MAURITANIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,201	25	231	+ 2,970
Tuberculosis	2	1,974	9	717	+ 1,257
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,829	1	2,756	- 927
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,770	4	1,636	+ 135
Stroke	5	1,609	6	1,307	+ 302
Malaria	6	1,403	5	1,423	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,134	8	1,158	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	926	3	1,656	- 731
Low Birth Weight	9	911	2	2,014	- 1,103
Diabetes Mellitus	10	745	12	594	+ 151
Birth Trauma	11	708	7	1,204	- 497
Hypertension	12	662	22	286	+ 376
Liver Disease	13	660	13	586	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	14	517	10	665	- 148
Kidney Disease	15	435	15	555	- 120
Maternal Conditions	16	410	11	639	- 229
Lung Disease	17	384	23	275	+ 109
Violence	18	382	16	491	- 109
Suicide	19	247	30	141	+ 106
Other Injuries	20	236	19	343	- 107
Pertussis	21	234	14	574	- 341
Meningitis	22	212	18	357	- 145
Asthma	23	206	29	170	+ 37
Malnutrition	24	193	17	462	- 270
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	163	24	251	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	26	156	36	110	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	27	148	27	197	- 50
Prostate Cancer	28	140	34	118	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	29	139	20	333	- 194
Liver Cancer	30	120	21	312	- 191
Measles	31	113	61	9	+ 104
Breast Cancer	32	113	28	189	- 76
Falls	33	106	31	140	- 35
Syphilis	34	76	26	204	- 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	75	38	83	- 9
Drownings	36	74	35	116	- 43
Fires	37	64	33	123	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	63	37	110	- 47
Stomach Cancer	39	62	32	132	- 70
Epilepsy	40	54	39	75	- 21
Poisonings	41	50	42	67	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	42	49	41	69	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	47	52	34	+ 14
Drug Use	44	46	40	71	- 25
Lymphomas	45	43	43	65	- 21
Leukemia	46	41	55	22	+ 18
Lung Cancers	47	38	44	60	- 22
Ovary Cancer	48	35	49	43	- 8
Alcohol	49	33	58	16	+ 17
Skin Disease	50	32	47	47	- 15
Schistosomiasis	51	32	59	14	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	52	30	51	39	- 9
Skin Cancers	53	26	46	50	- 24
Oral Cancer	54	23	48	45	- 22
Tetanus	55	16	45	58	- 41
Encephalitis	56	14	53	33	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	57	14	54	30	- 16
Appendicitis	58	13	60	9	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	64	4	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	60	10	57	17	- 7
Bladder Cancer	61	10	50	42	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	10	56	22	- 12
Other Neoplasms	63	5	62	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	5	68	3	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	79	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	63	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	2	67	3	- 1
Diphtheria	68	1	65	3	- 2
Ascariasis	69	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
War	72	0	70	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.