MAURITANIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,701	6	1,307	+ 2,394
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,184	12	594	+ 2,589
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,645	4	1,636	+ 1,010
Violence	4	2,275	16	491	+ 1,784
Prostate Cancer	5	1,354	34	118	+ 1,236
Kidney Disease	6	1,215	15	555	+ 661
HIV/AIDS	7	1,161	25	231	+ 930
Hypertension	8	997	22	286	+ 711
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	900	24	251	+ 649
Lung Cancers	10	724	44	60	+ 664
Lung Disease	11	693	23	275	+ 418
Road Traffic Accidents	12	681	8	1,158	- 478
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	669	37	110	+ 559
Breast Cancer	14	633	28	189	+ 444
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	602	1	2,756	- 2,153
Cervical Cancer	16	549	20	333	+ 215
Lymphomas	17	385	43	65	+ 320
Low Birth Weight	18	369	2	2,014	- 1,645
Stomach Cancer	19	353	32	132	+ 221
Endocrine Disorders	20	270	27	197	+ 73
Liver Disease	21	237	13	586	- 348
Skin Disease	22	223	47	47	+ 175
Congenital Anomalies	23	213	10	665	- 452
Inflammatory/Heart	24	204	36	110	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	25	203	41	69	+ 134
Leukemia	26	198	55	22	+ 175
Pancreas Cancer	27	182	51	39	+ 143
Uterin Cancer	28	163	57	17	+ 146
Liver Cancer	29	155	21	312	- 157
Ovary Cancer	30	149	49	43	+ 105
Other Injuries	31	139	19	343	- 204
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	126	38	83	+ 43
Falls	33	126	31	140	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	34	113	54	30	+ 83
Suicide	35	108	30	141	- 34
Asthma	36	100	29	170	- 70
Birth Trauma	37	100	7	1,204	- 1,105
Bladder Cancer	38	91	50	42	+ 49
Oral Cancer	39	90	48	45	+ 45
Malnutrition	40	73	17	462	- 389
Epilepsy	41	70	39	75	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	53	3	1,656	- 1,603
Maternal Conditions	43	53	11	639	- 586
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	41	52	34	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	45	28	62	7	+ 21
Fires	46	24	33	123	- 99
Meningitis	47	24	18	357	- 333
Drug Use	48	20	40	71	- 51
Encephalitis	49	20	53	33	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	64	4	+ 13
Drownings	51	16	35	116	- 101
Skin Cancers	52	15	46	50	- 34
Appendicitis	53	14	60	9	+ 5
Tuberculosis	54	12	9	717	- 705
Alcohol	55	11	58	16	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	63	5	- 0
Poisonings	57	4	42	67	- 64
Dengue	58	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	1	56	22	- 21
Syphilis	60	1	26	204	- 203
War	61	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	62	1	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	45	58	- 57
Hepatitis C	64	0	67	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	66	3	- 3
Pertussis	67	0	14	574	- 574
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	72	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Jamaica

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.