MAURITANIA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,222	4	1,636	+ 2,586
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,921	24	251	+ 1,669
Lung Cancers	3	1,675	44	60	+ 1,614
Stroke	4	1,657	6	1,307	+ 350
Lung Disease	5	1,563	23	275	+ 1,288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	845	37	110	+ 736
Breast Cancer	7	730	28	189	+ 541
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	717	1	2,756	- 2,039
Kidney Disease	9	586	15	555	+ 31
Other Injuries	10	570	19	343	+ 226
Pancreas Cancer	11	527	51	39	+ 489
Liver Disease	12	484	13	586	- 102
Suicide	13	447	30	141	+ 306
Lymphomas	14	415	43	65	+ 351
Prostate Cancer	15	410	34	118	+ 292
Parkinson's Disease	16	399	41	69	+ 330
Diabetes Mellitus	17	394	12	594	- 200
Falls	18	391	31	140	+ 251
Hypertension	19	346	22	286	+ 60
Leukemia	20	341	55	22	+ 319
Endocrine Disorders	21	340	27	197	+ 143
Stomach Cancer	22	330	32	132	+ 198
Inflammatory/Heart	23	316	36	110	+ 206
Other Neoplasms	24	315	62	7	+ 308
Liver Cancer	25	313	21	312	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	26	282	50	42	+ 240
Ovary Cancer	27	227	49	43	+ 184
Oesophagus Cancer	28	205	54	30	+ 175
Alcohol	29	163	58	16	+ 147
Road Traffic Accidents	30	162	8	1,158	- 997
Skin Cancers	31	139	46	50	+ 89
Malnutrition	32	125	17	462	- 337
Oral Cancer	33	123	48	45	+ 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	122	52	34	+ 88
Epilepsy	35	108	39	75	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	36	101	57	17	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	37	67	10	665	- 598
Cervical Cancer	38	62	20	333	- 271
Drug Use	39	60	40	71	- 11
Anemia	40	54	84	0	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	44	38	83	- 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	40	3	1,656	- 1,617
Schizophrenia	43	37	86	0	+ 37
Skin Disease	44	35	47	47	- 13
Asthma	45	30	29	170	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	46	26	63	5	+ 21
Hepatitis C	47	24	67	3	+ 21
Violence	48	20	16	491	- 471
Low Birth Weight	49	20	2	2,014	- 1,994
Osteoarthritis	50	17	81	0	+ 17
Fires	51	16	33	123	- 107
HIV/AIDS	52	16	25	231	- 215
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	15	64	4	+ 11
Drownings	54	13	35	116	- 104
Tuberculosis	55	12	9	717	- 705
Poisonings	56	10	42	67	- 58
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	8	80	0	+ 8
Meningitis	58	4	18	357	- 353
Birth Trauma	59	4	7	1,204	- 1,201
Hepatitis B	60	4	56	22	- 19
Upper Respiratory	61	3	68	3	- 0
Appendicitis	62	2	60	9	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	2	11	639	- 637
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	65	1	53	33	- 32
Syphilis	66	1	26	204	- 203
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	14	574	- 574
Tetanus	69	0	45	58	- 58
Measles	70	0	61	9	- 9
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Luxembourg

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.