HONDURAS VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,067	9	1,335	+ 4,732
Low Birth Weight	2	4,434	16	755	+ 3,679
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,647	11	923	+ 2,724
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,601	1	8,063	- 4,461
Malaria	5	3,132	71	0	+ 3,132
Stroke	6	2,877	3	5,667	- 2,790
Birth Trauma	7	2,652	33	310	+ 2,342
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,551	7	1,572	+ 979
Tuberculosis	9	1,578	22	453	+ 1,125
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,464	15	793	+ 671
Maternal Conditions	11	1,406	48	90	+ 1,316
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,309	10	1,075	+ 233
Liver Disease	13	1,289	6	2,721	- 1,432
Pertussis	14	1,264	53	58	+ 1,207
Kidney Disease	15	1,222	4	3,056	- 1,834
Violence	16	1,082	2	6,520	- 5,438
Malnutrition	17	1,018	39	181	+ 837
Meningitis	18	786	46	92	+ 694
Other Injuries	19	756	12	845	- 90
Cervical Cancer	20	734	19	493	+ 241
Liver Cancer	21	686	26	376	+ 310
Hypertension	22	630	13	838	- 208
Lung Disease	23	605	5	2,997	- 2,392
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	553	8	1,413	- 859
HIV/AIDS	25	508	14	794	- 286
Syphilis	26	449	61	18	+ 430
Endocrine Disorders	27	434	31	334	+ 100
Breast Cancer	28	416	20	478	- 62
Asthma	29	374	30	346	+ 28
Suicide	30	311	37	201	+ 110
Falls	31	308	35	289	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	32	291	18	643	- 352
Fires	33	271	57	40	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	34	260	25	378	- 118
Drownings	35	256	38	183	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	36	242	28	366	- 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	241	29	354	- 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	184	17	657	- 473
Epilepsy	39	164	36	201	- 37
Drug Use	40	157	42	129	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	41	152	23	429	- 277
Poisonings	42	149	55	45	+ 104
Lymphomas	43	143	24	390	- 248
Lung Cancers	44	133	27	369	- 236
Tetanus	45	127	59	26	+ 101
Skin Cancers	46	110	52	68	+ 42
Skin Disease	47	105	40	167	- 63
Oral Cancer	48	99	44	99	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	49	95	45	98	- 2
Bladder Cancer	50	93	49	82	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	51	85	32	325	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	74	54	47	+ 27
Encephalitis	53	73	51	79	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	54	66	50	81	- 15
Leukemia	55	49	21	475	- 426
Hepatitis B	56	49	64	5	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	57	37	60	23	+ 14
Alcohol	58	35	34	308	- 273
Schistosomiasis	59	30	76	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	60	19	41	139	- 120
Measles	61	19	79	0	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	62	16	56	41	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	63	12	62	11	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	47	91	- 82
Diphtheria	65	7	70	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	6	67	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	6	66	3	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	6	63	9	- 3
Leishmaniasis	69	5	69	1	+ 5
War	70	4	65	4	- 0
Chlamydia	71	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	43	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	58	27	- 27
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Mauritania

Honduras

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.