MAURITANIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,796	4	1,636	+ 2,160
Violence	2	3,581	16	491	+ 3,090
Kidney Disease	3	3,085	15	555	+ 2,531
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,579	1	2,756	- 1,177
Stroke	5	1,042	6	1,307	- 265
Lung Disease	6	975	23	275	+ 700
Diabetes Mellitus	7	905	12	594	+ 310
Road Traffic Accidents	8	879	8	1,158	- 279
HIV/AIDS	9	550	25	231	+ 319
Liver Disease	10	520	13	586	- 65
Stomach Cancer	11	458	32	132	+ 326
Alcohol	12	423	58	16	+ 407
Cervical Cancer	13	295	20	333	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	14	293	10	665	- 372
Suicide	15	255	30	141	+ 114
Liver Cancer	16	232	21	312	- 80
Prostate Cancer	17	214	34	118	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	209	24	251	- 43
Low Birth Weight	19	207	2	2,014	- 1,807
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	205	37	110	+ 96
Leukemia	21	204	55	22	+ 181
Breast Cancer	22	190	28	189	+ 1
Lung Cancers	23	189	44	60	+ 129
Falls	24	159	31	140	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	25	145	27	197	- 52
Malnutrition	26	140	17	462	- 322
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	130	3	1,656	- 1,527
Lymphomas	28	122	43	65	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	29	105	51	39	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	103	38	83	+ 19
Hypertension	31	95	22	286	- 191
Other Neoplasms	32	95	62	7	+ 88
Drownings	33	89	35	116	- 27
Anemia	34	86	84	0	+ 86
Asthma	35	80	29	170	- 90
Skin Disease	36	79	47	47	+ 31
Birth Trauma	37	79	7	1,204	- 1,126
Other Injuries	38	62	19	343	- 281
Oral Cancer	39	61	48	45	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	40	61	49	43	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	41	52	54	30	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	42	51	36	110	- 59
Drug Use	43	48	40	71	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	44	46	41	69	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	42	80	0	+ 42
Tuberculosis	46	39	9	717	- 677
Skin Cancers	47	39	46	50	- 11
Epilepsy	48	33	39	75	- 42
Bladder Cancer	49	27	50	42	- 15
Uterin Cancer	50	26	57	17	+ 9
Meningitis	51	23	18	357	- 334
Pertussis	52	21	14	574	- 553
Maternal Conditions	53	17	11	639	- 621
Fires	54	14	33	123	- 109
Chagas disease	55	12	78	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	56	12	60	9	+ 3
Poisonings	57	10	42	67	- 58
Syphilis	58	9	26	204	- 195
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	64	4	+ 5
Tetanus	60	7	45	58	- 50
Dengue	61	6	73	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	68	3	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	5	53	33	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	63	5	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	4	52	34	- 30
Hepatitis B	66	3	56	22	- 19
Schizophrenia	67	2	86	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	82	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	0	70	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	65	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	3	- 3
Measles	76	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	59	14	- 14
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

El Salvador

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.