MAURITANIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,235	1	2,756	- 520
Stroke	2	1,749	6	1,307	+ 442
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,564	3	1,656	- 93
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,469	4	1,636	- 166
Road Traffic Accidents	5	905	8	1,158	- 254
Liver Disease	6	829	13	586	+ 243
Diabetes Mellitus	7	644	12	594	+ 50
Hypertension	8	632	22	286	+ 346
Lung Disease	9	452	23	275	+ 177
Malnutrition	10	450	17	462	- 12
Birth Trauma	11	420	7	1,204	- 784
Kidney Disease	12	394	15	555	- 161
Maternal Conditions	13	371	11	639	- 268
Tuberculosis	14	371	9	717	- 346
Other Injuries	15	368	19	343	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	16	362	2	2,014	- 1,652
Malaria	17	298	5	1,423	- 1,124
Congenital Anomalies	18	295	10	665	- 370
Meningitis	19	276	18	357	- 81
Violence	20	262	16	491	- 229
Suicide	21	260	30	141	+ 119
Asthma	22	222	29	170	+ 53
Breast Cancer	23	212	28	189	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	211	24	251	- 40
HIV/AIDS	25	210	25	231	- 21
Falls	26	115	31	140	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	100	38	83	+ 17
Lymphomas	28	100	43	65	+ 35
Leukemia	29	98	55	22	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	30	90	20	333	- 243
Fires	31	90	33	123	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	32	84	36	110	- 26
Drownings	33	80	35	116	- 36
Poisonings	34	78	42	67	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	77	37	110	- 32
Pertussis	36	61	14	574	- 513
Parkinson's Disease	37	58	41	69	- 11
Epilepsy	38	56	39	75	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	39	55	54	30	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	40	54	49	43	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	52	52	34	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	42	50	59	14	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	43	49	27	197	- 149
Oral Cancer	44	48	48	45	+ 4
Liver Cancer	45	47	21	312	- 264
Lung Cancers	46	42	44	60	- 18
Prostate Cancer	47	37	34	118	- 81
Stomach Cancer	48	33	32	132	- 99
Alcohol	49	31	58	16	+ 15
Skin Disease	50	30	47	47	- 17
Bladder Cancer	51	29	50	42	- 14
Tetanus	52	26	45	58	- 32
Drug Use	53	25	40	71	- 46
Syphilis	54	24	26	204	- 180
Appendicitis	55	21	60	9	+ 13
Skin Cancers	56	20	46	50	- 29
Hepatitis B	57	19	56	22	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	51	39	- 25
Leishmaniasis	59	13	69	2	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	12	68	3	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	61	12	57	17	- 5
Encephalitis	62	11	53	33	- 23
Measles	63	9	61	9	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	64	4	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	63	5	- 3
Ascariasis	68	1	66	3	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
War	71	0	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

Eritrea

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.