MAURITANIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,764	4	1,636	+ 5,129
Liver Disease	2	2,339	13	586	+ 1,753
Stroke	3	1,706	6	1,307	+ 399
Liver Cancer	4	954	21	312	+ 642
Hypertension	5	821	22	286	+ 535
Kidney Disease	6	820	15	555	+ 266
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	805	1	2,756	- 1,950
Diabetes Mellitus	8	744	12	594	+ 150
Lung Disease	9	521	23	275	+ 246
Congenital Anomalies	10	473	10	665	- 192
Low Birth Weight	11	443	2	2,014	- 1,571
Road Traffic Accidents	12	395	8	1,158	- 764
Breast Cancer	13	357	28	189	+ 168
Lymphomas	14	293	43	65	+ 229
Asthma	15	276	29	170	+ 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	271	24	251	+ 20
Birth Trauma	17	238	7	1,204	- 967
Lung Cancers	18	221	44	60	+ 161
Bladder Cancer	19	200	50	42	+ 157
Violence	20	162	16	491	- 329
Other Injuries	21	149	19	343	- 195
Leukemia	22	146	55	22	+ 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	144	3	1,656	- 1,513
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	120	37	110	+ 10
Suicide	25	118	30	141	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	26	113	51	39	+ 75
Inflammatory/Heart	27	97	36	110	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	28	93	41	69	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	29	92	27	197	- 105
Falls	30	79	31	140	- 62
Ovary Cancer	31	76	49	43	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	32	72	32	132	- 60
Fires	33	61	33	123	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	52	38	83	- 31
Prostate Cancer	35	50	34	118	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	49	52	34	+ 15
Drownings	37	44	35	116	- 73
Encephalitis	38	41	53	33	+ 8
Skin Cancers	39	39	46	50	- 10
Hepatitis B	40	38	56	22	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	41	37	54	30	+ 7
Pertussis	42	35	14	574	- 539
Meningitis	43	32	18	357	- 325
Maternal Conditions	44	31	11	639	- 608
Oral Cancer	45	31	48	45	- 14
Malnutrition	46	30	17	462	- 433
War	47	28	70	2	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	48	24	20	333	- 309
Tetanus	49	21	45	58	- 37
Epilepsy	50	18	39	75	- 57
Tuberculosis	51	17	9	717	- 700
Uterin Cancer	52	16	57	17	- 0
HIV/AIDS	53	15	25	231	- 215
Schistosomiasis	54	9	59	14	- 5
Skin Disease	55	9	47	47	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	63	5	+ 3
Poisonings	57	8	42	67	- 60
Syphilis	58	6	26	204	- 198
Appendicitis	59	6	60	9	- 3
Alcohol	60	5	58	16	- 10
Other Neoplasms	61	5	62	7	- 3
Drug Use	62	5	40	71	- 67
Hepatitis C	63	4	67	3	+ 1
Measles	64	2	61	9	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	64	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	66	1	69	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	3	- 2
Dengue	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Egypt

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.