PANAMA VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,846	7	697	+ 2,149
Low Birth Weight	2	2,080	22	238	+ 1,842
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,711	28	163	+ 1,548
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,689	1	2,624	- 935
Malaria	5	1,469	81	0	+ 1,469
Stroke	6	1,350	2	2,006	- 656
Birth Trauma	7	1,244	36	94	+ 1,150
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,197	9	591	+ 605
Tuberculosis	9	740	23	223	+ 517
Congenital Anomalies	10	687	13	378	+ 309
Maternal Conditions	11	660	48	32	+ 627
Diabetes Mellitus	12	614	4	1,070	- 456
Liver Disease	13	605	15	325	+ 279
Pertussis	14	593	74	0	+ 593
Kidney Disease	15	573	3	1,106	- 533
Violence	16	508	6	730	- 222
Malnutrition	17	478	31	122	+ 355
Meningitis	18	369	52	27	+ 342
Other Injuries	19	355	35	100	+ 255
Cervical Cancer	20	344	26	185	+ 160
Liver Cancer	21	322	27	182	+ 140
Hypertension	22	295	10	510	- 215
Lung Disease	23	284	5	815	- 531
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	260	17	296	- 37
HIV/AIDS	25	238	8	653	- 415
Syphilis	26	210	65	1	+ 209
Endocrine Disorders	27	204	18	279	- 75
Breast Cancer	28	195	19	279	- 83
Asthma	29	175	43	56	+ 119
Suicide	30	146	32	121	+ 24
Falls	31	145	37	92	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	32	137	11	397	- 260
Fires	33	127	57	11	+ 116
Prostate Cancer	34	122	12	390	- 268
Drownings	35	120	34	103	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	36	114	20	270	- 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	113	14	352	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	86	50	30	+ 56
Epilepsy	39	77	39	66	+ 10
Drug Use	40	73	47	33	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	41	71	33	115	- 43
Poisonings	42	70	61	4	+ 66
Lymphomas	43	67	24	205	- 138
Lung Cancers	44	62	16	303	- 241
Tetanus	45	60	69	0	+ 59
Skin Cancers	46	51	44	56	- 4
Skin Disease	47	49	30	127	- 78
Oral Cancer	48	46	38	78	- 32
Ovary Cancer	49	45	41	64	- 19
Bladder Cancer	50	44	46	33	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	51	40	29	135	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	35	53	25	+ 10
Encephalitis	53	34	63	3	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	54	31	45	52	- 21
Leukemia	55	23	25	189	- 166
Hepatitis B	56	23	59	7	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	57	17	40	66	- 48
Alcohol	58	16	49	30	- 14
Schistosomiasis	59	14	80	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	60	9	56	11	- 2
Measles	61	9	79	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	62	7	21	256	- 249
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	62	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	55	14	- 9
Diphtheria	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	3	75	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	66	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	3	54	14	- 11
Leishmaniasis	69	2	70	0	+ 2
War	70	2	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Mauritania

Panama

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.