MAURITIUS VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,414	2	1,805	- 391
Lung Disease	2	818	5	646	+ 172
Stroke	3	648	3	985	- 337
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	623	42	23	+ 601
Tuberculosis	5	405	45	17	+ 388
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	365	7	346	+ 19
Diabetes Mellitus	7	252	1	1,873	- 1,621
Liver Disease	8	250	12	145	+ 104
Low Birth Weight	9	222	35	37	+ 185
Falls	10	210	26	57	+ 153
Kidney Disease	11	207	4	724	- 517
Road Traffic Accidents	12	198	11	155	+ 42
Asthma	13	182	17	107	+ 75
Suicide	14	161	14	120	+ 41
Other Injuries	15	139	21	66	+ 73
Oral Cancer	16	125	23	63	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	118	34	42	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	117	56	3	+ 114
Hypertension	19	100	6	592	- 491
Birth Trauma	20	96	36	37	+ 59
Lung Cancers	21	82	9	182	- 100
Breast Cancer	22	77	8	232	- 155
Congenital Anomalies	23	77	25	57	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	24	75	18	104	- 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	72	10	182	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	63	43	22	+ 41
Violence	27	48	41	30	+ 18
Drownings	28	45	33	43	+ 2
Encephalitis	29	45	61	1	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	30	42	30	49	- 7
HIV/AIDS	31	41	13	141	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	32	40	47	12	+ 29
Lymphomas	33	37	24	57	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	34	36	37	35	+ 1
Leukemia	35	31	31	48	- 17
Meningitis	36	31	57	2	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	37	31	28	55	- 24
Prostate Cancer	38	29	15	115	- 86
Liver Cancer	39	28	27	56	- 28
Epilepsy	40	28	38	35	- 7
Maternal Conditions	41	24	48	11	+ 13
Fires	42	22	50	10	+ 11
Alcohol	43	21	29	53	- 32
Ovary Cancer	44	20	32	46	- 25
Skin Disease	45	17	22	64	- 48
Dengue	46	16	68	0	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	47	14	19	101	- 87
Bladder Cancer	48	13	44	21	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	49	12	16	108	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	60	1	+ 10
Measles	51	11	77	0	+ 11
Drug Use	52	11	46	16	- 5
Appendicitis	53	10	59	1	+ 9
Pertussis	54	9	66	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	55	8	54	4	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	8	65	0	+ 8
Malaria	57	7	70	0	+ 7
Tetanus	58	7	76	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	59	6	40	32	- 25
Skin Cancers	60	5	53	5	+ 0
Poisonings	61	3	49	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	62	3	20	77	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	1	62	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	63	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Oral conditions	84	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	58	2	- 2
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.