LEBANON VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,415	10	931	+ 2,484
Low Birth Weight	2	2,496	28	190	+ 2,306
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,053	40	81	+ 1,972
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,027	1	13,328	- 11,301
Malaria	5	1,763	78	0	+ 1,763
Stroke	6	1,620	2	1,795	- 175
Birth Trauma	7	1,493	42	67	+ 1,426
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,436	7	1,127	+ 309
Tuberculosis	9	888	41	70	+ 818
Congenital Anomalies	10	824	20	298	+ 527
Maternal Conditions	11	792	50	30	+ 761
Diabetes Mellitus	12	737	9	934	- 197
Liver Disease	13	726	14	663	+ 63
Pertussis	14	712	57	16	+ 696
Kidney Disease	15	688	5	1,243	- 555
Violence	16	609	22	285	+ 324
Malnutrition	17	573	60	11	+ 562
Meningitis	18	442	49	35	+ 407
Other Injuries	19	425	30	168	+ 258
Cervical Cancer	20	413	35	135	+ 278
Liver Cancer	21	386	27	217	+ 169
Hypertension	22	354	4	1,426	- 1,071
Lung Disease	23	341	11	889	- 549
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	312	6	1,213	- 902
HIV/AIDS	25	286	45	51	+ 235
Syphilis	26	253	63	5	+ 248
Endocrine Disorders	27	245	34	145	+ 100
Breast Cancer	28	234	8	987	- 752
Asthma	29	210	19	298	- 87
Suicide	30	175	29	190	- 15
Falls	31	174	33	148	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	32	164	16	479	- 315
Fires	33	153	39	99	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	34	146	17	442	- 296
Drownings	35	144	43	62	+ 83
Inflammatory/Heart	36	136	32	153	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	136	12	841	- 706
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	103	37	114	- 11
Epilepsy	39	92	46	49	+ 43
Drug Use	40	88	23	281	- 192
Parkinson's Disease	41	85	25	226	- 141
Poisonings	42	84	48	39	+ 45
Lymphomas	43	80	15	646	- 565
Lung Cancers	44	75	3	1,498	- 1,424
Tetanus	45	71	52	23	+ 48
Skin Cancers	46	62	21	296	- 235
Skin Disease	47	59	53	19	+ 40
Oral Cancer	48	56	31	162	- 106
Ovary Cancer	49	54	26	224	- 170
Bladder Cancer	50	53	13	704	- 651
Pancreas Cancer	51	48	24	273	- 225
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	42	47	47	- 6
Encephalitis	53	41	56	16	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	54	37	44	52	- 15
Leukemia	55	28	18	334	- 306
Hepatitis B	56	27	36	123	- 95
Uterin Cancer	57	21	38	99	- 78
Alcohol	58	20	54	18	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	17	65	2	+ 15
Appendicitis	60	11	61	11	- 0
Measles	61	11	59	12	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	9	58	14	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	55	16	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	62	5	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	4	68	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	3	70	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	64	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	3	67	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	69	3	66	0	+ 3
War	70	2	51	25	- 23
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Mauritania

Lebanon

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.