MAURITANIA VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,206	4	1,636	+ 1,570
Road Traffic Accidents	2	896	8	1,158	- 263
Stroke	3	826	6	1,307	- 480
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	469	1	2,756	- 2,287
Hypertension	5	353	22	286	+ 67
Diabetes Mellitus	6	334	12	594	- 261
Breast Cancer	7	317	28	189	+ 128
Kidney Disease	8	281	15	555	- 274
Congenital Anomalies	9	278	10	665	- 387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	273	37	110	+ 164
Liver Disease	11	264	13	586	- 321
Lung Cancers	12	222	44	60	+ 162
Low Birth Weight	13	217	2	2,014	- 1,797
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	192	24	251	- 59
Lymphomas	15	181	43	65	+ 117
Liver Cancer	16	178	21	312	- 133
Leukemia	17	169	55	22	+ 147
Suicide	18	169	30	141	+ 28
Falls	19	141	31	140	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	20	122	51	39	+ 83
Lung Disease	21	116	23	275	- 159
Other Injuries	22	114	19	343	- 229
Violence	23	103	16	491	- 389
Oral Cancer	24	102	48	45	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	25	99	32	132	- 33
Prostate Cancer	26	80	34	118	- 38
Bladder Cancer	27	72	50	42	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	28	60	27	197	- 137
Ovary Cancer	29	57	49	43	+ 14
Drug Use	30	53	40	71	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	31	50	36	110	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	32	49	54	30	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	33	44	20	333	- 289
Tuberculosis	34	43	9	717	- 674
Uterin Cancer	35	42	57	17	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	36	40	41	69	- 29
Skin Cancers	37	39	46	50	- 11
Fires	38	38	33	123	- 85
Epilepsy	39	30	39	75	- 44
Asthma	40	30	29	170	- 140
Drownings	41	27	35	116	- 89
Poisonings	42	22	42	67	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	19	38	83	- 64
Alcohol	44	16	58	16	+ 0
Meningitis	45	13	18	357	- 344
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	12	52	34	- 22
Birth Trauma	47	10	7	1,204	- 1,194
HIV/AIDS	48	9	25	231	- 221
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	9	3	1,656	- 1,648
Multiple Sclerosis	50	6	63	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	51	6	62	7	- 1
Encephalitis	52	6	53	33	- 27
Skin Disease	53	5	47	47	- 42
Maternal Conditions	54	5	11	639	- 634
Appendicitis	55	2	60	9	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	1	64	4	- 3
War	57	1	70	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	58	1	56	22	- 21
Hepatitis C	59	1	67	3	- 2
Malnutrition	60	0	17	462	- 462
Measles	61	0	61	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	62	0	68	3	- 2
Pertussis	63	0	14	574	- 574
Syphilis	64	0	26	204	- 204
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	45	58	- 58
Dengue	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Kuwait

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.