KUWAIT VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,998	4	340	+ 1,658
Low Birth Weight	2	1,460	13	158	+ 1,303
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,201	49	6	+ 1,195
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,186	1	2,325	- 1,139
Malaria	5	1,032	78	0	+ 1,032
Stroke	6	948	3	599	+ 348
Birth Trauma	7	873	47	7	+ 866
Road Traffic Accidents	8	840	2	649	+ 191
Tuberculosis	9	520	34	31	+ 489
Congenital Anomalies	10	482	9	202	+ 280
Maternal Conditions	11	463	54	4	+ 460
Diabetes Mellitus	12	431	6	242	+ 189
Liver Disease	13	425	11	192	+ 233
Pertussis	14	416	63	0	+ 416
Kidney Disease	15	402	8	204	+ 198
Violence	16	356	23	75	+ 282
Malnutrition	17	335	60	0	+ 335
Meningitis	18	259	45	9	+ 250
Other Injuries	19	249	22	83	+ 166
Cervical Cancer	20	242	33	32	+ 210
Liver Cancer	21	226	16	129	+ 97
Hypertension	22	207	5	256	- 49
Lung Disease	23	199	21	84	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	182	14	139	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	25	167	48	7	+ 160
Syphilis	26	148	64	0	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	27	143	28	44	+ 100
Breast Cancer	28	137	7	230	- 93
Asthma	29	123	40	21	+ 102
Suicide	30	102	18	122	- 20
Falls	31	102	19	102	- 1
Stomach Cancer	32	96	25	72	+ 24
Fires	33	89	38	28	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	34	86	26	58	+ 27
Drownings	35	84	41	19	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	36	80	31	36	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	79	10	198	- 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	60	43	14	+ 47
Epilepsy	39	54	39	22	+ 32
Drug Use	40	52	30	38	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	41	50	36	29	+ 21
Poisonings	42	49	42	16	+ 33
Lymphomas	43	47	15	132	- 85
Lung Cancers	44	44	12	161	- 118
Tetanus	45	42	66	0	+ 42
Skin Cancers	46	36	37	28	+ 8
Skin Disease	47	34	53	4	+ 31
Oral Cancer	48	33	24	74	- 41
Ovary Cancer	49	31	29	41	- 10
Bladder Cancer	50	31	27	52	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	51	28	20	89	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	24	46	8	+ 16
Encephalitis	53	24	52	4	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	54	22	32	35	- 14
Leukemia	55	16	17	123	- 107
Hepatitis B	56	16	58	1	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	57	12	35	31	- 18
Alcohol	58	12	44	12	- 0
Schistosomiasis	59	10	77	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	6	55	1	+ 5
Measles	61	6	61	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	62	5	51	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	50	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	56	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	2	59	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	62	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	69	2	76	0	+ 2
War	70	1	57	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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 KUWAIT

Mauritania

Kuwait

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.