MAURITANIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,894	4	1,636	+ 5,259
Stroke	2	4,446	6	1,307	+ 3,140
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,942	24	251	+ 2,691
Lung Cancers	4	2,425	44	60	+ 2,364
Lung Disease	5	2,299	23	275	+ 2,024
Hypertension	6	2,125	22	286	+ 1,839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,509	37	110	+ 1,399
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,408	12	594	+ 814
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,160	1	2,756	- 1,596
Breast Cancer	10	985	28	189	+ 796
Kidney Disease	11	903	15	555	+ 349
Other Injuries	12	860	19	343	+ 517
Pancreas Cancer	13	859	51	39	+ 820
Stomach Cancer	14	728	32	132	+ 596
Other Neoplasms	15	709	62	7	+ 702
Lymphomas	16	687	43	65	+ 622
Liver Cancer	17	683	21	312	+ 371
Endocrine Disorders	18	599	27	197	+ 401
Parkinson's Disease	19	598	41	69	+ 529
Prostate Cancer	20	597	34	118	+ 479
Leukemia	21	478	55	22	+ 455
Bladder Cancer	22	476	50	42	+ 434
Liver Disease	23	395	13	586	- 191
Inflammatory/Heart	24	393	36	110	+ 283
Falls	25	300	31	140	+ 160
Suicide	26	287	30	141	+ 146
Oral Cancer	27	237	48	45	+ 193
Ovary Cancer	28	233	49	43	+ 190
Skin Cancers	29	230	46	50	+ 180
Road Traffic Accidents	30	229	8	1,158	- 930
Hepatitis C	31	174	67	3	+ 171
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	157	52	34	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	33	156	57	17	+ 139
Oesophagus Cancer	34	145	54	30	+ 115
Anemia	35	119	84	0	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	115	3	1,656	- 1,541
Congenital Anomalies	37	102	10	665	- 563
Skin Disease	38	102	47	47	+ 55
Epilepsy	39	95	39	75	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	40	82	20	333	- 251
Malnutrition	41	55	17	462	- 407
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	50	64	4	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	49	38	83	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	44	48	63	5	+ 43
Drug Use	45	46	40	71	- 25
HIV/AIDS	46	37	25	231	- 194
Asthma	47	35	29	170	- 135
Osteoarthritis	48	34	81	0	+ 34
Schizophrenia	49	30	86	0	+ 30
Violence	50	29	16	491	- 462
Low Birth Weight	51	25	2	2,014	- 1,989
Drownings	52	24	35	116	- 92
Tuberculosis	53	24	9	717	- 693
Hepatitis B	54	24	56	22	+ 2
Alcohol	55	20	58	16	+ 4
Fires	56	19	33	123	- 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	17	80	0	+ 17
Poisonings	58	11	42	67	- 57
Birth Trauma	59	10	7	1,204	- 1,195
Meningitis	60	9	18	357	- 348
Appendicitis	61	3	60	9	- 5
Oral conditions	62	3	82	0	+ 3
Tetanus	63	2	45	58	- 56
Upper Respiratory	64	1	68	3	- 1
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
War	66	0	70	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	67	0	11	639	- 638
Encephalitis	68	0	53	33	- 33
Syphilis	69	0	26	204	- 203
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	61	9	- 9
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	14	574	- 574
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	65	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Ascariasis	80	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Italy

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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.