MAURITIUS VS MADAGASCAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MADAGASCAR		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	799	3	985	- 186
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	650	7	346	+ 304
Coronary Heart Disease	3	551	2	1,805	- 1,254
Tuberculosis	4	516	45	17	+ 499
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	493	42	23	+ 471
Measles	6	408	77	0	+ 408
Road Traffic Accidents	7	351	11	155	+ 195
Hypertension	8	276	6	592	- 315
Malaria	9	245	70	0	+ 245
Low Birth Weight	10	238	35	37	+ 201
Birth Trauma	11	238	36	37	+ 201
Liver Disease	12	214	12	145	+ 68
Malnutrition	13	188	54	4	+ 185
Lung Disease	14	176	5	646	- 470
Congenital Anomalies	15	150	25	57	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	16	146	1	1,873	- 1,727
Cervical Cancer	17	135	30	49	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	18	124	48	11	+ 113
Asthma	19	112	17	107	+ 5
Meningitis	20	106	57	2	+ 104
Other Injuries	21	105	21	66	+ 39
Kidney Disease	22	98	4	724	- 626
Violence	23	78	41	30	+ 48
Suicide	24	66	14	120	- 55
HIV/AIDS	25	60	13	141	- 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	50	34	42	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	27	48	37	35	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	28	47	16	108	- 62
Prostate Cancer	29	44	15	115	- 71
Liver Cancer	30	42	27	56	- 15
Drownings	31	37	33	43	- 6
Oral Cancer	32	31	23	63	- 32
Syphilis	33	30	67	0	+ 30
Lymphomas	34	30	24	57	- 27
Fires	35	29	50	10	+ 19
Falls	36	29	26	57	- 28
Breast Cancer	37	28	8	232	- 204
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	28	56	3	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	27	10	182	- 155
Poisonings	40	25	49	11	+ 15
Pertussis	41	23	66	0	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	22	43	22	- 0
Skin Cancers	43	21	53	5	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	44	21	19	101	- 80
Leukemia	45	18	31	48	- 31
Epilepsy	46	17	38	35	- 18
Stomach Cancer	47	16	18	104	- 88
Bladder Cancer	48	13	44	21	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	49	12	47	12	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	50	12	69	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	51	8	22	64	- 56
Tetanus	52	8	76	0	+ 8
Alcohol	53	7	29	53	- 46
War	54	7	62	0	+ 7
Lung Cancers	55	7	9	182	- 176
Appendicitis	56	7	59	1	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	57	6	32	46	- 40
Hepatitis B	58	4	65	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	4	40	32	- 28
Encephalitis	60	4	61	1	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	61	4	28	55	- 51
Drug Use	62	3	46	16	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	60	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	1	20	77	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	51	9	- 8
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.