MAURITANIA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,909	4	1,636	+ 9,273
Hypertension	2	9,790	22	286	+ 9,504
Stroke	3	4,046	6	1,307	+ 2,739
Lung Cancers	4	2,383	44	60	+ 2,322
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,910	37	110	+ 1,801
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,264	1	2,756	- 1,491
Liver Disease	7	1,191	13	586	+ 605
Prostate Cancer	8	1,082	34	118	+ 964
Stomach Cancer	9	1,051	32	132	+ 918
Pancreas Cancer	10	973	51	39	+ 935
Breast Cancer	11	942	28	189	+ 753
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	832	24	251	+ 580
Lung Disease	13	829	23	275	+ 555
Inflammatory/Heart	14	787	36	110	+ 677
Lymphomas	15	772	43	65	+ 707
Suicide	16	716	30	141	+ 575
Kidney Disease	17	640	15	555	+ 85
Alcohol	18	538	58	16	+ 522
Diabetes Mellitus	19	530	12	594	- 65
Other Injuries	20	512	19	343	+ 169
Bladder Cancer	21	456	50	42	+ 414
Leukemia	22	455	55	22	+ 433
Other Neoplasms	23	447	62	7	+ 440
Falls	24	430	31	140	+ 290
Oral Cancer	25	400	48	45	+ 356
Liver Cancer	26	389	21	312	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	27	357	54	30	+ 327
Ovary Cancer	28	316	49	43	+ 273
Parkinson's Disease	29	297	41	69	+ 228
Skin Cancers	30	286	46	50	+ 236
Drug Use	31	272	40	71	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	32	245	20	333	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	33	239	27	197	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	34	218	57	17	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	35	215	8	1,158	- 944
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	199	38	83	+ 116
Epilepsy	37	161	39	75	+ 87
Fires	38	148	33	123	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	39	146	25	231	- 85
Drownings	40	109	35	116	- 8
Skin Disease	41	103	47	47	+ 56
Violence	42	103	16	491	- 388
Congenital Anomalies	43	91	10	665	- 574
Asthma	44	87	29	170	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	78	52	34	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	62	64	4	+ 58
Tuberculosis	47	60	9	717	- 657
Multiple Sclerosis	48	59	63	5	+ 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	44	80	0	+ 44
Osteoarthritis	50	37	81	0	+ 37
Anemia	51	33	84	0	+ 33
Poisonings	52	30	42	67	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	30	3	1,656	- 1,626
Meningitis	54	27	18	357	- 330
Low Birth Weight	55	25	2	2,014	- 1,989
Schizophrenia	56	22	86	0	+ 22
Birth Trauma	57	18	7	1,204	- 1,186
Hepatitis C	58	15	67	3	+ 12
Appendicitis	59	7	60	9	- 1
Oral conditions	60	7	82	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	61	4	11	639	- 635
Syphilis	62	4	26	204	- 200
Encephalitis	63	1	53	33	- 32
War	64	0	70	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	65	0	56	22	- 22
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	3	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	73	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Ascariasis	74	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	17	462	- 462
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	45	58	- 58
Diphtheria	82	0	65	3	- 3
Pertussis	83	0	14	574	- 574
Measles	84	0	61	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Estonia

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.