MAURITANIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,207	9	717	+ 2,490
HIV/AIDS	2	1,989	25	231	+ 1,758
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,796	4	1,636	+ 160
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,703	1	2,756	- 1,053
Stroke	5	1,580	6	1,307	+ 273
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,133	12	594	+ 539
Malaria	7	952	5	1,423	- 471
Road Traffic Accidents	8	914	8	1,158	- 245
Low Birth Weight	9	872	2	2,014	- 1,142
Liver Disease	10	734	13	586	+ 149
Hypertension	11	727	22	286	+ 441
Kidney Disease	12	676	15	555	+ 121
Birth Trauma	13	639	7	1,204	- 565
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	561	3	1,656	- 1,095
Congenital Anomalies	15	503	10	665	- 162
Lung Disease	16	379	23	275	+ 104
Violence	17	324	16	491	- 168
Suicide	18	322	30	141	+ 181
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	267	24	251	+ 16
Measles	20	257	61	9	+ 249
Maternal Conditions	21	256	11	639	- 383
Other Injuries	22	246	19	343	- 97
Meningitis	23	199	18	357	- 158
Inflammatory/Heart	24	179	36	110	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	25	173	27	197	- 24
Cervical Cancer	26	170	20	333	- 164
Breast Cancer	27	163	28	189	- 26
Asthma	28	159	29	170	- 10
Lung Cancers	29	154	44	60	+ 93
Falls	30	149	31	140	+ 9
Pertussis	31	143	14	574	- 431
Prostate Cancer	32	140	34	118	+ 22
Malnutrition	33	137	17	462	- 326
Oral Cancer	34	122	48	45	+ 77
Liver Cancer	35	93	21	312	- 219
Parkinson's Disease	36	83	41	69	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	76	37	110	- 34
Drownings	38	74	35	116	- 43
Fires	39	68	33	123	- 55
Epilepsy	40	65	39	75	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	64	38	83	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	42	62	79	0	+ 62
Bladder Cancer	43	61	50	42	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	44	61	54	30	+ 31
Drug Use	45	60	40	71	- 12
Skin Cancers	46	60	46	50	+ 10
Syphilis	47	58	26	204	- 146
Stomach Cancer	48	57	32	132	- 75
Lymphomas	49	56	43	65	- 9
Poisonings	50	49	42	67	- 18
Ovary Cancer	51	47	49	43	+ 3
Skin Disease	52	38	47	47	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	53	36	51	39	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	35	52	34	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	55	34	57	17	+ 17
Alcohol	56	34	58	16	+ 18
Leukemia	57	30	55	22	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	58	24	59	14	+ 11
Tetanus	59	15	45	58	- 43
Encephalitis	60	13	53	33	- 20
Appendicitis	61	12	60	9	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	12	56	22	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	64	4	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	64	9	62	7	+ 2
War	65	5	70	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	5	68	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	63	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	65	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Gabon

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.