MAURITIUS VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	616	7	346	+ 270
Stroke	2	574	3	985	- 410
Coronary Heart Disease	3	534	2	1,805	- 1,270
HIV/AIDS	4	514	13	141	+ 373
Malaria	5	423	70	0	+ 423
Tuberculosis	6	387	45	17	+ 370
Road Traffic Accidents	7	296	11	155	+ 141
Low Birth Weight	8	252	35	37	+ 216
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	248	42	23	+ 225
Birth Trauma	10	235	36	37	+ 198
Liver Disease	11	229	12	145	+ 84
Diabetes Mellitus	12	225	1	1,873	- 1,649
Kidney Disease	13	158	4	724	- 567
Congenital Anomalies	14	149	25	57	+ 92
Lung Disease	15	118	5	646	- 528
Meningitis	16	113	57	2	+ 111
Liver Cancer	17	108	27	56	+ 52
Other Injuries	18	92	21	66	+ 26
Hypertension	19	85	6	592	- 507
Cervical Cancer	20	82	30	49	+ 33
Suicide	21	76	14	120	- 45
Maternal Conditions	22	75	48	11	+ 65
Asthma	23	75	17	107	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	24	74	19	101	- 26
Breast Cancer	25	73	8	232	- 159
Malnutrition	26	71	54	4	+ 67
Violence	27	70	41	30	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	28	61	16	108	- 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	49	34	42	+ 7
Falls	30	44	26	57	- 13
Prostate Cancer	31	39	15	115	- 76
Lymphomas	32	33	24	57	- 24
Stomach Cancer	33	33	18	104	- 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	30	10	182	- 152
Pertussis	35	28	66	0	+ 28
Drownings	36	28	33	43	- 15
Fires	37	28	50	10	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	38	26	32	46	- 19
Drug Use	39	24	46	16	+ 8
Poisonings	40	20	49	11	+ 9
Syphilis	41	18	67	0	+ 18
Oral Cancer	42	18	23	63	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	43	15	47	12	+ 3
Encephalitis	44	14	61	1	+ 13
Leukemia	45	13	31	48	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	46	13	28	55	- 42
Epilepsy	47	12	38	35	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	12	43	22	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	49	11	37	35	- 25
Skin Disease	50	10	22	64	- 54
Schistosomiasis	51	10	69	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	10	56	3	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	53	9	44	21	- 12
Alcohol	54	9	29	53	- 44
Lung Cancers	55	9	9	182	- 173
Tetanus	56	8	76	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	57	8	40	32	- 23
Skin Cancers	58	8	53	5	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	6	59	1	+ 4
Measles	60	5	77	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	84	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	4	65	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	2	20	77	- 75
War	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	60	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
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.