MAURITANIA VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COMOROS		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,858	1	2,756	+ 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,747	3	1,656	+ 90
Stroke	3	1,710	6	1,307	+ 403
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,676	4	1,636	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	5	1,579	2	2,014	- 435
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,087	8	1,158	- 71
Birth Trauma	7	1,014	7	1,204	- 191
Liver Disease	8	768	13	586	+ 182
Diabetes Mellitus	9	655	12	594	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	10	628	10	665	- 37
Meningitis	11	555	18	357	+ 198
Hypertension	12	553	22	286	+ 267
Cervical Cancer	13	502	20	333	+ 169
Kidney Disease	14	487	15	555	- 67
Malnutrition	15	461	17	462	- 1
Other Injuries	16	434	19	343	+ 90
Lung Disease	17	401	23	275	+ 127
Pertussis	18	385	14	574	- 190
Tuberculosis	19	379	9	717	- 337
Violence	20	304	16	491	- 187
Asthma	21	235	29	170	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	22	226	11	639	- 413
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	223	24	251	- 28
Suicide	24	220	30	141	+ 79
Drownings	25	167	35	116	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	26	162	54	30	+ 132
Prostate Cancer	27	158	34	118	+ 40
Liver Cancer	28	140	21	312	- 172
Malaria	29	139	5	1,423	- 1,283
Fires	30	130	33	123	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	31	126	36	110	+ 16
Falls	32	126	31	140	- 14
Breast Cancer	33	109	28	189	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	101	38	83	+ 18
Poisonings	35	97	42	67	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	36	94	27	197	- 104
Lymphomas	37	93	43	65	+ 28
Syphilis	38	92	26	204	- 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	90	37	110	- 20
Epilepsy	40	83	39	75	+ 9
Oral Cancer	41	74	48	45	+ 29
Skin Cancers	42	60	46	50	+ 10
Tetanus	43	57	45	58	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	44	55	41	69	- 14
Stomach Cancer	45	54	32	132	- 78
Bladder Cancer	46	49	50	42	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	49	52	34	+ 15
Skin Disease	48	44	47	47	- 3
Drug Use	49	32	40	71	- 39
Appendicitis	50	28	60	9	+ 19
Alcohol	51	28	58	16	+ 12
Hepatitis B	52	25	56	22	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	53	20	68	3	+ 18
Encephalitis	54	20	53	33	- 13
Uterin Cancer	55	15	57	17	- 2
Ovary Cancer	56	15	49	43	- 28
Leukemia	57	15	55	22	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	64	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	59	5	62	7	- 2
Lung Cancers	60	5	44	60	- 55
Hepatitis C	61	5	67	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	5	- 2
Ascariasis	63	2	66	3	- 1
Otitis Media	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	65	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	66	1	71	0	+ 1
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	14	- 14
HIV/AIDS	76	0	25	231	- 231
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	61	9	- 9
Depression	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	51	39	- 39
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Comoros

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.