MAURITANIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,035	1	2,756	- 721
Stroke	2	1,897	6	1,307	+ 590
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,765	4	1,636	+ 129
HIV/AIDS	4	1,697	25	231	+ 1,467
Malaria	5	1,397	5	1,423	- 26
Tuberculosis	6	1,278	9	717	+ 562
Road Traffic Accidents	7	977	8	1,158	- 181
Low Birth Weight	8	834	2	2,014	- 1,180
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	818	3	1,656	- 838
Birth Trauma	10	775	7	1,204	- 429
Liver Disease	11	757	13	586	+ 172
Diabetes Mellitus	12	742	12	594	+ 148
Kidney Disease	13	521	15	555	- 34
Congenital Anomalies	14	492	10	665	- 173
Lung Disease	15	390	23	275	+ 116
Meningitis	16	373	18	357	+ 16
Liver Cancer	17	357	21	312	+ 45
Other Injuries	18	304	19	343	- 39
Hypertension	19	279	22	286	- 7
Cervical Cancer	20	270	20	333	- 63
Suicide	21	249	30	141	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	22	249	11	639	- 390
Asthma	23	248	29	170	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	24	246	27	197	+ 49
Breast Cancer	25	242	28	189	+ 53
Malnutrition	26	234	17	462	- 229
Violence	27	232	16	491	- 259
Inflammatory/Heart	28	202	36	110	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	162	24	251	- 89
Falls	30	146	31	140	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	31	129	34	118	+ 11
Lymphomas	32	109	43	65	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	33	109	32	132	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	100	37	110	- 9
Pertussis	35	93	14	574	- 481
Drownings	36	93	35	116	- 24
Fires	37	91	33	123	- 32
Ovary Cancer	38	87	49	43	+ 44
Drug Use	39	79	40	71	+ 8
Poisonings	40	65	42	67	- 2
Syphilis	41	60	26	204	- 143
Oral Cancer	42	60	48	45	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	43	48	41	69	- 21
Encephalitis	44	45	53	33	+ 12
Leukemia	45	43	55	22	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	46	42	51	39	+ 3
Epilepsy	47	41	39	75	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	40	38	83	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	49	36	54	30	+ 6
Skin Disease	50	33	47	47	- 14
Schistosomiasis	51	32	59	14	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	32	52	34	- 2
Bladder Cancer	53	31	50	42	- 12
Alcohol	54	31	58	16	+ 15
Lung Cancers	55	30	44	60	- 31
Tetanus	56	28	45	58	- 30
Uterin Cancer	57	27	57	17	+ 10
Skin Cancers	58	27	46	50	- 23
Appendicitis	59	18	60	9	+ 10
Measles	60	17	61	9	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	63	5	+ 9
Hepatitis B	62	13	56	22	- 10
Other Neoplasms	63	6	62	7	- 1
War	64	4	70	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	68	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	64	4	- 2
Ascariasis	68	2	66	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Ghana

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.