MAURITANIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,759	4	1,636	+ 2,123
Violence	2	1,682	16	491	+ 1,190
Stroke	3	1,446	6	1,307	+ 140
Lung Disease	4	1,390	23	275	+ 1,115
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	940	1	2,756	- 1,815
Road Traffic Accidents	6	678	8	1,158	- 481
Kidney Disease	7	596	15	555	+ 42
Hypertension	8	559	22	286	+ 273
Stomach Cancer	9	533	32	132	+ 401
Lung Cancers	10	458	44	60	+ 398
Diabetes Mellitus	11	439	12	594	- 155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	382	37	110	+ 272
Breast Cancer	13	320	28	189	+ 131
Prostate Cancer	14	313	34	118	+ 195
Other Neoplasms	15	280	62	7	+ 273
Congenital Anomalies	16	259	10	665	- 406
HIV/AIDS	17	234	25	231	+ 4
Lymphomas	18	227	43	65	+ 162
Liver Disease	19	212	13	586	- 374
Cervical Cancer	20	198	20	333	- 135
Leukemia	21	193	55	22	+ 170
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	188	24	251	- 63
Low Birth Weight	23	183	2	2,014	- 1,831
Liver Cancer	24	180	21	312	- 131
Pancreas Cancer	25	177	51	39	+ 138
Suicide	26	171	30	141	+ 30
Malnutrition	27	164	17	462	- 299
Other Injuries	28	139	19	343	- 204
Falls	29	132	31	140	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	30	119	27	197	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	31	116	36	110	+ 6
Tuberculosis	32	111	9	717	- 606
Ovary Cancer	33	98	49	43	+ 55
Skin Disease	34	96	47	47	+ 49
Skin Cancers	35	90	46	50	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	36	73	54	30	+ 43
Oral Cancer	37	70	48	45	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	65	3	1,656	- 1,591
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	61	38	83	- 22
Drownings	40	60	35	116	- 56
Birth Trauma	41	57	7	1,204	- 1,148
Bladder Cancer	42	53	50	42	+ 11
Epilepsy	43	52	39	75	- 22
Drug Use	44	43	40	71	- 28
Uterin Cancer	45	37	57	17	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	46	34	11	639	- 604
Parkinson's Disease	47	33	41	69	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	29	80	0	+ 29
War	49	23	70	2	+ 21
Meningitis	50	21	18	357	- 336
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	21	64	4	+ 17
Appendicitis	52	19	60	9	+ 10
Chagas disease	53	18	78	0	+ 18
Asthma	54	17	29	170	- 153
Dengue	55	12	73	0	+ 12
Fires	56	11	33	123	- 112
Anemia	57	9	84	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	58	6	81	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	59	6	67	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	63	5	+ 0
Poisonings	61	5	42	67	- 62
Hepatitis B	62	4	56	22	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	3	52	34	- 30
Encephalitis	64	3	53	33	- 30
Syphilis	65	3	26	204	- 201
Upper Respiratory	66	2	68	3	- 0
Malaria	67	2	5	1,423	- 1,420
Alcohol	68	2	58	16	- 14
Pertussis	69	2	14	574	- 573
Schizophrenia	70	2	86	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	1	45	58	- 56
Leprosy	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	69	2	- 2
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	66	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Measles	78	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Colombia

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.