- 114
Ovary Cancer	35	26	32	46	- 20
Poisonings	36	24	49	11	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	37	24	19	101	- 77
Drug Use	38	22	46	16	+ 6
Asthma	39	21	17	107	- 86
Low Birth Weight	40	20	35	37	- 17
Skin Cancers	41	18	53	5	+ 14
Alcohol	42	18	29	53	- 36
Birth Trauma	43	16	36	37	- 20
Malnutrition	44	12	54	4	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	45	11	40	32	- 21
Epilepsy	46	11	38	35	- 24
Violence	47	10	41	30	- 19
Fires	48	10	50	10	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	9	60	1	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	8	42	23	- 15
Meningitis	51	5	57	2	+ 3
Skin Disease	52	5	22	64	- 60
Other Neoplasms	53	4	20	77	- 73
Maternal Conditions	54	3	48	11	- 7
Encephalitis	55	3	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	3	65	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	2	63	0	+ 2
Syphilis	58	2	67	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	84	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	1	59	1	+ 0
War	61	1	62	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	51	9	- 9
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	55	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	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.