MAURITIUS VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,088	2	1,805	+ 283
Stroke	2	1,346	3	985	+ 361
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	891	34	42	+ 849
Lung Cancers	4	734	9	182	+ 552
Lung Disease	5	696	5	646	+ 50
Hypertension	6	643	6	592	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	457	10	182	+ 275
Diabetes Mellitus	8	426	1	1,873	- 1,447
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	351	7	346	+ 5
Breast Cancer	10	298	8	232	+ 66
Kidney Disease	11	274	4	724	- 451
Other Injuries	12	260	21	66	+ 195
Pancreas Cancer	13	260	28	55	+ 205
Stomach Cancer	14	220	18	104	+ 116
Other Neoplasms	15	215	20	77	+ 138
Lymphomas	16	208	24	57	+ 151
Liver Cancer	17	207	27	56	+ 151
Endocrine Disorders	18	181	19	101	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	19	181	47	12	+ 169
Prostate Cancer	20	181	15	115	+ 66
Leukemia	21	145	31	48	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	22	144	44	21	+ 123
Liver Disease	23	120	12	145	- 26
Inflammatory/Heart	24	119	16	108	+ 11
Falls	25	91	26	57	+ 34
Suicide	26	87	14	120	- 33
Oral Cancer	27	72	23	63	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	28	71	32	46	+ 25
Skin Cancers	29	70	53	5	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	30	69	11	155	- 86
Hepatitis C	31	53	51	9	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	48	56	3	+ 45
Uterin Cancer	33	47	40	32	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	34	44	37	35	+ 8
Anemia	35	36	39	33	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	35	42	23	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	37	31	25	57	- 26
Skin Disease	38	31	22	64	- 34
Epilepsy	39	29	38	35	- 6
Cervical Cancer	40	25	30	49	- 24
Malnutrition	41	17	54	4	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	15	60	1	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	15	43	22	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	44	15	84	0	+ 15
Drug Use	45	14	46	16	- 2
HIV/AIDS	46	11	13	141	- 130
Asthma	47	11	17	107	- 96
Osteoarthritis	48	10	83	0	+ 10
Schizophrenia	49	9	52	5	+ 4
Violence	50	9	41	30	- 21
Low Birth Weight	51	8	35	37	- 29
Drownings	52	7	33	43	- 36
Tuberculosis	53	7	45	17	- 10
Hepatitis B	54	7	65	0	+ 7
Alcohol	55	6	29	53	- 47
Fires	56	6	50	10	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	58	2	+ 3
Poisonings	58	3	49	11	- 7
Birth Trauma	59	3	36	37	- 34
Meningitis	60	3	57	2	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	1	59	1	- 0
Oral conditions	62	1	55	3	- 2
Tetanus	63	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	80	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	48	11	- 11
Encephalitis	68	0	61	1	- 1
Syphilis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.