MAURITANIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,329	4	1,636	+ 694
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,192	1	2,756	- 564
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,643	12	594	+ 1,049
Kidney Disease	4	1,488	15	555	+ 933
Liver Disease	5	1,348	13	586	+ 762
Stroke	6	1,150	6	1,307	- 157
Violence	7	1,046	16	491	+ 554
Road Traffic Accidents	8	955	8	1,158	- 204
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	621	3	1,656	- 1,036
Other Injuries	10	585	19	343	+ 241
Malnutrition	11	470	17	462	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	464	24	251	+ 213
Lung Disease	13	451	23	275	+ 176
Alcohol	14	427	58	16	+ 411
Liver Cancer	15	419	21	312	+ 107
Low Birth Weight	16	393	2	2,014	- 1,621
Stomach Cancer	17	372	32	132	+ 240
Congenital Anomalies	18	360	10	665	- 306
Birth Trauma	19	348	7	1,204	- 857
Falls	20	325	31	140	+ 185
HIV/AIDS	21	278	25	231	+ 47
Suicide	22	246	30	141	+ 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	244	38	83	+ 161
Prostate Cancer	24	200	34	118	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	25	191	20	333	- 142
Hypertension	26	161	22	286	- 125
Leukemia	27	142	55	22	+ 120
Breast Cancer	28	117	28	189	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	29	115	27	197	- 82
Maternal Conditions	30	111	11	639	- 528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	110	37	110	+ 1
Drownings	32	110	35	116	- 6
Epilepsy	33	110	39	75	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	34	93	41	69	+ 24
Lung Cancers	35	93	44	60	+ 32
Asthma	36	79	29	170	- 90
Tuberculosis	37	71	9	717	- 645
Pancreas Cancer	38	67	51	39	+ 28
Poisonings	39	65	42	67	- 2
Drug Use	40	64	40	71	- 7
Meningitis	41	64	18	357	- 293
Skin Disease	42	55	47	47	+ 8
Lymphomas	43	54	43	65	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	44	53	36	110	- 56
Fires	45	49	33	123	- 74
Skin Cancers	46	46	46	50	- 4
Appendicitis	47	39	60	9	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	48	34	54	30	+ 4
Oral Cancer	49	34	48	45	- 11
Ovary Cancer	50	31	49	43	- 12
Encephalitis	51	25	53	33	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	19	64	4	+ 15
Pertussis	53	17	14	574	- 558
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	15	52	34	- 19
Bladder Cancer	55	14	50	42	- 29
Other Neoplasms	56	10	62	7	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	8	68	3	+ 6
Dengue	58	8	73	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	59	6	57	17	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	63	5	- 0
Chagas disease	61	5	78	0	+ 5
Tetanus	62	2	45	58	- 55
Ascariasis	63	2	66	3	- 1
Syphilis	64	1	26	204	- 203
Hepatitis B	65	1	56	22	- 22
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	0	69	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	61	9	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	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

Guatemala

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.