MAURITANIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,107	4	1,636	+ 1,472
Stroke	2	1,593	6	1,307	+ 287
Lung Disease	3	1,014	23	275	+ 739
Kidney Disease	4	895	15	555	+ 340
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	526	24	251	+ 274
Diabetes Mellitus	6	521	12	594	- 73
Lung Cancers	7	405	44	60	+ 344
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	368	1	2,756	- 2,388
Breast Cancer	9	311	28	189	+ 122
Liver Cancer	10	299	21	312	- 13
Liver Disease	11	271	13	586	- 314
Endocrine Disorders	12	241	27	197	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	13	239	20	333	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	233	37	110	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	15	214	10	665	- 451
Falls	16	209	31	140	+ 69
Hypertension	17	182	22	286	- 104
Other Injuries	18	174	19	343	- 169
Oral Cancer	19	172	48	45	+ 127
Low Birth Weight	20	163	2	2,014	- 1,851
Suicide	21	162	30	141	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	160	3	1,656	- 1,497
Drownings	23	154	35	116	+ 38
Leukemia	24	142	55	22	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	25	129	41	69	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	26	128	34	118	+ 10
Tuberculosis	27	126	9	717	- 591
Violence	28	111	16	491	- 380
Asthma	29	109	29	170	- 60
Ovary Cancer	30	103	49	43	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	31	96	8	1,158	- 1,062
Skin Disease	32	94	47	47	+ 47
Dengue	33	84	73	0	+ 84
Lymphomas	34	82	43	65	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	35	61	11	639	- 578
Inflammatory/Heart	36	60	36	110	- 50
Bladder Cancer	37	58	50	42	+ 16
Epilepsy	38	54	39	75	- 20
Birth Trauma	39	54	7	1,204	- 1,151
Pancreas Cancer	40	49	51	39	+ 10
Fires	41	44	33	123	- 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	40	38	83	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	38	52	34	+ 4
Encephalitis	44	30	53	33	- 3
Malnutrition	45	30	17	462	- 432
Other Neoplasms	46	23	62	7	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	47	22	57	17	+ 5
Drug Use	48	20	40	71	- 51
Stomach Cancer	49	14	32	132	- 119
Meningitis	50	12	18	357	- 345
Alcohol	51	7	58	16	- 9
Pertussis	52	4	14	574	- 570
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	4	64	4	- 1
Tetanus	54	3	45	58	- 55
Poisonings	55	3	42	67	- 65
Hepatitis B	56	3	56	22	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	57	2	63	5	- 3
Syphilis	58	2	26	204	- 202
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	54	30	- 28
Measles	60	1	61	9	- 7
Appendicitis	61	1	60	9	- 7
War	62	1	70	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	63	1	46	50	- 49
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	66	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	0	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	59	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	25	231	- 231
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Maldives

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.