GUINEA-BISSAU VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,358	2	1,390	- 32
Low Birth Weight	2	992	8	705	+ 288
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	816	4	913	- 97
Coronary Heart Disease	4	806	5	907	- 101
Malaria	5	701	9	684	+ 17
Stroke	6	644	6	829	- 185
Birth Trauma	7	593	7	790	- 197
Road Traffic Accidents	8	571	10	619	- 48
Tuberculosis	9	353	3	1,387	- 1,034
Congenital Anomalies	10	328	12	373	- 46
Maternal Conditions	11	315	13	333	- 18
Diabetes Mellitus	12	293	14	313	- 21
Liver Disease	13	288	11	405	- 116
Pertussis	14	283	19	212	+ 71
Kidney Disease	15	273	15	268	+ 5
Violence	16	242	22	173	+ 69
Malnutrition	17	228	27	121	+ 107
Meningitis	18	176	16	258	- 82
Other Injuries	19	169	17	234	- 65
Cervical Cancer	20	164	23	154	+ 10
Liver Cancer	21	154	28	116	+ 37
Hypertension	22	141	21	177	- 36
Lung Disease	23	135	20	191	- 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	124	34	69	+ 55
HIV/AIDS	25	114	1	1,445	- 1,332
Syphilis	26	100	31	85	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	27	97	18	221	- 124
Breast Cancer	28	93	29	93	+ 0
Asthma	29	84	24	150	- 66
Suicide	30	69	26	134	- 64
Falls	31	69	33	71	- 2
Stomach Cancer	32	65	36	55	+ 10
Fires	33	61	35	64	- 3
Prostate Cancer	34	58	42	41	+ 18
Drownings	35	57	30	89	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	36	54	37	53	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	54	38	50	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	41	32	77	- 36
Epilepsy	39	37	39	48	- 12
Drug Use	40	35	55	13	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	41	34	46	27	+ 7
Poisonings	42	33	41	45	- 11
Lymphomas	43	32	45	28	+ 4
Lung Cancers	44	30	50	18	+ 11
Tetanus	45	28	40	48	- 20
Skin Cancers	46	25	52	17	+ 7
Skin Disease	47	23	53	16	+ 7
Oral Cancer	48	22	56	13	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	49	21	48	19	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	50	21	51	17	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	51	19	54	14	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	17	43	33	- 17
Encephalitis	53	16	58	10	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	54	15	49	19	- 4
Leukemia	55	11	61	6	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	11	47	20	- 9
Uterin Cancer	57	8	59	8	+ 0
Alcohol	58	8	57	12	- 4
Schistosomiasis	59	7	44	30	- 24
Appendicitis	60	4	60	7	- 3
Measles	61	4	25	147	- 143
Other Neoplasms	62	4	65	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	64	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	67	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	2	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	62	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	1	63	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	1	79	0	+ 1
War	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Mauritania

Guinea-Bissau

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.