MAURITANIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,461	4	1,636	+ 17,825
Stroke	2	14,159	6	1,307	+ 12,852
Hypertension	3	2,868	22	286	+ 2,582
Lung Cancers	4	2,298	44	60	+ 2,238
Inflammatory/Heart	5	2,213	36	110	+ 2,103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,735	37	110	+ 1,625
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,595	24	251	+ 1,343
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,272	12	594	+ 678
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,204	1	2,756	- 1,551
Breast Cancer	10	1,135	28	189	+ 946
Stomach Cancer	11	1,128	32	132	+ 996
Prostate Cancer	12	1,115	34	118	+ 997
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,048	51	39	+ 1,009
Suicide	14	922	30	141	+ 781
Liver Disease	15	876	13	586	+ 291
Other Injuries	16	871	19	343	+ 527
Kidney Disease	17	856	15	555	+ 302
Lung Disease	18	832	23	275	+ 557
Lymphomas	19	590	43	65	+ 525
Bladder Cancer	20	548	50	42	+ 505
Alcohol	21	546	58	16	+ 530
Oral Cancer	22	514	48	45	+ 469
Falls	23	484	31	140	+ 344
Ovary Cancer	24	472	49	43	+ 429
Leukemia	25	447	55	22	+ 425
Liver Cancer	26	376	21	312	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	27	369	8	1,158	- 790
Other Neoplasms	28	367	62	7	+ 360
Uterin Cancer	29	355	57	17	+ 338
Skin Cancers	30	347	46	50	+ 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	341	38	83	+ 257
Oesophagus Cancer	32	315	54	30	+ 285
Cervical Cancer	33	307	20	333	- 26
Drownings	34	305	35	116	+ 189
Parkinson's Disease	35	301	41	69	+ 232
Fires	36	248	33	123	+ 125
Violence	37	227	16	491	- 264
Skin Disease	38	184	47	47	+ 136
HIV/AIDS	39	178	25	231	- 53
Tuberculosis	40	171	9	717	- 545
Endocrine Disorders	41	142	27	197	- 55
Hepatitis C	42	127	67	3	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	43	112	10	665	- 553
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	109	80	0	+ 109
Epilepsy	45	106	39	75	+ 32
Asthma	46	100	29	170	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	98	52	34	+ 65
Drug Use	48	98	40	71	+ 27
Poisonings	49	56	42	67	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	50	49	63	5	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	48	64	4	+ 43
Meningitis	52	35	18	357	- 321
Anemia	53	34	84	0	+ 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	33	3	1,656	- 1,624
Birth Trauma	55	28	7	1,204	- 1,177
Low Birth Weight	56	27	2	2,014	- 1,987
Schizophrenia	57	18	86	0	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	58	17	81	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	59	11	60	9	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	60	11	11	639	- 628
Oral conditions	61	9	82	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	9	68	3	+ 6
Hepatitis B	63	8	56	22	- 15
Malnutrition	64	5	17	462	- 458
Syphilis	65	3	26	204	- 201
Otitis Media	66	2	72	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	2	65	3	- 1
War	68	0	70	2	- 1
Encephalitis	69	0	53	33	- 33
Pertussis	70	0	14	574	- 574
Tetanus	71	0	45	58	- 58
Measles	72	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Latvia

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.