CROATIA VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,642	10	1,021	+ 1,621
Low Birth Weight	2	1,931	56	10	+ 1,921
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,588	39	82	+ 1,506
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,568	1	12,307	- 10,739
Malaria	5	1,364	77	0	+ 1,364
Stroke	6	1,253	2	6,275	- 5,022
Birth Trauma	7	1,155	55	11	+ 1,144
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,111	27	328	+ 783
Tuberculosis	9	687	44	61	+ 626
Congenital Anomalies	10	638	37	94	+ 543
Maternal Conditions	11	612	61	2	+ 610
Diabetes Mellitus	12	570	6	1,963	- 1,393
Liver Disease	13	561	13	924	- 363
Pertussis	14	551	69	0	+ 551
Kidney Disease	15	532	7	1,392	- 860
Violence	16	471	48	45	+ 427
Malnutrition	17	443	70	0	+ 443
Meningitis	18	342	52	16	+ 326
Other Injuries	19	329	23	428	- 99
Cervical Cancer	20	319	34	156	+ 164
Liver Cancer	21	299	19	501	- 202
Hypertension	22	274	8	1,102	- 828
Lung Disease	23	263	5	2,111	- 1,847
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	241	9	1,066	- 825
HIV/AIDS	25	221	59	8	+ 214
Syphilis	26	195	71	0	+ 195
Endocrine Disorders	27	189	42	72	+ 117
Breast Cancer	28	181	11	1,019	- 837
Asthma	29	163	41	74	+ 89
Suicide	30	135	17	676	- 541
Falls	31	134	12	974	- 840
Stomach Cancer	32	127	15	786	- 660
Fires	33	118	50	34	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	34	113	14	852	- 739
Drownings	35	111	38	86	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	36	105	21	457	- 351
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	105	4	2,189	- 2,084
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	80	31	207	- 127
Epilepsy	39	71	36	94	- 23
Drug Use	40	68	43	70	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	41	66	24	423	- 357
Poisonings	42	65	54	16	+ 49
Lymphomas	43	62	18	556	- 494
Lung Cancers	44	58	3	2,842	- 2,784
Tetanus	45	55	68	0	+ 55
Skin Cancers	46	48	26	332	- 284
Skin Disease	47	46	58	8	+ 38
Oral Cancer	48	43	25	338	- 295
Ovary Cancer	49	42	28	308	- 267
Bladder Cancer	50	41	20	499	- 458
Pancreas Cancer	51	37	16	754	- 717
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	32	35	137	- 105
Encephalitis	53	32	65	1	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	54	29	33	189	- 161
Leukemia	55	22	22	435	- 414
Hepatitis B	56	21	51	17	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	16	32	199	- 183
Alcohol	58	15	30	219	- 204
Schistosomiasis	59	13	75	0	+ 13
Appendicitis	60	8	57	9	- 0
Measles	61	8	73	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	62	7	29	283	- 276
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	45	55	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	46	47	- 43
Diphtheria	65	3	72	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	47	45	- 42
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	2	66	0	+ 2
War	70	2	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	60	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	40	79	- 79
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Mauritania

Croatia

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.