MAURITANIA VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,758	4	1,636	+ 4,122
Stroke	2	4,280	6	1,307	+ 2,973
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,790	1	2,756	+ 1,035
Lung Cancers	4	2,799	44	60	+ 2,739
Lung Disease	5	2,746	23	275	+ 2,471
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,014	37	110	+ 1,905
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,000	24	251	+ 1,749
Stomach Cancer	8	1,772	32	132	+ 1,639
Kidney Disease	9	1,573	15	555	+ 1,018
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,301	51	39	+ 1,262
Liver Cancer	11	1,032	21	312	+ 721
Other Injuries	12	775	19	343	+ 432
Suicide	13	684	30	141	+ 543
Lymphomas	14	677	43	65	+ 612
Breast Cancer	15	555	28	189	+ 366
Other Neoplasms	16	531	62	7	+ 524
Liver Disease	17	499	13	586	- 87
Parkinson's Disease	18	492	41	69	+ 423
Prostate Cancer	19	475	34	118	+ 357
Oesophagus Cancer	20	433	54	30	+ 403
Endocrine Disorders	21	404	27	197	+ 206
Bladder Cancer	22	349	50	42	+ 307
Falls	23	342	31	140	+ 202
Leukemia	24	337	55	22	+ 315
Drownings	25	295	35	116	+ 179
Oral Cancer	26	293	48	45	+ 248
Inflammatory/Heart	27	289	36	110	+ 179
Hypertension	28	234	22	286	- 52
Diabetes Mellitus	29	191	12	594	- 403
Ovary Cancer	30	178	49	43	+ 134
Road Traffic Accidents	31	160	8	1,158	- 998
Cervical Cancer	32	133	20	333	- 200
Uterin Cancer	33	122	57	17	+ 105
Tuberculosis	34	121	9	717	- 595
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	103	38	83	+ 19
Skin Disease	36	99	47	47	+ 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	96	3	1,656	- 1,560
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	92	64	4	+ 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	90	52	34	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	40	87	10	665	- 578
Hepatitis C	41	78	67	3	+ 75
Asthma	42	68	29	170	- 102
Malnutrition	43	67	17	462	- 395
Skin Cancers	44	65	46	50	+ 15
Epilepsy	45	55	39	75	- 20
Hepatitis B	46	50	56	22	+ 28
Schizophrenia	47	37	86	0	+ 37
Fires	48	35	33	123	- 88
Anemia	49	31	84	0	+ 31
Drug Use	50	26	40	71	- 45
Alcohol	51	20	58	16	+ 4
Meningitis	52	11	18	357	- 346
Violence	53	9	16	491	- 482
Poisonings	54	9	42	67	- 59
Low Birth Weight	55	7	2	2,014	- 2,007
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	57	6	68	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	4	60	9	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	63	5	- 1
Oral conditions	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	61	4	7	1,204	- 1,201
Osteoarthritis	62	3	81	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	63	2	25	231	- 229
Maternal Conditions	64	1	11	639	- 637
Syphilis	65	1	26	204	- 203
War	66	1	70	2	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	45	58	- 57
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	53	33	- 33
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	14	574	- 574
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	14	- 14
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	75	0	61	9	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.