MAURITIUS VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	677	7	346	+ 331
Stroke	2	530	3	985	- 455
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	473	42	23	+ 451
Coronary Heart Disease	4	445	2	1,805	- 1,360
Road Traffic Accidents	5	274	11	155	+ 119
Liver Disease	6	251	12	145	+ 106
Diabetes Mellitus	7	195	1	1,873	- 1,678
Hypertension	8	191	6	592	- 400
Lung Disease	9	137	5	646	- 510
Malnutrition	10	136	54	4	+ 132
Birth Trauma	11	127	36	37	+ 91
Kidney Disease	12	119	4	724	- 605
Maternal Conditions	13	112	48	11	+ 102
Tuberculosis	14	112	45	17	+ 95
Other Injuries	15	112	21	66	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	16	110	35	37	+ 73
Malaria	17	90	70	0	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	18	89	25	57	+ 32
Meningitis	19	84	57	2	+ 81
Violence	20	79	41	30	+ 50
Suicide	21	79	14	120	- 41
Asthma	22	67	17	107	- 40
Breast Cancer	23	64	8	232	- 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	64	34	42	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	25	64	13	141	- 77
Falls	26	35	26	57	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	30	43	22	+ 8
Lymphomas	28	30	24	57	- 26
Leukemia	29	30	31	48	- 19
Cervical Cancer	30	27	30	49	- 22
Fires	31	27	50	10	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	32	25	16	108	- 83
Drownings	33	24	33	43	- 19
Poisonings	34	24	49	11	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	23	10	182	- 159
Pertussis	36	19	66	0	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	37	18	47	12	+ 6
Epilepsy	38	17	38	35	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	39	17	37	35	- 19
Ovary Cancer	40	16	32	46	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	16	56	3	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	42	15	69	0	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	43	15	19	101	- 86
Oral Cancer	44	15	23	63	- 49
Liver Cancer	45	14	27	56	- 42
Lung Cancers	46	13	9	182	- 170
Prostate Cancer	47	11	15	115	- 104
Stomach Cancer	48	10	18	104	- 94
Alcohol	49	9	29	53	- 44
Skin Disease	50	9	22	64	- 55
Bladder Cancer	51	9	44	21	- 12
Tetanus	52	8	76	0	+ 8
Drug Use	53	7	46	16	- 9
Syphilis	54	7	67	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	55	6	59	1	+ 5
Skin Cancers	56	6	53	5	+ 2
Hepatitis B	57	6	65	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	58	4	28	55	- 51
Leishmaniasis	59	4	72	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	4	63	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	61	4	40	32	- 28
Encephalitis	62	3	61	1	+ 2
Measles	63	3	77	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	60	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Other Neoplasms	66	1	20	77	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
War	71	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.