MAURITANIA VS LAOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LAOS		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,139	6	1,307	+ 1,833
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,824	4	1,636	+ 1,189
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,534	1	2,756	- 1,221
Tuberculosis	4	1,060	9	717	+ 344
Kidney Disease	5	896	15	555	+ 341
Lung Disease	6	885	23	275	+ 610
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	844	3	1,656	- 812
Diabetes Mellitus	8	798	12	594	+ 204
Road Traffic Accidents	9	697	8	1,158	- 461
Liver Disease	10	637	13	586	+ 52
Low Birth Weight	11	629	2	2,014	- 1,385
Birth Trauma	12	607	7	1,204	- 597
Liver Cancer	13	601	21	312	+ 289
Lung Cancers	14	500	44	60	+ 440
Hypertension	15	484	22	286	+ 198
Asthma	16	457	29	170	+ 288
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	354	38	83	+ 271
Congenital Anomalies	18	352	10	665	- 313
Drownings	19	309	35	116	+ 193
Stomach Cancer	20	288	32	132	+ 156
Other Injuries	21	282	19	343	- 61
Violence	22	258	16	491	- 233
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	249	24	251	- 2
Falls	24	239	31	140	+ 99
Breast Cancer	25	238	28	189	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	230	37	110	+ 120
Suicide	27	212	30	141	+ 71
Oral Cancer	28	190	48	45	+ 145
HIV/AIDS	29	170	25	231	- 60
Pertussis	30	165	14	574	- 409
Leukemia	31	158	55	22	+ 135
Maternal Conditions	32	119	11	639	- 520
Oesophagus Cancer	33	116	54	30	+ 86
Lymphomas	34	115	43	65	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	113	52	34	+ 79
Inflammatory/Heart	36	112	36	110	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	37	102	20	333	- 231
Endocrine Disorders	38	101	27	197	- 96
Malnutrition	39	90	17	462	- 372
Meningitis	40	84	18	357	- 273
Parkinson's Disease	41	76	41	69	+ 7
Fires	42	59	33	123	- 64
Ovary Cancer	43	55	49	43	+ 12
Tetanus	44	52	45	58	- 6
Skin Disease	45	48	47	47	+ 1
Encephalitis	46	37	53	33	+ 4
Alcohol	47	33	58	16	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	48	33	51	39	- 5
Skin Cancers	49	32	46	50	- 17
Epilepsy	50	32	39	75	- 43
Bladder Cancer	51	27	50	42	- 16
Poisonings	52	22	42	67	- 45
Prostate Cancer	53	20	34	118	- 98
Drug Use	54	18	40	71	- 53
Uterin Cancer	55	16	57	17	- 1
Measles	56	16	61	9	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	16	60	9	+ 7
Syphilis	58	15	26	204	- 188
Dengue	59	9	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	60	9	56	22	- 13
Other Neoplasms	61	6	62	7	- 1
Schistosomiasis	62	6	59	14	- 7
Malaria	63	5	5	1,423	- 1,417
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	64	4	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	63	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	2	67	3	- 1
War	68	1	70	2	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	65	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	66	3	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	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

Laos

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.