NEW ZEALAND VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,286	7	920	+ 2,366
Low Birth Weight	2	2,402	38	78	+ 2,323
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,975	37	81	+ 1,894
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,951	1	5,095	- 3,145
Malaria	5	1,696	78	0	+ 1,696
Stroke	6	1,558	3	2,378	- 820
Birth Trauma	7	1,436	54	15	+ 1,422
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,381	16	458	+ 923
Tuberculosis	9	854	52	17	+ 837
Congenital Anomalies	10	793	30	176	+ 618
Maternal Conditions	11	762	63	5	+ 757
Diabetes Mellitus	12	709	8	769	- 60
Liver Disease	13	698	32	158	+ 541
Pertussis	14	685	65	1	+ 684
Kidney Disease	15	662	17	432	+ 230
Violence	16	586	42	57	+ 529
Malnutrition	17	551	55	14	+ 537
Meningitis	18	426	59	9	+ 417
Other Injuries	19	409	28	218	+ 191
Cervical Cancer	20	397	41	61	+ 337
Liver Cancer	21	372	24	288	+ 84
Hypertension	22	341	20	327	+ 14
Lung Disease	23	328	5	1,815	- 1,487
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	300	2	3,032	- 2,732
HIV/AIDS	25	275	57	10	+ 265
Syphilis	26	243	70	0	+ 243
Endocrine Disorders	27	235	21	325	- 89
Breast Cancer	28	225	10	737	- 511
Asthma	29	202	36	91	+ 112
Suicide	30	168	15	528	- 360
Falls	31	167	11	627	- 460
Stomach Cancer	32	158	22	323	- 165
Fires	33	147	53	17	+ 130
Prostate Cancer	34	141	9	739	- 598
Drownings	35	139	44	54	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	36	131	23	313	- 182
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	131	6	1,495	- 1,364
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	99	39	70	+ 29
Epilepsy	39	89	43	55	+ 34
Drug Use	40	85	40	69	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	41	82	19	353	- 271
Poisonings	42	80	58	9	+ 71
Lymphomas	43	77	13	608	- 531
Lung Cancers	44	72	4	1,873	- 1,801
Tetanus	45	69	69	0	+ 68
Skin Cancers	46	59	12	612	- 552
Skin Disease	47	57	34	118	- 61
Oral Cancer	48	53	31	164	- 110
Ovary Cancer	49	52	29	207	- 155
Bladder Cancer	50	51	26	267	- 216
Pancreas Cancer	51	46	14	543	- 497
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	40	35	113	- 73
Encephalitis	53	40	66	1	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	54	36	25	279	- 243
Leukemia	55	27	18	391	- 364
Hepatitis B	56	26	56	14	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	57	20	33	145	- 124
Alcohol	58	19	45	51	- 32
Schistosomiasis	59	16	77	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	60	10	62	6	+ 5
Measles	61	10	82	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	62	9	27	245	- 236
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	47	43	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	46	47	- 42
Diphtheria	65	4	83	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	3	76	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	48	30	- 26
Upper Respiratory	68	3	64	4	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	3	80	0	+ 3
War	70	2	68	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Mauritania

New Zealand

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.