MAURITANIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,566	4	1,636	+ 5,930
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,633	24	251	+ 2,381
Stroke	3	2,562	6	1,307	+ 1,255
Lung Cancers	4	2,396	44	60	+ 2,335
Lung Disease	5	2,202	23	275	+ 1,927
Hypertension	6	1,379	22	286	+ 1,093
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,339	37	110	+ 1,230
Kidney Disease	8	1,172	15	555	+ 617
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,066	1	2,756	- 1,690
Breast Cancer	10	969	28	189	+ 780
Pancreas Cancer	11	925	51	39	+ 886
Prostate Cancer	12	848	34	118	+ 730
Diabetes Mellitus	13	801	12	594	+ 206
Falls	14	788	31	140	+ 648
Liver Disease	15	782	13	586	+ 196
Parkinson's Disease	16	648	41	69	+ 579
Lymphomas	17	630	43	65	+ 565
Endocrine Disorders	18	549	27	197	+ 352
Suicide	19	529	30	141	+ 388
Stomach Cancer	20	497	32	132	+ 365
Inflammatory/Heart	21	457	36	110	+ 348
Leukemia	22	450	55	22	+ 427
Other Injuries	23	424	19	343	+ 81
Other Neoplasms	24	420	62	7	+ 413
Liver Cancer	25	415	21	312	+ 103
Alcohol	26	322	58	16	+ 306
Oesophagus Cancer	27	320	54	30	+ 290
Bladder Cancer	28	319	50	42	+ 276
Oral Cancer	29	310	48	45	+ 265
Ovary Cancer	30	267	49	43	+ 224
Skin Cancers	31	209	46	50	+ 159
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	197	3	1,656	- 1,459
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	186	52	34	+ 152
Road Traffic Accidents	34	163	8	1,158	- 996
Epilepsy	35	159	39	75	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	36	118	10	665	- 547
Uterin Cancer	37	115	57	17	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	111	38	83	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	39	110	20	333	- 224
Drug Use	40	99	40	71	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	41	81	63	5	+ 76
Skin Disease	42	79	47	47	+ 32
Anemia	43	51	84	0	+ 51
Asthma	44	48	29	170	- 122
Low Birth Weight	45	40	2	2,014	- 1,974
Violence	46	40	16	491	- 452
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	28	64	4	+ 24
Hepatitis C	48	26	67	3	+ 23
Drownings	49	24	35	116	- 93
Malnutrition	50	23	17	462	- 439
Schizophrenia	51	20	86	0	+ 20
Osteoarthritis	52	19	81	0	+ 19
Fires	53	18	33	123	- 105
HIV/AIDS	54	18	25	231	- 213
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	15	80	0	+ 15
Tuberculosis	56	14	9	717	- 702
Birth Trauma	57	12	7	1,204	- 1,192
Poisonings	58	11	42	67	- 56
Hepatitis B	59	9	56	22	- 13
Meningitis	60	9	18	357	- 348
Upper Respiratory	61	7	68	3	+ 5
Appendicitis	62	7	60	9	- 2
Oral conditions	63	3	82	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	64	2	11	639	- 637
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	2	- 1
Encephalitis	67	0	53	33	- 33
Syphilis	68	0	26	204	- 203
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Measles	70	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	73	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	45	58	- 58
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	65	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	66	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.