MAURITIUS VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	969	13	141	+ 828
Tuberculosis	2	598	45	17	+ 580
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	554	7	346	+ 208
Coronary Heart Disease	4	536	2	1,805	- 1,269
Stroke	5	487	3	985	- 498
Malaria	6	425	70	0	+ 425
Road Traffic Accidents	7	343	11	155	+ 188
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	280	42	23	+ 258
Low Birth Weight	9	276	35	37	+ 239
Diabetes Mellitus	10	226	1	1,873	- 1,648
Birth Trauma	11	214	36	37	+ 178
Hypertension	12	200	6	592	- 391
Liver Disease	13	200	12	145	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	14	157	25	57	+ 100
Kidney Disease	15	132	4	724	- 593
Maternal Conditions	16	124	48	11	+ 113
Lung Disease	17	116	5	646	- 530
Violence	18	116	41	30	+ 86
Suicide	19	75	14	120	- 45
Other Injuries	20	72	21	66	+ 6
Pertussis	21	71	66	0	+ 71
Meningitis	22	64	57	2	+ 62
Asthma	23	62	17	107	- 44
Malnutrition	24	58	54	4	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	49	34	42	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	26	47	16	108	- 61
Endocrine Disorders	27	45	19	101	- 56
Prostate Cancer	28	43	15	115	- 73
Cervical Cancer	29	42	30	49	- 7
Liver Cancer	30	36	27	56	- 20
Measles	31	34	77	0	+ 34
Breast Cancer	32	34	8	232	- 198
Falls	33	32	26	57	- 25
Syphilis	34	23	67	0	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	23	43	22	+ 0
Drownings	36	22	33	43	- 21
Fires	37	19	50	10	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	19	10	182	- 163
Stomach Cancer	39	19	18	104	- 86
Epilepsy	40	16	38	35	- 19
Poisonings	41	15	49	11	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	42	15	47	12	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	14	56	3	+ 11
Drug Use	44	14	46	16	- 2
Lymphomas	45	13	24	57	- 44
Leukemia	46	12	31	48	- 36
Lung Cancers	47	12	9	182	- 171
Ovary Cancer	48	11	32	46	- 35
Alcohol	49	10	29	53	- 43
Skin Disease	50	10	22	64	- 55
Schistosomiasis	51	10	69	0	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	52	9	28	55	- 46
Skin Cancers	53	8	53	5	+ 3
Oral Cancer	54	7	23	63	- 56
Tetanus	55	5	76	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	4	61	1	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	57	4	37	35	- 31
Appendicitis	58	4	59	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	60	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	3	40	32	- 29
Bladder Cancer	61	3	44	21	- 18
Hepatitis B	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	20	77	- 75
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	51	9	- 8
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
War	72	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
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.