MAURITANIA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,202	9	717	+ 1,485
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,143	1	2,756	- 612
Measles	3	2,033	61	9	+ 2,025
Malaria	4	1,932	5	1,423	+ 510
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,529	8	1,158	+ 370
HIV/AIDS	6	1,528	25	231	+ 1,297
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,500	4	1,636	- 135
Low Birth Weight	8	1,315	2	2,014	- 699
Birth Trauma	9	1,275	7	1,204	+ 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,267	3	1,656	- 389
Stroke	11	1,256	6	1,307	- 51
Maternal Conditions	12	692	11	639	+ 54
Liver Disease	13	683	13	586	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	14	663	10	665	- 2
Diabetes Mellitus	15	517	12	594	- 77
Kidney Disease	16	484	15	555	- 70
Meningitis	17	439	18	357	+ 82
Violence	18	380	16	491	- 112
Cervical Cancer	19	377	20	333	+ 44
Liver Cancer	20	350	21	312	+ 38
Syphilis	21	314	26	204	+ 110
Other Injuries	22	303	19	343	- 41
Hypertension	23	295	22	286	+ 9
Malnutrition	24	281	17	462	- 181
Prostate Cancer	25	237	34	118	+ 119
Lung Disease	26	234	23	275	- 41
Breast Cancer	27	195	28	189	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	28	195	27	197	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	187	24	251	- 65
Suicide	30	175	30	141	+ 34
Asthma	31	159	29	170	- 11
Pertussis	32	157	14	574	- 417
Falls	33	124	31	140	- 16
Fires	34	122	33	123	- 1
Drownings	35	101	35	116	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	100	38	83	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	37	97	32	132	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	38	92	36	110	- 18
Lymphomas	39	74	43	65	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	71	37	110	- 38
Poisonings	41	65	42	67	- 2
Epilepsy	42	64	39	75	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	43	58	41	69	- 11
Lung Cancers	44	52	44	60	- 8
Schistosomiasis	45	41	59	14	+ 27
Skin Cancers	46	41	46	50	- 9
Ovary Cancer	47	40	49	43	- 3
Oral Cancer	48	40	48	45	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	40	52	34	+ 6
Drug Use	50	34	40	71	- 37
Skin Disease	51	33	47	47	- 15
Hepatitis B	52	31	56	22	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	53	30	51	39	- 9
Tetanus	54	25	45	58	- 33
Uterin Cancer	55	23	57	17	+ 6
Encephalitis	56	22	53	33	- 11
Alcohol	57	20	58	16	+ 4
Leukemia	58	18	55	22	- 4
Bladder Cancer	59	15	50	42	- 27
Oesophagus Cancer	60	12	54	30	- 18
Appendicitis	61	10	60	9	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	63	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	64	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	3	66	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	2	68	3	- 0
Diphtheria	68	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Liberia

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.