FINLAND VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	MAURITANIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,582	21	436	+ 3,146
Low Birth Weight	2	2,618	48	26	+ 2,592
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,153	52	15	+ 2,138
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,126	2	9,831	- 7,705
Malaria	5	1,849	74	0	+ 1,849
Stroke	6	1,699	3	4,115	- 2,416
Birth Trauma	7	1,566	56	8	+ 1,558
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,506	33	215	+ 1,291
Tuberculosis	9	931	46	32	+ 899
Congenital Anomalies	10	865	35	192	+ 673
Maternal Conditions	11	830	64	2	+ 829
Diabetes Mellitus	12	773	22	418	+ 355
Liver Disease	13	761	10	1,068	- 307
Pertussis	14	747	69	0	+ 747
Kidney Disease	15	721	26	342	+ 379
Violence	16	639	43	64	+ 575
Malnutrition	17	601	57	7	+ 595
Meningitis	18	464	55	9	+ 455
Other Injuries	19	446	20	437	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	20	433	44	62	+ 371
Liver Cancer	21	405	16	545	- 140
Hypertension	22	372	5	2,030	- 1,658
Lung Disease	23	357	8	1,289	- 932
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	327	1	11,120	- 10,793
HIV/AIDS	25	300	59	6	+ 294
Syphilis	26	265	67	0	+ 265
Endocrine Disorders	27	257	31	257	- 0
Breast Cancer	28	246	12	948	- 702
Asthma	29	221	40	85	+ 136
Suicide	30	183	15	846	- 663
Falls	31	182	7	1,325	- 1,143
Stomach Cancer	32	172	19	447	- 275
Fires	33	160	45	62	+ 98
Prostate Cancer	34	154	11	970	- 817
Drownings	35	151	37	106	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	36	143	17	518	- 375
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	142	6	1,433	- 1,291
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	108	36	151	- 43
Epilepsy	39	97	38	104	- 7
Drug Use	40	93	30	269	- 177
Parkinson's Disease	41	90	13	853	- 763
Poisonings	42	88	49	25	+ 63
Lymphomas	43	84	14	851	- 767
Lung Cancers	44	78	4	2,312	- 2,234
Tetanus	45	75	70	0	+ 75
Skin Cancers	46	65	29	297	- 232
Skin Disease	47	62	47	27	+ 35
Oral Cancer	48	58	34	207	- 149
Ovary Cancer	49	56	25	344	- 288
Bladder Cancer	50	55	28	308	- 253
Pancreas Cancer	51	50	9	1,247	- 1,197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	44	50	19	+ 25
Encephalitis	53	43	66	0	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	54	39	27	320	- 281
Leukemia	55	29	24	371	- 342
Hepatitis B	56	29	63	2	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	57	22	32	225	- 203
Alcohol	58	21	18	464	- 444
Schistosomiasis	59	18	77	0	+ 18
Appendicitis	60	11	54	10	+ 2
Measles	61	11	72	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	62	9	23	377	- 368
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	42	80	- 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	41	83	- 77
Diphtheria	65	4	71	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	60	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	3	62	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	3	75	0	+ 3
War	70	2	65	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	39	93	- 93
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Mauritania

Finland

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.