MAURITANIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,990	4	1,636	+ 1,354
Stroke	2	2,956	6	1,307	+ 1,650
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,917	1	2,756	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,585	3	1,656	- 71
HIV/AIDS	5	1,515	25	231	+ 1,285
Liver Disease	6	1,282	13	586	+ 696
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,237	12	594	+ 642
Low Birth Weight	8	1,093	2	2,014	- 920
Tuberculosis	9	1,056	9	717	+ 339
Other Injuries	10	1,012	19	343	+ 669
Road Traffic Accidents	11	995	8	1,158	- 163
Hypertension	12	917	22	286	+ 631
Kidney Disease	13	810	15	555	+ 256
Malnutrition	14	737	17	462	+ 275
Birth Trauma	15	723	7	1,204	- 482
Lung Disease	16	523	23	275	+ 248
Meningitis	17	508	18	357	+ 151
Congenital Anomalies	18	491	10	665	- 174
Suicide	19	408	30	141	+ 267
Breast Cancer	20	395	28	189	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	392	24	251	+ 141
Asthma	22	295	29	170	+ 126
Malaria	23	287	5	1,423	- 1,135
Violence	24	279	16	491	- 213
Pertussis	25	216	14	574	- 359
Falls	26	198	31	140	+ 58
Leukemia	27	197	55	22	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	28	196	36	110	+ 87
Cervical Cancer	29	175	20	333	- 158
Lymphomas	30	175	43	65	+ 110
Maternal Conditions	31	174	11	639	- 464
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	164	37	110	+ 54
Fires	33	142	33	123	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	139	38	83	+ 56
Drownings	35	124	35	116	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	36	117	54	30	+ 87
Epilepsy	37	113	39	75	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	38	109	27	197	- 89
Poisonings	39	107	42	67	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	40	101	49	43	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	41	99	41	69	+ 30
Lung Cancers	42	87	44	60	+ 27
Liver Cancer	43	82	21	312	- 229
Prostate Cancer	44	74	34	118	- 44
Oral Cancer	45	72	48	45	+ 27
Tetanus	46	72	45	58	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	47	67	50	42	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	64	52	34	+ 31
Alcohol	49	64	58	16	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	50	62	32	132	- 71
Leishmaniasis	51	61	69	2	+ 58
Syphilis	52	56	26	204	- 148
Skin Cancers	53	53	46	50	+ 3
Drug Use	54	53	40	71	- 18
Skin Disease	55	52	47	47	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	37	56	22	+ 15
Appendicitis	57	25	60	9	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	58	24	51	39	- 14
Encephalitis	59	22	53	33	- 11
Uterin Cancer	60	18	57	17	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	17	68	3	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	64	4	+ 10
War	63	12	70	2	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	64	11	59	14	- 3
Other Neoplasms	65	10	62	7	+ 3
Measles	66	9	61	9	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	63	5	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	6	67	3	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	4	65	3	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	2	66	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 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
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Djibouti

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.