MAURITANIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,714	4	1,636	+ 7,078
Stroke	2	4,233	6	1,307	+ 2,926
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,380	1	2,756	+ 624
Lung Cancers	4	2,362	44	60	+ 2,302
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,305	24	251	+ 2,054
Lung Disease	6	2,168	23	275	+ 1,893
Hypertension	7	1,369	22	286	+ 1,083
Prostate Cancer	8	1,328	34	118	+ 1,210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,167	37	110	+ 1,058
Falls	10	1,109	31	140	+ 969
Liver Disease	11	739	13	586	+ 154
Other Injuries	12	738	19	343	+ 395
Diabetes Mellitus	13	707	12	594	+ 113
Kidney Disease	14	671	15	555	+ 116
Breast Cancer	15	660	28	189	+ 471
Suicide	16	646	30	141	+ 505
Inflammatory/Heart	17	456	36	110	+ 347
Lymphomas	18	430	43	65	+ 365
Road Traffic Accidents	19	398	8	1,158	- 761
Stomach Cancer	20	391	32	132	+ 259
Pancreas Cancer	21	357	51	39	+ 319
Oesophagus Cancer	22	347	54	30	+ 317
Oral Cancer	23	346	48	45	+ 301
Liver Cancer	24	322	21	312	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	25	303	62	7	+ 296
Bladder Cancer	26	290	50	42	+ 247
Parkinson's Disease	27	273	41	69	+ 204
Alcohol	28	267	58	16	+ 251
Cervical Cancer	29	263	20	333	- 70
Leukemia	30	250	55	22	+ 228
Uterin Cancer	31	238	57	17	+ 221
Violence	32	230	16	491	- 261
Skin Cancers	33	203	46	50	+ 153
HIV/AIDS	34	186	25	231	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	166	38	83	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	36	163	27	197	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	37	145	10	665	- 520
Osteoarthritis	38	129	81	0	+ 129
Ovary Cancer	39	127	49	43	+ 84
Asthma	40	119	29	170	- 51
Skin Disease	41	102	47	47	+ 54
Drownings	42	91	35	116	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	81	3	1,656	- 1,575
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	64	52	34	+ 30
Hepatitis C	45	44	67	3	+ 42
Epilepsy	46	43	39	75	- 32
Appendicitis	47	41	60	9	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	48	39	2	2,014	- 1,975
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	34	64	4	+ 30
Meningitis	50	33	18	357	- 324
Drug Use	51	32	40	71	- 39
Anemia	52	30	84	0	+ 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	30	80	0	+ 30
Schizophrenia	54	27	86	0	+ 27
Malnutrition	55	25	17	462	- 437
Hepatitis B	56	23	56	22	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	57	22	63	5	+ 17
Fires	58	22	33	123	- 101
Birth Trauma	59	19	7	1,204	- 1,185
Tuberculosis	60	18	9	717	- 699
Maternal Conditions	61	17	11	639	- 622
Poisonings	62	7	42	67	- 61
Otitis Media	63	4	72	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	68	3	- 0
Encephalitis	66	2	53	33	- 31
Leprosy	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	0	70	2	- 1
Syphilis	69	0	26	204	- 203
Ascariasis	70	0	66	3	- 2
Tetanus	71	0	45	58	- 57
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	14	574	- 574
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	82	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Leishmaniasis	83	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Cuba

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.