MAURITANIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,263	25	231	+ 9,032
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,245	1	2,756	+ 3,490
Stroke	3	5,473	6	1,307	+ 4,166
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	4,574	3	1,656	+ 2,918
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,082	4	1,636	+ 2,446
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,885	12	594	+ 3,291
Suicide	7	2,991	30	141	+ 2,850
Tuberculosis	8	2,348	9	717	+ 1,631
Lung Disease	9	2,141	23	275	+ 1,866
Kidney Disease	10	1,971	15	555	+ 1,416
Hypertension	11	1,923	22	286	+ 1,637
Low Birth Weight	12	1,859	2	2,014	- 155
Violence	13	1,795	16	491	+ 1,304
Liver Disease	14	1,539	13	586	+ 953
Birth Trauma	15	1,394	7	1,204	+ 189
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,318	8	1,158	+ 160
Asthma	17	1,317	29	170	+ 1,147
Other Injuries	18	1,035	19	343	+ 692
Congenital Anomalies	19	756	10	665	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	20	724	20	333	+ 390
Malnutrition	21	694	17	462	+ 231
Meningitis	22	617	18	357	+ 261
Inflammatory/Heart	23	593	36	110	+ 483
Maternal Conditions	24	568	11	639	- 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	541	38	83	+ 458
Fires	26	522	33	123	+ 399
Endocrine Disorders	27	456	27	197	+ 259
Drownings	28	388	35	116	+ 272
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	377	24	251	+ 126
Epilepsy	30	279	39	75	+ 204
Falls	31	248	31	140	+ 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	244	52	34	+ 210
Poisonings	33	216	42	67	+ 148
Breast Cancer	34	189	28	189	- 0
Prostate Cancer	35	157	34	118	+ 39
Lymphomas	36	151	43	65	+ 86
Oesophagus Cancer	37	143	54	30	+ 113
Alcohol	38	138	58	16	+ 122
Liver Cancer	39	137	21	312	- 174
Skin Disease	40	136	47	47	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	41	106	41	69	+ 37
Oral Cancer	42	100	48	45	+ 55
Lung Cancers	43	99	44	60	+ 39
Pertussis	44	99	14	574	- 475
Syphilis	45	98	26	204	- 106
Skin Cancers	46	90	46	50	+ 40
Tetanus	47	88	45	58	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	77	37	110	- 33
Leukemia	49	76	55	22	+ 53
Drug Use	50	61	40	71	- 10
Hepatitis B	51	52	56	22	+ 30
Appendicitis	52	48	60	9	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	53	47	49	43	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	46	57	17	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	55	35	68	3	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	35	64	4	+ 31
Encephalitis	57	26	53	33	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	24	51	39	- 15
Measles	59	23	61	9	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	60	21	32	132	- 111
Bladder Cancer	61	19	50	42	- 24
Other Neoplasms	62	18	62	7	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	63	5	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	67	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	66	3	- 1
War	68	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	65	3	- 3
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Lesotho

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.