MAURITANIA VS DR CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DR CONGO		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,758	1	2,756	+ 3
Tuberculosis	2	1,641	9	717	+ 925
Measles	3	1,585	61	9	+ 1,576
Malaria	4	1,568	5	1,423	+ 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,549	3	1,656	- 107
Stroke	6	1,372	6	1,307	+ 66
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,302	4	1,636	- 334
Low Birth Weight	8	1,300	2	2,014	- 714
Birth Trauma	9	1,240	7	1,204	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,135	8	1,158	- 24
Congenital Anomalies	11	610	10	665	- 55
Hypertension	12	590	22	286	+ 304
Liver Disease	13	564	13	586	- 21
Lung Disease	14	507	23	275	+ 233
HIV/AIDS	15	498	25	231	+ 268
Diabetes Mellitus	16	484	12	594	- 110
Meningitis	17	434	18	357	+ 77
Violence	18	417	16	491	- 74
Maternal Conditions	19	394	11	639	- 244
Kidney Disease	20	340	15	555	- 214
Malnutrition	21	334	17	462	- 128
Other Injuries	22	310	19	343	- 33
Pertussis	23	297	14	574	- 277
Asthma	24	290	29	170	+ 120
Endocrine Disorders	25	277	27	197	+ 79
Suicide	26	218	30	141	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	27	181	20	333	- 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	171	24	251	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	29	152	36	110	+ 42
Prostate Cancer	30	148	34	118	+ 30
Liver Cancer	31	144	21	312	- 168
Syphilis	32	141	26	204	- 63
Falls	33	131	31	140	- 9
Drownings	34	130	35	116	+ 13
Breast Cancer	35	128	28	189	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	111	37	110	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	37	97	32	132	- 35
Lymphomas	38	77	43	65	+ 13
Fires	39	75	33	123	- 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	72	38	83	- 11
Leukemia	41	70	55	22	+ 48
Poisonings	42	65	42	67	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	65	52	34	+ 31
Epilepsy	44	65	39	75	- 10
War	45	62	70	2	+ 61
Tetanus	46	44	45	58	- 14
Lung Cancers	47	43	44	60	- 17
Schistosomiasis	48	40	59	14	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	49	39	41	69	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	50	38	51	39	- 0
Oral Cancer	51	38	48	45	- 7
Leishmaniasis	52	33	69	2	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	53	30	54	30	- 0
Skin Disease	54	29	47	47	- 18
Skin Cancers	55	29	46	50	- 21
Appendicitis	56	26	60	9	+ 18
Encephalitis	57	25	53	33	- 8
Ovary Cancer	58	25	49	43	- 19
Drug Use	59	24	40	71	- 47
Alcohol	60	24	58	16	+ 8
Hepatitis B	61	17	56	22	- 5
Upper Respiratory	62	14	68	3	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	63	13	57	17	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	64	13	79	0	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	65	10	50	42	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	64	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	67	3	62	7	- 4
Ascariasis	68	3	66	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	3	67	3	- 0
Diphtheria	70	2	65	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	63	5	- 4
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

DR Congo

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.