BELARUS VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,049	15	1,086	+ 4,963
Low Birth Weight	2	4,421	47	64	+ 4,357
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,636	57	13	+ 3,624
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,591	1	53,186	- 49,595
Malaria	5	3,123	76	0	+ 3,123
Stroke	6	2,869	2	16,393	- 13,524
Birth Trauma	7	2,644	52	25	+ 2,619
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,543	19	722	+ 1,821
Tuberculosis	9	1,573	37	269	+ 1,304
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,460	41	202	+ 1,258
Maternal Conditions	11	1,402	60	2	+ 1,400
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,305	30	373	+ 932
Liver Disease	13	1,286	8	2,078	- 792
Pertussis	14	1,261	65	0	+ 1,261
Kidney Disease	15	1,218	26	480	+ 738
Violence	16	1,079	38	255	+ 824
Malnutrition	17	1,015	53	22	+ 993
Meningitis	18	784	50	36	+ 747
Other Injuries	19	754	14	1,099	- 345
Cervical Cancer	20	731	34	303	+ 428
Liver Cancer	21	684	32	363	+ 321
Hypertension	22	628	31	367	+ 261
Lung Disease	23	603	7	2,208	- 1,605
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	552	3	3,530	- 2,978
HIV/AIDS	25	506	42	167	+ 339
Syphilis	26	447	63	1	+ 447
Endocrine Disorders	27	433	43	141	+ 292
Breast Cancer	28	415	12	1,230	- 816
Asthma	29	373	44	122	+ 251
Suicide	30	310	9	2,004	- 1,694
Falls	31	308	16	952	- 644
Stomach Cancer	32	290	10	1,690	- 1,400
Fires	33	270	22	620	- 350
Prostate Cancer	34	259	17	936	- 676
Drownings	35	255	24	543	- 288
Inflammatory/Heart	36	241	11	1,361	- 1,119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	240	5	2,886	- 2,646
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	183	40	235	- 52
Epilepsy	39	164	45	116	+ 48
Drug Use	40	156	29	389	- 233
Parkinson's Disease	41	151	21	621	- 470
Poisonings	42	148	33	311	- 163
Lymphomas	43	142	20	672	- 529
Lung Cancers	44	132	4	2,950	- 2,817
Tetanus	45	126	64	0	+ 126
Skin Cancers	46	109	36	272	- 162
Skin Disease	47	104	51	31	+ 74
Oral Cancer	48	98	18	901	- 802
Ovary Cancer	49	95	27	429	- 333
Bladder Cancer	50	93	35	295	- 202
Pancreas Cancer	51	85	13	1,171	- 1,086
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	74	39	239	- 166
Encephalitis	53	73	46	93	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	54	66	25	493	- 427
Leukemia	55	49	23	554	- 505
Hepatitis B	56	49	56	14	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	57	37	28	391	- 353
Alcohol	58	35	6	2,761	- 2,726
Schistosomiasis	59	30	74	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	60	19	54	20	- 1
Measles	61	19	68	0	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	62	16	48	52	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	49	42	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	55	15	- 5
Diphtheria	65	7	67	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	6	70	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	67	6	62	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	68	6	58	5	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	5	78	0	+ 5
War	70	4	59	3	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	1	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Mauritania

Belarus

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.