MAURITIUS VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,291	2	1,805	+ 486
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	797	34	42	+ 755
Stroke	3	776	3	985	- 209
Lung Cancers	4	725	9	182	+ 543
Lung Disease	5	667	5	646	+ 20
Hypertension	6	417	6	592	- 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	405	10	182	+ 223
Kidney Disease	8	355	4	724	- 369
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	323	7	346	- 23
Breast Cancer	10	294	8	232	+ 61
Pancreas Cancer	11	280	28	55	+ 225
Prostate Cancer	12	257	15	115	+ 142
Diabetes Mellitus	13	242	1	1,873	- 1,631
Falls	14	239	26	57	+ 182
Liver Disease	15	237	12	145	+ 91
Parkinson's Disease	16	196	47	12	+ 184
Lymphomas	17	191	24	57	+ 134
Endocrine Disorders	18	166	19	101	+ 66
Suicide	19	160	14	120	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	20	150	18	104	+ 46
Inflammatory/Heart	21	139	16	108	+ 30
Leukemia	22	136	31	48	+ 88
Other Injuries	23	129	21	66	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	24	127	20	77	+ 50
Liver Cancer	25	126	27	56	+ 69
Alcohol	26	97	29	53	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	27	97	37	35	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	28	96	44	21	+ 76
Oral Cancer	29	94	23	63	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	30	81	32	46	+ 35
Skin Cancers	31	63	53	5	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	60	42	23	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	56	56	3	+ 53
Road Traffic Accidents	34	49	11	155	- 106
Epilepsy	35	48	38	35	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	36	36	25	57	- 21
Uterin Cancer	37	35	40	32	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	34	43	22	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	39	33	30	49	- 16
Drug Use	40	30	46	16	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	41	24	84	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	42	24	22	64	- 40
Anemia	43	15	39	33	- 18
Asthma	44	14	17	107	- 93
Low Birth Weight	45	12	35	37	- 25
Violence	46	12	41	30	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	8	60	1	+ 8
Hepatitis C	48	8	51	9	- 1
Drownings	49	7	33	43	- 36
Malnutrition	50	7	54	4	+ 3
Schizophrenia	51	6	52	5	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	52	6	83	0	+ 6
Fires	53	6	50	10	- 5
HIV/AIDS	54	5	13	141	- 136
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	5	58	2	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	4	45	17	- 13
Birth Trauma	57	4	36	37	- 33
Poisonings	58	3	49	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	59	3	65	0	+ 3
Meningitis	60	3	57	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	2	63	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	2	59	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	55	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	48	11	- 10
Otitis Media	65	0	80	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	61	1	- 1
Syphilis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	64	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.