MAURITANIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	ECUADOR		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,318	4	1,636	+ 682
Kidney Disease	2	1,462	15	555	+ 907
Stroke	3	1,283	6	1,307	- 24
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,201	1	2,756	- 1,554
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,021	12	594	+ 427
Road Traffic Accidents	6	825	8	1,158	- 333
Liver Disease	7	787	13	586	+ 202
Lung Disease	8	609	23	275	+ 334
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	606	24	251	+ 355
Hypertension	10	593	22	286	+ 307
Stomach Cancer	11	494	32	132	+ 362
Prostate Cancer	12	322	34	118	+ 204
Congenital Anomalies	13	316	10	665	- 349
Suicide	14	313	30	141	+ 172
Violence	15	286	16	491	- 205
Low Birth Weight	16	277	2	2,014	- 1,737
Other Injuries	17	274	19	343	- 69
Falls	18	263	31	140	+ 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	262	37	110	+ 153
Lung Cancers	20	254	44	60	+ 194
Liver Cancer	21	225	21	312	- 86
Lymphomas	22	209	43	65	+ 144
Leukemia	23	208	55	22	+ 186
Cervical Cancer	24	198	20	333	- 135
Breast Cancer	25	195	28	189	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	26	156	41	69	+ 87
HIV/AIDS	27	144	25	231	- 87
Malnutrition	28	137	17	462	- 326
Tuberculosis	29	136	9	717	- 581
Pancreas Cancer	30	133	51	39	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	31	120	27	197	- 78
Drownings	32	111	35	116	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	98	38	83	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	97	3	1,656	- 1,559
Ovary Cancer	35	76	49	43	+ 33
Inflammatory/Heart	36	73	36	110	- 37
Skin Cancers	37	73	46	50	+ 23
Birth Trauma	38	71	7	1,204	- 1,133
Alcohol	39	66	58	16	+ 50
Epilepsy	40	64	39	75	- 10
Drug Use	41	51	40	71	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	42	42	54	30	+ 13
Fires	43	41	33	123	- 82
Bladder Cancer	44	40	50	42	- 3
Oral Cancer	45	39	48	45	- 6
Maternal Conditions	46	39	11	639	- 600
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	38	52	34	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	48	30	57	17	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	29	64	4	+ 25
Appendicitis	50	26	60	9	+ 17
Skin Disease	51	24	47	47	- 23
Meningitis	52	21	18	357	- 336
Asthma	53	20	29	170	- 150
Syphilis	54	20	26	204	- 184
Encephalitis	55	19	53	33	- 14
Pertussis	56	19	14	574	- 556
Other Neoplasms	57	15	62	7	+ 8
Poisonings	58	14	42	67	- 54
Chagas disease	59	5	78	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	63	5	- 1
Dengue	61	2	73	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	2	45	58	- 56
Upper Respiratory	63	2	68	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	56	22	- 22
Ascariasis	65	0	66	3	- 2
War	66	0	70	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Ecuador

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.