ESTONIA VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	760	6	349	+ 411
Low Birth Weight	2	556	55	7	+ 549
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	457	53	8	+ 449
Coronary Heart Disease	4	451	1	3,009	- 2,558
Malaria	5	392	73	0	+ 392
Stroke	6	360	3	1,116	- 756
Birth Trauma	7	332	57	5	+ 327
Road Traffic Accidents	8	320	35	59	+ 260
Tuberculosis	9	198	47	16	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	10	183	43	25	+ 158
Maternal Conditions	11	176	61	1	+ 175
Diabetes Mellitus	12	164	19	146	+ 18
Liver Disease	13	162	7	328	- 167
Pertussis	14	158	83	0	+ 158
Kidney Disease	15	153	17	176	- 23
Violence	16	136	42	28	+ 107
Malnutrition	17	128	79	0	+ 128
Meningitis	18	98	54	7	+ 91
Other Injuries	19	95	20	141	- 47
Cervical Cancer	20	92	32	68	+ 24
Liver Cancer	21	86	26	107	- 21
Hypertension	22	79	2	2,700	- 2,621
Lung Disease	23	76	13	229	- 153
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	69	12	229	- 160
HIV/AIDS	25	64	39	40	+ 23
Syphilis	26	56	62	1	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	27	54	33	66	- 11
Breast Cancer	28	52	11	260	- 208
Asthma	29	47	44	24	+ 23
Suicide	30	39	16	197	- 158
Falls	31	39	24	119	- 80
Stomach Cancer	32	36	9	290	- 253
Fires	33	34	38	41	- 7
Prostate Cancer	34	33	8	298	- 266
Drownings	35	32	40	30	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	36	30	14	217	- 187
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	30	5	527	- 497
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	23	36	55	- 32
Epilepsy	39	21	37	45	- 24
Drug Use	40	20	31	75	- 55
Parkinson's Disease	41	19	29	82	- 63
Poisonings	42	19	52	8	+ 10
Lymphomas	43	18	15	213	- 195
Lung Cancers	44	17	4	657	- 641
Tetanus	45	16	81	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	46	14	30	79	- 65
Skin Disease	47	13	41	29	- 15
Oral Cancer	48	12	25	110	- 98
Ovary Cancer	49	12	28	87	- 75
Bladder Cancer	50	12	21	126	- 114
Pancreas Cancer	51	11	10	268	- 258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	9	45	22	- 12
Encephalitis	53	9	63	0	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	54	8	27	99	- 90
Leukemia	55	6	22	126	- 119
Hepatitis B	56	6	65	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	57	5	34	60	- 55
Alcohol	58	4	18	148	- 144
Schistosomiasis	59	4	72	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	2	59	2	+ 0
Measles	61	2	84	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	2	23	123	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	46	17	- 16
Diphtheria	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	58	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
War	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.