MAURITANIA VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,958	1	2,756	+ 1,202
Malaria	2	2,531	5	1,423	+ 1,109
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,101	3	1,656	+ 444
Measles	4	1,864	61	9	+ 1,856
Stroke	5	1,788	6	1,307	+ 481
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,753	4	1,636	+ 117
Birth Trauma	7	1,484	7	1,204	+ 280
Low Birth Weight	8	1,336	2	2,014	- 678
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,172	8	1,158	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	10	934	25	231	+ 704
Meningitis	11	815	18	357	+ 458
Liver Disease	12	789	13	586	+ 204
Tuberculosis	13	733	9	717	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	14	675	10	665	+ 10
Diabetes Mellitus	15	662	12	594	+ 67
Kidney Disease	16	600	15	555	+ 45
Maternal Conditions	17	555	11	639	- 84
Other Injuries	18	465	19	343	+ 122
Cervical Cancer	19	461	20	333	+ 128
Lung Disease	20	425	23	275	+ 150
Hypertension	21	417	22	286	+ 131
Asthma	22	365	29	170	+ 195
Liver Cancer	23	361	21	312	+ 50
Pertussis	24	361	14	574	- 214
Endocrine Disorders	25	353	27	197	+ 155
Violence	26	349	16	491	- 142
Trypanosomiasis	27	332	79	0	+ 332
Malnutrition	28	319	17	462	- 143
Suicide	29	276	30	141	+ 135
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	179	24	251	- 72
Drownings	31	164	35	116	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	32	162	34	118	+ 44
Falls	33	148	31	140	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	139	38	83	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	35	136	36	110	+ 26
Fires	36	127	33	123	+ 4
Epilepsy	37	108	39	75	+ 34
Breast Cancer	38	107	28	189	- 82
Syphilis	39	101	26	204	- 102
Poisonings	40	91	42	67	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	41	76	32	132	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	74	52	34	+ 40
Schistosomiasis	43	72	59	14	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	44	66	41	69	- 3
Tetanus	45	52	45	58	- 5
Drug Use	46	52	40	71	- 19
Hepatitis B	47	50	56	22	+ 28
Lymphomas	48	49	43	65	- 16
Skin Cancers	49	47	46	50	- 3
Lung Cancers	50	40	44	60	- 21
Skin Disease	51	39	47	47	- 8
Oral Cancer	52	38	48	45	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	31	37	110	- 79
Ovary Cancer	54	29	49	43	- 15
Alcohol	55	26	58	16	+ 10
Encephalitis	56	25	53	33	- 8
Appendicitis	57	13	60	9	+ 4
Diphtheria	58	12	65	3	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	59	12	57	17	- 5
Bladder Cancer	60	10	50	42	- 33
Hepatitis C	61	7	67	3	+ 4
Ascariasis	62	7	66	3	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	63	6	54	30	- 24
War	64	6	70	2	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	65	6	51	39	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	63	5	+ 0
Leukemia	67	5	55	22	- 17
Other Neoplasms	68	5	62	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	5	68	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	4	64	4	- 0
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	79	0	77	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Guinea

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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.