GEORGIA VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,120	9	886	+ 2,235
Low Birth Weight	2	2,281	37	114	+ 2,166
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,876	50	19	+ 1,857
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,852	1	16,014	- 14,162
Malaria	5	1,611	71	0	+ 1,611
Stroke	6	1,480	2	11,969	- 10,489
Birth Trauma	7	1,364	46	39	+ 1,324
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,312	13	496	+ 816
Tuberculosis	9	811	32	153	+ 659
Congenital Anomalies	10	753	28	174	+ 579
Maternal Conditions	11	723	53	13	+ 710
Diabetes Mellitus	12	673	6	1,621	- 948
Liver Disease	13	663	4	1,871	- 1,208
Pertussis	14	650	67	0	+ 650
Kidney Disease	15	628	10	826	- 198
Violence	16	556	40	90	+ 466
Malnutrition	17	524	59	5	+ 519
Meningitis	18	404	47	25	+ 380
Other Injuries	19	389	20	346	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	20	377	27	187	+ 190
Liver Cancer	21	353	17	385	- 32
Hypertension	22	324	3	4,387	- 4,063
Lung Disease	23	311	7	1,158	- 847
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	285	5	1,826	- 1,542
HIV/AIDS	25	261	42	89	+ 172
Syphilis	26	231	63	0	+ 230
Endocrine Disorders	27	223	38	109	+ 115
Breast Cancer	28	214	11	613	- 399
Asthma	29	192	35	136	+ 56
Suicide	30	160	18	367	- 207
Falls	31	159	16	420	- 261
Stomach Cancer	32	150	12	533	- 383
Fires	33	139	34	140	- 0
Prostate Cancer	34	134	22	290	- 157
Drownings	35	132	39	95	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	36	124	21	346	- 222
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	124	14	444	- 319
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	94	24	226	- 132
Epilepsy	39	84	44	51	+ 34
Drug Use	40	81	41	90	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	41	78	19	354	- 276
Poisonings	42	76	49	23	+ 53
Lymphomas	43	73	25	208	- 135
Lung Cancers	44	68	8	1,152	- 1,083
Tetanus	45	65	62	0	+ 65
Skin Cancers	46	56	33	149	- 93
Skin Disease	47	54	51	17	+ 37
Oral Cancer	48	51	31	167	- 116
Ovary Cancer	49	49	29	174	- 125
Bladder Cancer	50	48	26	205	- 157
Pancreas Cancer	51	44	23	227	- 184
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	38	15	426	- 388
Encephalitis	53	38	48	24	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	54	34	43	75	- 41
Leukemia	55	25	30	171	- 146
Hepatitis B	56	25	58	7	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	57	19	36	115	- 96
Alcohol	58	18	45	49	- 31
Schistosomiasis	59	15	73	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	60	10	55	10	- 1
Measles	61	10	68	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	62	8	52	15	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	54	12	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	57	8	- 3
Diphtheria	65	3	70	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	3	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	64	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	3	60	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	69	3	56	8	- 5
War	70	2	61	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Mauritania

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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.