MAURITANIA VS MALI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALI		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,930	1	2,756	+ 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,641	3	1,656	+ 985
Malaria	3	2,298	5	1,423	+ 876
Low Birth Weight	4	1,748	2	2,014	- 266
Birth Trauma	5	1,636	7	1,204	+ 431
Stroke	6	1,213	6	1,307	- 94
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,163	4	1,636	- 473
Malnutrition	8	1,151	17	462	+ 688
HIV/AIDS	9	1,139	25	231	+ 908
Meningitis	10	892	18	357	+ 535
Road Traffic Accidents	11	879	8	1,158	- 280
Congenital Anomalies	12	737	10	665	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	13	562	11	639	- 76
Liver Disease	14	538	13	586	- 48
Other Injuries	15	455	19	343	+ 111
Diabetes Mellitus	16	451	12	594	- 144
Kidney Disease	17	430	15	555	- 125
Violence	18	412	16	491	- 79
Lung Disease	19	388	23	275	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	20	341	20	333	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	21	318	27	197	+ 121
Measles	22	305	61	9	+ 296
Asthma	23	294	29	170	+ 124
Tuberculosis	24	294	9	717	- 423
Hypertension	25	254	22	286	- 32
War	26	216	70	2	+ 215
Stomach Cancer	27	209	32	132	+ 77
Drownings	28	207	35	116	+ 91
Pertussis	29	198	14	574	- 376
Breast Cancer	30	186	28	189	- 3
Falls	31	171	31	140	+ 30
Suicide	32	159	30	141	+ 18
Syphilis	33	152	26	204	- 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	149	24	251	- 103
Fires	35	148	33	123	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	138	37	110	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	123	38	83	+ 40
Liver Cancer	38	111	21	312	- 201
Poisonings	39	111	42	67	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	40	108	36	110	- 2
Epilepsy	41	95	39	75	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	42	85	50	42	+ 42
Tetanus	43	84	45	58	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	44	71	34	118	- 47
Lymphomas	45	62	43	65	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	56	52	34	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	47	51	51	39	+ 12
Oral Cancer	48	50	48	45	+ 5
Lung Cancers	49	50	44	60	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	50	46	41	69	- 23
Schistosomiasis	51	43	59	14	+ 30
Hepatitis B	52	41	56	22	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	53	39	49	43	- 4
Skin Cancers	54	38	46	50	- 12
Encephalitis	55	38	53	33	+ 5
Leukemia	56	38	55	22	+ 15
Skin Disease	57	33	47	47	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	58	31	54	30	+ 1
Drug Use	59	27	40	71	- 44
Alcohol	60	16	58	16	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	61	16	57	17	- 1
Appendicitis	62	14	60	9	+ 5
Ascariasis	63	11	66	3	+ 8
Hepatitis C	64	6	67	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	6	68	3	+ 3
Diphtheria	66	4	65	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	63	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	3	64	4	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.