MAURITANIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,275	4	1,636	+ 5,640
Stroke	2	5,572	6	1,307	+ 4,265
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,154	12	594	+ 2,560
Hypertension	4	1,744	22	286	+ 1,458
Suicide	5	1,719	30	141	+ 1,578
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,643	1	2,756	- 1,112
HIV/AIDS	7	1,396	25	231	+ 1,166
Kidney Disease	8	1,272	15	555	+ 717
Liver Disease	9	1,073	13	586	+ 487
Violence	10	1,055	16	491	+ 563
Road Traffic Accidents	11	953	8	1,158	- 206
Endocrine Disorders	12	951	27	197	+ 753
Lung Disease	13	948	23	275	+ 673
Other Injuries	14	911	19	343	+ 568
Drownings	15	789	35	116	+ 673
Tuberculosis	16	746	9	717	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	17	672	34	118	+ 554
Anemia	18	539	84	0	+ 539
Breast Cancer	19	522	28	189	+ 333
Inflammatory/Heart	20	500	36	110	+ 390
Cervical Cancer	21	498	20	333	+ 165
Low Birth Weight	22	486	2	2,014	- 1,527
Congenital Anomalies	23	374	10	665	- 291
Birth Trauma	24	351	7	1,204	- 854
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	319	37	110	+ 210
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	296	38	83	+ 213
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	259	3	1,656	- 1,398
Other Neoplasms	28	219	62	7	+ 212
Lung Cancers	29	206	44	60	+ 145
Malnutrition	30	203	17	462	- 259
Stomach Cancer	31	185	32	132	+ 53
Lymphomas	32	175	43	65	+ 111
Malaria	33	164	5	1,423	- 1,259
Liver Cancer	34	157	21	312	- 154
Maternal Conditions	35	154	11	639	- 485
Asthma	36	139	29	170	- 31
Epilepsy	37	129	39	75	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	124	24	251	- 127
Leukemia	39	116	55	22	+ 93
Oral Cancer	40	109	48	45	+ 64
Fires	41	106	33	123	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	42	104	51	39	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	43	97	49	43	+ 53
Meningitis	44	95	18	357	- 262
Drug Use	45	85	40	71	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	46	71	57	17	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	70	52	34	+ 37
Falls	48	61	31	140	- 80
Parkinson's Disease	49	49	41	69	- 20
Bladder Cancer	50	43	50	42	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	51	43	54	30	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	42	80	0	+ 42
Encephalitis	53	38	53	33	+ 5
Appendicitis	54	33	60	9	+ 24
Skin Cancers	55	26	46	50	- 23
Skin Disease	56	17	47	47	- 30
Alcohol	57	17	58	16	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	58	16	81	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	59	11	56	22	- 11
Dengue	60	10	73	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	63	5	+ 1
Schizophrenia	62	6	86	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	64	4	+ 1
War	64	3	70	2	+ 2
Poisonings	65	3	42	67	- 64
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	67	2	82	0	+ 2
Leprosy	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	1	67	3	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	85	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	26	204	- 203
Tetanus	72	1	45	58	- 56
Pertussis	73	0	14	574	- 574
Ascariasis	74	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	75	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Guyana

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.