MAURITANIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,599	4	1,636	+ 2,963
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,940	1	2,756	+ 184
Stroke	3	2,704	6	1,307	+ 1,397
Road Traffic Accidents	4	899	8	1,158	- 259
Lung Disease	5	830	23	275	+ 556
Kidney Disease	6	830	15	555	+ 275
Liver Disease	7	642	13	586	+ 56
Lung Cancers	8	541	44	60	+ 480
Diabetes Mellitus	9	514	12	594	- 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	500	24	251	+ 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	480	37	110	+ 370
Breast Cancer	12	385	28	189	+ 196
HIV/AIDS	13	335	25	231	+ 105
Other Injuries	14	278	19	343	- 65
Skin Disease	15	259	47	47	+ 211
Liver Cancer	16	248	21	312	- 63
Oral Cancer	17	233	48	45	+ 189
Falls	18	232	31	140	+ 92
Suicide	19	228	30	141	+ 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	222	3	1,656	- 1,434
Stomach Cancer	21	180	32	132	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	178	38	83	+ 95
Leukemia	23	177	55	22	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	24	176	10	665	- 489
Lymphomas	25	165	43	65	+ 101
Tuberculosis	26	154	9	717	- 563
Inflammatory/Heart	27	152	36	110	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	28	138	41	69	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	29	128	2	2,014	- 1,886
Asthma	30	127	29	170	- 43
Cervical Cancer	31	127	20	333	- 207
Pancreas Cancer	32	124	51	39	+ 86
Prostate Cancer	33	113	34	118	- 5
Violence	34	109	16	491	- 383
Ovary Cancer	35	104	49	43	+ 60
Drownings	36	103	35	116	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	37	101	27	197	- 96
Hypertension	38	81	22	286	- 205
Bladder Cancer	39	58	50	42	+ 16
Encephalitis	40	57	53	33	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	41	54	54	30	+ 25
Birth Trauma	42	45	7	1,204	- 1,160
Uterin Cancer	43	44	57	17	+ 27
Fires	44	42	33	123	- 81
Drug Use	45	40	40	71	- 31
Meningitis	46	38	18	357	- 319
Dengue	47	35	73	0	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	48	33	62	7	+ 26
Malnutrition	49	31	17	462	- 431
Skin Cancers	50	31	46	50	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	31	52	34	- 3
Epilepsy	52	28	39	75	- 46
Poisonings	53	26	42	67	- 41
Hepatitis B	54	26	56	22	+ 4
Alcohol	55	23	58	16	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	56	21	11	639	- 618
Pertussis	57	10	14	574	- 564
Appendicitis	58	9	60	9	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	63	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	64	4	- 1
Tetanus	61	3	45	58	- 55
Syphilis	62	2	26	204	- 201
War	63	1	70	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	61	9	- 9
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Malaysia

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.