MAURITANIA VS LITHUANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LITHUANIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,244	4	1,636	+ 23,608
Stroke	2	9,293	6	1,307	+ 7,986
Lung Cancers	3	2,188	44	60	+ 2,128
Hypertension	4	2,123	22	286	+ 1,837
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,768	37	110	+ 1,659
Suicide	6	1,188	30	141	+ 1,047
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,077	1	2,756	- 1,678
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,069	24	251	+ 817
Liver Disease	9	1,060	13	586	+ 474
Stomach Cancer	10	1,053	32	132	+ 920
Breast Cancer	11	1,036	28	189	+ 847
Prostate Cancer	12	985	34	118	+ 866
Pancreas Cancer	13	952	51	39	+ 913
Diabetes Mellitus	14	865	12	594	+ 270
Falls	15	853	31	140	+ 713
Lung Disease	16	845	23	275	+ 570
Inflammatory/Heart	17	797	36	110	+ 687
Other Injuries	18	684	19	343	+ 341
Kidney Disease	19	612	15	555	+ 58
Oral Cancer	20	557	48	45	+ 512
Lymphomas	21	529	43	65	+ 465
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	515	38	83	+ 432
Bladder Cancer	23	482	50	42	+ 439
Leukemia	24	467	55	22	+ 445
Liver Cancer	25	393	21	312	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	26	384	49	43	+ 341
Road Traffic Accidents	27	370	8	1,158	- 789
Cervical Cancer	28	369	20	333	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	29	366	41	69	+ 297
Oesophagus Cancer	30	360	54	30	+ 330
Other Neoplasms	31	349	62	7	+ 342
Skin Cancers	32	324	46	50	+ 274
Alcohol	33	316	58	16	+ 300
Uterin Cancer	34	262	57	17	+ 245
Drownings	35	247	35	116	+ 131
Violence	36	217	16	491	- 275
Drug Use	37	201	40	71	+ 130
Tuberculosis	38	196	9	717	- 521
Endocrine Disorders	39	119	27	197	- 79
Epilepsy	40	102	39	75	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	41	102	10	665	- 564
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	98	3	1,656	- 1,559
Fires	43	84	33	123	- 39
Skin Disease	44	79	47	47	+ 31
Poisonings	45	76	42	67	+ 9
Asthma	46	75	29	170	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	68	64	4	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	48	52	34	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	49	47	63	5	+ 42
Hepatitis C	50	39	67	3	+ 36
HIV/AIDS	51	37	25	231	- 194
Meningitis	52	32	18	357	- 325
Birth Trauma	53	17	7	1,204	- 1,188
Appendicitis	54	16	60	9	+ 7
Low Birth Weight	55	15	2	2,014	- 1,999
Schizophrenia	56	14	86	0	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	13	80	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	58	12	17	462	- 451
Osteoarthritis	59	10	81	0	+ 10
Anemia	60	9	84	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	61	8	56	22	- 14
Tetanus	62	4	45	58	- 54
Maternal Conditions	63	3	11	639	- 635
Oral conditions	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	65	3	53	33	- 31
Otitis Media	66	2	72	0	+ 2
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Syphilis	70	0	26	204	- 204
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Diphtheria	82	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	83	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Lithuania

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.