MAURITANIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	7,405	12	594	+ 6,810
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,737	4	1,636	+ 5,101
Stroke	3	2,650	6	1,307	+ 1,343
Kidney Disease	4	1,259	15	555	+ 705
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,039	1	2,756	- 1,716
Asthma	6	1,027	29	170	+ 857
Hypertension	7	773	22	286	+ 487
Breast Cancer	8	739	28	189	+ 550
Lung Disease	9	640	23	275	+ 365
Congenital Anomalies	10	589	10	665	- 76
Road Traffic Accidents	11	547	8	1,158	- 611
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	438	3	1,656	- 1,218
Cervical Cancer	13	393	20	333	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	14	391	2	2,014	- 1,623
Liver Disease	15	372	13	586	- 214
Suicide	16	363	30	141	+ 222
Other Injuries	17	349	19	343	+ 6
Liver Cancer	18	310	21	312	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	286	24	251	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	282	52	34	+ 248
Drownings	21	271	35	116	+ 154
Lung Cancers	22	217	44	60	+ 157
Inflammatory/Heart	23	206	36	110	+ 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	206	37	110	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	25	184	34	118	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	26	183	41	69	+ 114
Tuberculosis	27	178	9	717	- 538
Birth Trauma	28	165	7	1,204	- 1,039
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	153	38	83	+ 70
Leukemia	30	141	55	22	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	31	136	25	231	- 94
Ovary Cancer	32	132	49	43	+ 89
Fires	33	126	33	123	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	34	125	27	197	- 72
Lymphomas	35	124	43	65	+ 59
Falls	36	122	31	140	- 19
Stomach Cancer	37	106	32	132	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	38	95	51	39	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	39	91	57	17	+ 74
Violence	40	88	16	491	- 403
Skin Disease	41	87	47	47	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	42	81	54	30	+ 51
Meningitis	43	78	18	357	- 279
Epilepsy	44	74	39	75	- 0
Malnutrition	45	65	17	462	- 397
Oral Cancer	46	57	48	45	+ 12
Syphilis	47	50	26	204	- 153
Pertussis	48	45	14	574	- 530
Maternal Conditions	49	39	11	639	- 600
Bladder Cancer	50	37	50	42	- 5
Encephalitis	51	33	53	33	+ 0
Drug Use	52	18	40	71	- 53
Other Neoplasms	53	15	62	7	+ 8
Appendicitis	54	13	60	9	+ 4
Dengue	55	12	73	0	+ 12
Poisonings	56	10	42	67	- 57
Alcohol	57	8	58	16	- 8
Tetanus	58	6	45	58	- 51
Hepatitis B	59	5	56	22	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	63	5	- 2
Skin Cancers	61	3	46	50	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	4	- 3
Measles	63	1	61	9	- 8
Chlamydia	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	3	- 2
War	66	0	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	69	0	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	75	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Fiji

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.