MAURITANIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,677	1	2,756	- 1,078
HIV/AIDS	2	1,552	25	231	+ 1,321
Tuberculosis	3	1,460	9	717	+ 744
Stroke	4	1,181	6	1,307	- 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,146	3	1,656	- 511
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,106	8	1,158	- 53
Liver Disease	7	996	13	586	+ 410
Malaria	8	940	5	1,423	- 482
Coronary Heart Disease	9	890	4	1,636	- 746
Birth Trauma	10	740	7	1,204	- 465
Low Birth Weight	11	710	2	2,014	- 1,303
Congenital Anomalies	12	454	10	665	- 211
Maternal Conditions	13	420	11	639	- 219
Diabetes Mellitus	14	420	12	594	- 174
Meningitis	15	399	18	357	+ 42
Kidney Disease	16	332	15	555	- 223
Hypertension	17	328	22	286	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	18	325	54	30	+ 295
Other Injuries	19	322	19	343	- 21
Lung Disease	20	318	23	275	+ 43
Malnutrition	21	313	17	462	- 149
Cervical Cancer	22	252	20	333	- 81
Suicide	23	239	30	141	+ 98
Violence	24	219	16	491	- 273
Breast Cancer	25	197	28	189	+ 8
Asthma	26	171	29	170	+ 1
Tetanus	27	158	45	58	+ 101
Stomach Cancer	28	149	32	132	+ 17
Lymphomas	29	143	43	65	+ 79
Oral Cancer	30	137	48	45	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	136	24	251	- 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	110	37	110	+ 0
Falls	33	109	31	140	- 31
Liver Cancer	34	100	21	312	- 211
Leukemia	35	99	55	22	+ 76
Fires	36	98	33	123	- 25
Prostate Cancer	37	96	34	118	- 22
Poisonings	38	94	42	67	+ 27
Drownings	39	89	35	116	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	40	83	36	110	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	81	38	83	- 2
Pertussis	42	75	14	574	- 499
Epilepsy	43	62	39	75	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	44	62	27	197	- 136
Ovary Cancer	45	59	49	43	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	46	53	51	39	+ 15
Lung Cancers	47	50	44	60	- 11
Skin Cancers	48	47	46	50	- 2
Hepatitis B	49	39	56	22	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	50	35	41	69	- 34
Skin Disease	51	34	47	47	- 14
Syphilis	52	33	26	204	- 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	30	52	34	- 3
Schistosomiasis	54	27	59	14	+ 14
Alcohol	55	26	58	16	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	56	24	57	17	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	57	24	50	42	- 19
Appendicitis	58	18	60	9	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	59	14	69	2	+ 12
Encephalitis	60	14	53	33	- 19
Hepatitis C	61	11	67	3	+ 9
Drug Use	62	8	40	71	- 63
Measles	63	8	61	9	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	7	68	3	+ 4
War	65	7	70	2	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	64	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	67	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	63	5	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	1	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Kenya

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.