MAURITIUS VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,743	2	1,805	- 61
Stroke	2	1,296	3	985	+ 311
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,148	7	346	+ 802
Lung Cancers	4	848	9	182	+ 665
Lung Disease	5	831	5	646	+ 185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	610	10	182	+ 428
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	606	34	42	+ 564
Stomach Cancer	8	536	18	104	+ 432
Kidney Disease	9	476	4	724	- 248
Pancreas Cancer	10	394	28	55	+ 339
Liver Cancer	11	313	27	56	+ 256
Other Injuries	12	235	21	66	+ 169
Suicide	13	207	14	120	+ 87
Lymphomas	14	205	24	57	+ 148
Breast Cancer	15	168	8	232	- 64
Other Neoplasms	16	161	20	77	+ 84
Liver Disease	17	151	12	145	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	18	149	47	12	+ 137
Prostate Cancer	19	144	15	115	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	20	131	37	35	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	21	122	19	101	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	22	106	44	21	+ 85
Falls	23	104	26	57	+ 47
Leukemia	24	102	31	48	+ 54
Drownings	25	89	33	43	+ 46
Oral Cancer	26	89	23	63	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	27	88	16	108	- 21
Hypertension	28	71	6	592	- 521
Diabetes Mellitus	29	58	1	1,873	- 1,815
Ovary Cancer	30	54	32	46	+ 8
Road Traffic Accidents	31	49	11	155	- 107
Cervical Cancer	32	40	30	49	- 9
Uterin Cancer	33	37	40	32	+ 5
Tuberculosis	34	37	45	17	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	31	43	22	+ 9
Skin Disease	36	30	22	64	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	29	42	23	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	28	60	1	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	27	56	3	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	40	26	25	57	- 30
Hepatitis C	41	24	51	9	+ 15
Asthma	42	20	17	107	- 87
Malnutrition	43	20	54	4	+ 16
Skin Cancers	44	20	53	5	+ 15
Epilepsy	45	17	38	35	- 18
Hepatitis B	46	15	65	0	+ 15
Schizophrenia	47	11	52	5	+ 6
Fires	48	11	50	10	+ 0
Anemia	49	9	39	33	- 24
Drug Use	50	8	46	16	- 8
Alcohol	51	6	29	53	- 47
Meningitis	52	3	57	2	+ 1
Violence	53	3	41	30	- 27
Poisonings	54	3	49	11	- 8
Low Birth Weight	55	2	35	37	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	58	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	57	2	63	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	1	59	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	60	1	55	3	- 2
Birth Trauma	61	1	36	37	- 35
Osteoarthritis	62	1	83	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	13	141	- 140
Maternal Conditions	64	0	48	11	- 10
Syphilis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	61	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
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.