MAURITIUS VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,138	2	1,805	- 667
Violence	2	509	41	30	+ 480
Stroke	3	438	3	985	- 547
Lung Disease	4	421	5	646	- 225
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	285	7	346	- 61
Road Traffic Accidents	6	205	11	155	+ 50
Kidney Disease	7	181	4	724	- 544
Hypertension	8	169	6	592	- 423
Stomach Cancer	9	162	18	104	+ 57
Lung Cancers	10	139	9	182	- 44
Diabetes Mellitus	11	133	1	1,873	- 1,740
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	116	10	182	- 67
Breast Cancer	13	97	8	232	- 135
Prostate Cancer	14	95	15	115	- 20
Other Neoplasms	15	85	20	77	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	16	78	25	57	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	17	71	13	141	- 70
Lymphomas	18	69	24	57	+ 12
Liver Disease	19	64	12	145	- 81
Cervical Cancer	20	60	30	49	+ 11
Leukemia	21	58	31	48	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	57	34	42	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	23	55	35	37	+ 19
Liver Cancer	24	55	27	56	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	25	53	28	55	- 1
Suicide	26	52	14	120	- 68
Malnutrition	27	50	54	4	+ 46
Other Injuries	28	42	21	66	- 24
Falls	29	40	26	57	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	30	36	19	101	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	31	35	16	108	- 73
Tuberculosis	32	34	45	17	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	33	30	32	46	- 16
Skin Disease	34	29	22	64	- 35
Skin Cancers	35	27	53	5	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	36	22	37	35	- 13
Oral Cancer	37	21	23	63	- 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	20	42	23	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	18	43	22	- 4
Drownings	40	18	33	43	- 25
Birth Trauma	41	17	36	37	- 19
Bladder Cancer	42	16	44	21	- 5
Epilepsy	43	16	38	35	- 19
Drug Use	44	13	46	16	- 3
Uterin Cancer	45	11	40	32	- 21
Maternal Conditions	46	10	48	11	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	47	10	47	12	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	9	58	2	+ 7
War	49	7	62	0	+ 7
Meningitis	50	6	57	2	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	60	1	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	6	59	1	+ 5
Chagas disease	53	5	71	0	+ 5
Asthma	54	5	17	107	- 102
Dengue	55	4	68	0	+ 4
Fires	56	3	50	10	- 7
Anemia	57	3	39	33	- 31
Osteoarthritis	58	2	83	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	2	51	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	84	0	+ 2
Poisonings	61	2	49	11	- 9
Hepatitis B	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	56	3	- 2
Encephalitis	64	1	61	1	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	29	53	- 53
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	70	0	52	5	- 5
Tetanus	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	55	3	- 3
Ascariasis	76	0	64	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Colombia

Mauritius

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.