IRELAND VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,332	6	1,298	+ 2,034
Low Birth Weight	2	2,435	44	56	+ 2,380
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,003	45	53	+ 1,950
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,978	1	4,762	- 2,784
Malaria	5	1,720	75	0	+ 1,720
Stroke	6	1,580	5	1,770	- 190
Birth Trauma	7	1,456	56	10	+ 1,446
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,401	33	153	+ 1,248
Tuberculosis	9	866	50	23	+ 843
Congenital Anomalies	10	804	32	153	+ 651
Maternal Conditions	11	772	61	3	+ 769
Diabetes Mellitus	12	719	16	414	+ 305
Liver Disease	13	708	19	279	+ 429
Pertussis	14	694	67	0	+ 694
Kidney Disease	15	671	10	566	+ 104
Violence	16	594	47	38	+ 556
Malnutrition	17	559	63	2	+ 557
Meningitis	18	432	58	7	+ 424
Other Injuries	19	415	30	171	+ 244
Cervical Cancer	20	403	35	103	+ 300
Liver Cancer	21	377	18	318	+ 59
Hypertension	22	346	29	175	+ 171
Lung Disease	23	332	4	1,915	- 1,583
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	304	2	3,209	- 2,905
HIV/AIDS	25	279	57	9	+ 270
Syphilis	26	246	68	0	+ 246
Endocrine Disorders	27	239	24	249	- 11
Breast Cancer	28	229	8	760	- 531
Asthma	29	205	41	58	+ 147
Suicide	30	171	14	470	- 299
Falls	31	169	25	247	- 77
Stomach Cancer	32	160	17	357	- 197
Fires	33	149	48	30	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	34	143	9	585	- 442
Drownings	35	141	43	57	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	36	133	26	240	- 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	132	7	1,095	- 963
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	101	38	67	+ 34
Epilepsy	39	90	36	85	+ 5
Drug Use	40	86	31	167	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	41	83	12	530	- 446
Poisonings	42	82	53	14	+ 68
Lymphomas	43	78	13	513	- 434
Lung Cancers	44	73	3	1,916	- 1,843
Tetanus	45	70	81	0	+ 70
Skin Cancers	46	60	23	252	- 191
Skin Disease	47	57	42	58	- 0
Oral Cancer	48	54	28	183	- 128
Ovary Cancer	49	52	21	273	- 220
Bladder Cancer	50	51	22	256	- 205
Pancreas Cancer	51	47	11	530	- 484
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	41	46	50	- 9
Encephalitis	53	40	66	0	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	54	36	15	419	- 382
Leukemia	55	27	20	274	- 247
Hepatitis B	56	27	59	6	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	57	20	34	126	- 106
Alcohol	58	19	39	64	- 45
Schistosomiasis	59	16	72	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	60	10	60	3	+ 7
Measles	61	10	83	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	62	9	27	218	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	37	83	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	40	59	- 54
Diphtheria	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	3	77	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	52	19	- 16
Upper Respiratory	68	3	64	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	69	3	76	0	+ 3
War	70	2	65	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Mauritania

Ireland

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.