MAURITANIA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,999	4	1,636	+ 2,364
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,365	24	251	+ 3,113
Stroke	3	2,301	6	1,307	+ 994
Lung Cancers	4	2,257	44	60	+ 2,197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,383	37	110	+ 1,274
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,251	1	2,756	- 1,504
Lung Disease	7	1,154	23	275	+ 879
Breast Cancer	8	983	28	189	+ 794
Other Injuries	9	957	19	343	+ 614
Pancreas Cancer	10	782	51	39	+ 744
Kidney Disease	11	726	15	555	+ 172
Diabetes Mellitus	12	691	12	594	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	13	688	34	118	+ 570
Lymphomas	14	637	43	65	+ 572
Liver Cancer	15	606	21	312	+ 294
Suicide	16	567	30	141	+ 426
Other Neoplasms	17	555	62	7	+ 548
Falls	18	524	31	140	+ 384
Endocrine Disorders	19	512	27	197	+ 315
Parkinson's Disease	20	479	41	69	+ 410
Leukemia	21	472	55	22	+ 450
Liver Disease	22	467	13	586	- 118
Hypertension	23	450	22	286	+ 164
Bladder Cancer	24	416	50	42	+ 373
Inflammatory/Heart	25	384	36	110	+ 274
Stomach Cancer	26	350	32	132	+ 218
Oral Cancer	27	296	48	45	+ 251
Oesophagus Cancer	28	296	54	30	+ 266
Malnutrition	29	267	17	462	- 196
Ovary Cancer	30	251	49	43	+ 208
Road Traffic Accidents	31	211	8	1,158	- 947
Skin Cancers	32	206	46	50	+ 156
Alcohol	33	202	58	16	+ 186
Uterin Cancer	34	172	57	17	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	35	127	10	665	- 538
Drug Use	36	119	40	71	+ 48
Epilepsy	37	118	39	75	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	114	3	1,656	- 1,542
Skin Disease	39	101	47	47	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	40	100	20	333	- 234
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	88	52	34	+ 54
Asthma	42	66	29	170	- 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	62	38	83	- 21
Anemia	44	62	84	0	+ 62
Drownings	45	55	35	116	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	46	48	63	5	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	47	41	2	2,014	- 1,973
Schizophrenia	48	41	86	0	+ 41
Violence	49	34	16	491	- 457
Tuberculosis	50	28	9	717	- 689
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	27	64	4	+ 23
Hepatitis C	52	26	67	3	+ 24
Fires	53	26	33	123	- 98
HIV/AIDS	54	23	25	231	- 208
Birth Trauma	55	20	7	1,204	- 1,185
Osteoarthritis	56	16	81	0	+ 16
Poisonings	57	14	42	67	- 53
Meningitis	58	10	18	357	- 347
Hepatitis B	59	9	56	22	- 14
Oral conditions	60	7	82	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	61	6	60	9	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	5	80	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	3	68	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	3	11	639	- 635
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	53	33	- 33
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Syphilis	68	0	26	204	- 204
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Tetanus	70	0	45	58	- 57
Schistosomiasis	71	0	59	14	- 14
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	61	9	- 9
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

France

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.