JAMAICA VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,798	15	393	+ 1,405
Low Birth Weight	2	1,314	18	241	+ 1,073
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,081	42	35	+ 1,046
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,067	3	1,726	- 659
Malaria	5	928	72	0	+ 928
Stroke	6	853	1	2,415	- 1,562
Birth Trauma	7	786	37	65	+ 721
Road Traffic Accidents	8	756	12	444	+ 312
Tuberculosis	9	467	54	8	+ 460
Congenital Anomalies	10	434	23	139	+ 295
Maternal Conditions	11	417	43	35	+ 382
Diabetes Mellitus	12	388	2	2,077	- 1,689
Liver Disease	13	382	21	155	+ 227
Pertussis	14	375	67	0	+ 375
Kidney Disease	15	362	6	793	- 431
Violence	16	321	4	1,484	- 1,164
Malnutrition	17	302	40	48	+ 254
Meningitis	18	233	47	16	+ 217
Other Injuries	19	224	31	91	+ 133
Cervical Cancer	20	217	16	358	- 141
Liver Cancer	21	203	29	101	+ 102
Hypertension	22	187	8	651	- 464
Lung Disease	23	179	11	452	- 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	164	9	587	- 423
HIV/AIDS	25	150	7	757	- 607
Syphilis	26	133	60	1	+ 132
Endocrine Disorders	27	129	20	176	- 48
Breast Cancer	28	123	14	413	- 290
Asthma	29	111	36	65	+ 46
Suicide	30	92	35	70	+ 22
Falls	31	91	33	82	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	32	86	19	231	- 144
Fires	33	80	46	16	+ 65
Prostate Cancer	34	77	5	883	- 806
Drownings	35	76	51	10	+ 66
Inflammatory/Heart	36	72	24	133	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	71	13	436	- 365
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	54	32	82	- 28
Epilepsy	39	49	41	46	+ 3
Drug Use	40	46	48	13	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	41	45	25	132	- 87
Poisonings	42	44	57	2	+ 42
Lymphomas	43	42	17	251	- 209
Lung Cancers	44	39	10	472	- 433
Tetanus	45	38	63	0	+ 37
Skin Cancers	46	32	52	10	+ 22
Skin Disease	47	31	22	145	- 114
Oral Cancer	48	29	39	59	- 29
Ovary Cancer	49	28	30	97	- 69
Bladder Cancer	50	28	38	60	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	51	25	27	119	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	22	44	27	- 5
Encephalitis	53	22	49	13	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	54	20	34	74	- 54
Leukemia	55	15	26	129	- 114
Hepatitis B	56	14	59	1	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	57	11	28	106	- 95
Alcohol	58	10	55	7	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	9	74	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	6	53	9	- 3
Measles	61	6	77	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	62	5	45	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	56	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	50	11	- 8
Diphtheria	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	2	64	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	65	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	69	2	71	0	+ 2
War	70	1	61	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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.