DJIBOUTI VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	633	3	671	- 37
Low Birth Weight	2	463	8	251	+ 212
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	381	4	364	+ 16
Coronary Heart Disease	4	376	1	687	- 311
Malaria	5	327	23	66	+ 261
Stroke	6	300	2	680	- 379
Birth Trauma	7	277	15	166	+ 111
Road Traffic Accidents	8	266	11	229	+ 38
Tuberculosis	9	165	9	243	- 78
Congenital Anomalies	10	153	18	113	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	11	147	31	40	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	12	137	7	284	- 148
Liver Disease	13	135	6	295	- 160
Pertussis	14	132	25	50	+ 82
Kidney Disease	15	128	13	186	- 59
Violence	16	113	24	64	+ 49
Malnutrition	17	106	14	170	- 63
Meningitis	18	82	17	117	- 35
Other Injuries	19	79	10	233	- 154
Cervical Cancer	20	77	29	40	+ 36
Liver Cancer	21	72	43	19	+ 53
Hypertension	22	66	12	211	- 145
Lung Disease	23	63	16	120	- 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	58	21	90	- 32
HIV/AIDS	25	53	5	348	- 295
Syphilis	26	47	52	13	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	27	45	38	25	+ 20
Breast Cancer	28	43	20	91	- 47
Asthma	29	39	22	68	- 29
Suicide	30	32	19	94	- 61
Falls	31	32	26	45	- 13
Stomach Cancer	32	30	50	14	+ 16
Fires	33	28	33	33	- 4
Prostate Cancer	34	27	44	17	+ 10
Drownings	35	27	35	28	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	36	25	28	45	- 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	25	32	38	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	19	34	32	- 13
Epilepsy	39	17	37	26	- 9
Drug Use	40	16	54	12	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	16	41	23	- 7
Poisonings	42	16	39	25	- 9
Lymphomas	43	15	30	40	- 25
Lung Cancers	44	14	42	20	- 6
Tetanus	45	13	46	16	- 3
Skin Cancers	46	11	53	12	- 1
Skin Disease	47	11	55	12	- 1
Oral Cancer	48	10	45	17	- 6
Ovary Cancer	49	10	40	23	- 13
Bladder Cancer	50	10	47	15	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	51	9	58	6	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	8	48	15	- 7
Encephalitis	53	8	59	5	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	54	7	36	27	- 20
Leukemia	55	5	27	45	- 40
Hepatitis B	56	5	56	8	- 3
Uterin Cancer	57	4	60	4	- 0
Alcohol	58	4	49	15	- 11
Schistosomiasis	59	3	64	3	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	2	57	6	- 4
Measles	61	2	66	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	62	2	65	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	67	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	62	3	- 2
Diphtheria	65	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	61	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	69	1	51	14	- 13
War	70	0	63	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	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
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Mauritania

Djibouti

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.