MAURITIUS VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,342	13	141	+ 1,201
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	666	7	346	+ 320
Malaria	3	487	70	0	+ 487
Low Birth Weight	4	333	35	37	+ 297
Birth Trauma	5	322	36	37	+ 285
Stroke	6	319	3	985	- 666
Coronary Heart Disease	7	306	2	1,805	- 1,499
Road Traffic Accidents	8	269	11	155	+ 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	255	42	23	+ 232
Tuberculosis	10	234	45	17	+ 217
Diabetes Mellitus	11	218	1	1,873	- 1,655
Congenital Anomalies	12	182	25	57	+ 125
Liver Disease	13	145	12	145	+ 0
Kidney Disease	14	145	4	724	- 579
Measles	15	132	77	0	+ 132
Hypertension	16	120	6	592	- 471
Maternal Conditions	17	101	48	11	+ 90
Syphilis	18	98	67	0	+ 98
Meningitis	19	93	57	2	+ 90
Lung Disease	20	88	5	646	- 559
Pertussis	21	80	66	0	+ 80
Suicide	22	78	14	120	- 42
Other Injuries	23	77	21	66	+ 11
Breast Cancer	24	62	8	232	- 171
Endocrine Disorders	25	53	19	101	- 47
Asthma	26	48	17	107	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	27	46	16	108	- 62
Cervical Cancer	28	41	30	49	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	40	34	42	- 1
Drug Use	30	37	46	16	+ 21
Malnutrition	31	35	54	4	+ 31
Falls	32	33	26	57	- 23
Violence	33	33	41	30	+ 3
Liver Cancer	34	31	27	56	- 25
Prostate Cancer	35	31	15	115	- 84
Drownings	36	29	33	43	- 14
Oral Cancer	37	25	23	63	- 38
Epilepsy	38	24	38	35	- 11
Fires	39	22	50	10	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	21	10	182	- 161
Lung Cancers	41	20	9	182	- 163
Tetanus	42	17	76	0	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	16	43	22	- 6
Poisonings	44	15	49	11	+ 5
Lymphomas	45	14	24	57	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	46	13	47	12	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	47	12	73	0	+ 12
Skin Cancers	48	12	53	5	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	49	11	18	104	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	56	3	+ 7
Skin Disease	51	9	22	64	- 55
Ovary Cancer	52	9	32	46	- 36
Alcohol	53	9	29	53	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	54	9	37	35	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	55	8	28	55	- 46
Bladder Cancer	56	6	44	21	- 15
Encephalitis	57	6	61	1	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	58	6	40	32	- 26
Appendicitis	59	4	59	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	60	3	69	0	+ 3
Leukemia	61	3	31	48	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	60	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	20	77	- 75
Diphtheria	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	65	2	65	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	51	9	- 9
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
War	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	58	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Equ. Guinea

Mauritius

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.