MAURITANIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,188	1	2,756	- 568
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,620	3	1,656	- 37
Stroke	3	1,437	6	1,307	+ 130
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,334	4	1,636	- 302
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,152	8	1,158	- 6
Birth Trauma	6	1,136	7	1,204	- 69
Low Birth Weight	7	1,023	2	2,014	- 991
Liver Disease	8	996	13	586	+ 410
Tuberculosis	9	783	9	717	+ 67
Diabetes Mellitus	10	594	12	594	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	11	571	10	665	- 94
Hypertension	12	492	22	286	+ 206
Kidney Disease	13	442	15	555	- 113
Meningitis	14	439	18	357	+ 82
Lung Disease	15	433	23	275	+ 159
Other Injuries	16	428	19	343	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	17	419	25	231	+ 188
Maternal Conditions	18	324	11	639	- 314
Malnutrition	19	316	17	462	- 147
Breast Cancer	20	310	28	189	+ 121
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	301	24	251	+ 50
Violence	22	295	16	491	- 197
Pertussis	23	252	14	574	- 323
Measles	24	231	61	9	+ 222
Suicide	25	220	30	141	+ 79
Malaria	26	205	5	1,423	- 1,217
Cervical Cancer	27	183	20	333	- 150
Falls	28	165	31	140	+ 25
Asthma	29	164	29	170	- 6
Leukemia	30	154	55	22	+ 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	137	37	110	+ 28
Poisonings	32	134	42	67	+ 66
Lymphomas	33	131	43	65	+ 66
Fires	34	119	33	123	- 4
Drownings	35	114	35	116	- 2
Ovary Cancer	36	88	49	43	+ 45
Tetanus	37	80	45	58	+ 23
Lung Cancers	38	80	44	60	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	39	79	36	110	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	40	67	54	30	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	64	38	83	- 19
Liver Cancer	42	63	21	312	- 248
Syphilis	43	62	26	204	- 142
Epilepsy	44	59	39	75	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	45	59	27	197	- 138
Parkinson's Disease	46	58	41	69	- 11
Stomach Cancer	47	55	32	132	- 77
Oral Cancer	48	54	48	45	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	49	52	34	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	50	45	34	118	- 73
Bladder Cancer	51	39	50	42	- 3
Skin Cancers	52	37	46	50	- 13
Skin Disease	53	33	47	47	- 14
Schistosomiasis	54	31	59	14	+ 17
Alcohol	55	27	58	16	+ 11
Hepatitis B	56	27	56	22	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	57	26	68	3	+ 23
Appendicitis	58	25	60	9	+ 16
Leishmaniasis	59	21	69	2	+ 19
Drug Use	60	19	40	71	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	61	18	51	39	- 21
Uterin Cancer	62	15	57	17	- 2
Encephalitis	63	14	53	33	- 19
War	64	10	70	2	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	8	64	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	5	62	7	- 2
Diphtheria	67	5	65	3	+ 2
Ascariasis	68	5	66	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	4	67	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	70	2	63	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	1	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	1	73	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Ethiopia

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.