OMAN VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,484	4	701	+ 1,783
Low Birth Weight	2	1,816	15	207	+ 1,609
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,493	28	78	+ 1,415
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,475	1	5,287	- 3,813
Malaria	5	1,283	74	0	+ 1,283
Stroke	6	1,178	2	1,648	- 470
Birth Trauma	7	1,086	29	77	+ 1,009
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,044	5	527	+ 517
Tuberculosis	9	646	48	18	+ 628
Congenital Anomalies	10	600	7	386	+ 214
Maternal Conditions	11	576	46	22	+ 554
Diabetes Mellitus	12	536	3	1,029	- 493
Liver Disease	13	528	6	406	+ 122
Pertussis	14	518	51	13	+ 505
Kidney Disease	15	500	11	312	+ 188
Violence	16	443	39	34	+ 409
Malnutrition	17	417	60	2	+ 415
Meningitis	18	322	47	21	+ 301
Other Injuries	19	309	20	130	+ 180
Cervical Cancer	20	300	34	42	+ 258
Liver Cancer	21	281	24	116	+ 165
Hypertension	22	258	8	360	- 102
Lung Disease	23	248	9	325	- 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	227	10	323	- 97
HIV/AIDS	25	208	41	31	+ 177
Syphilis	26	184	61	2	+ 182
Endocrine Disorders	27	178	32	53	+ 125
Breast Cancer	28	170	18	141	+ 29
Asthma	29	153	55	11	+ 142
Suicide	30	127	13	241	- 114
Falls	31	126	12	292	- 166
Stomach Cancer	32	119	17	185	- 66
Fires	33	111	36	38	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	34	107	37	37	+ 70
Drownings	35	105	14	211	- 106
Inflammatory/Heart	36	99	21	127	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	99	16	205	- 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	75	38	36	+ 39
Epilepsy	39	67	44	22	+ 45
Drug Use	40	64	42	29	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	41	62	26	110	- 47
Poisonings	42	61	33	47	+ 14
Lymphomas	43	58	19	138	- 79
Lung Cancers	44	54	25	113	- 58
Tetanus	45	52	63	1	+ 51
Skin Cancers	46	45	45	22	+ 23
Skin Disease	47	43	27	92	- 49
Oral Cancer	48	40	31	70	- 30
Ovary Cancer	49	39	43	26	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	50	38	35	41	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	51	35	30	77	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	30	53	12	+ 19
Encephalitis	53	30	23	126	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	54	27	40	32	- 5
Leukemia	55	20	22	127	- 107
Hepatitis B	56	20	64	0	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	57	15	54	11	+ 4
Alcohol	58	14	50	13	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	12	59	2	+ 10
Appendicitis	60	8	57	5	+ 3
Measles	61	8	76	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	62	6	56	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	52	12	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	62	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	65	3	68	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	67	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	69	2	66	0	+ 2
War	70	1	58	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

Mauritania

Oman

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.