MAURITIUS VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,140	2	1,805	- 665
Stroke	2	647	3	985	- 337
Road Traffic Accidents	3	334	11	155	+ 179
Diabetes Mellitus	4	230	1	1,873	- 1,643
Low Birth Weight	5	205	35	37	+ 168
Kidney Disease	6	197	4	724	- 527
Violence	7	176	41	30	+ 147
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	173	7	346	- 173
Congenital Anomalies	9	150	25	57	+ 93
Birth Trauma	10	132	36	37	+ 95
War	11	92	62	0	+ 91
Hypertension	12	76	6	592	- 515
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	76	34	42	+ 34
Other Injuries	14	69	21	66	+ 3
Lung Cancers	15	67	9	182	- 115
Liver Disease	16	66	12	145	- 79
Breast Cancer	17	56	8	232	- 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	49	42	23	+ 27
Suicide	19	44	14	120	- 76
Lung Disease	20	41	5	646	- 605
Leukemia	21	41	31	48	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	22	37	16	108	- 71
Asthma	23	28	17	107	- 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	27	10	182	- 156
Tuberculosis	25	26	45	17	+ 8
Lymphomas	26	25	24	57	- 32
Maternal Conditions	27	24	48	11	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	28	24	18	104	- 80
Fires	29	23	50	10	+ 13
Falls	30	22	26	57	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	31	20	47	12	+ 9
Drownings	32	20	33	43	- 23
Pertussis	33	20	66	0	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	34	20	44	21	- 1
Liver Cancer	35	17	27	56	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	36	17	28	55	- 38
Endocrine Disorders	37	14	19	101	- 86
Drug Use	38	14	46	16	- 2
Oral Cancer	39	13	23	63	- 51
Encephalitis	40	12	61	1	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	41	12	32	46	- 34
Meningitis	42	12	57	2	+ 9
Skin Cancers	43	11	53	5	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	9	56	3	+ 6
Epilepsy	45	8	38	35	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	46	5	37	35	- 30
Prostate Cancer	47	5	15	115	- 110
Cervical Cancer	48	5	30	49	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	5	43	22	- 17
Syphilis	50	4	67	0	+ 4
Tetanus	51	3	76	0	+ 3
Poisonings	52	3	49	11	- 8
Malnutrition	53	3	54	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	54	2	40	32	- 30
Measles	55	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	2	65	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	57	2	22	64	- 63
Alcohol	58	1	29	53	- 52
Schistosomiasis	59	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	84	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	20	77	- 76
Leishmaniasis	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	60	1	- 0
Appendicitis	64	0	59	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	51	9	- 9
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	13	141	- 141
Malaria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
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.