SWAZILAND VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	725	2	921	- 196
Low Birth Weight	2	530	14	233	+ 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	436	6	517	- 82
Coronary Heart Disease	4	430	5	755	- 325
Malaria	5	374	67	0	+ 374
Stroke	6	344	4	800	- 457
Birth Trauma	7	317	18	166	+ 150
Road Traffic Accidents	8	305	7	384	- 80
Tuberculosis	9	188	13	256	- 67
Congenital Anomalies	10	175	19	160	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	11	168	21	116	+ 52
Diabetes Mellitus	12	156	3	892	- 736
Liver Disease	13	154	11	274	- 120
Pertussis	14	151	33	39	+ 112
Kidney Disease	15	146	8	381	- 235
Violence	16	129	16	212	- 83
Malnutrition	17	122	22	106	+ 16
Meningitis	18	94	23	97	- 4
Other Injuries	19	90	17	190	- 100
Cervical Cancer	20	88	15	215	- 127
Liver Cancer	21	82	37	29	+ 53
Hypertension	22	75	10	292	- 217
Lung Disease	23	72	12	264	- 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	66	27	77	- 10
HIV/AIDS	25	61	1	2,314	- 2,253
Syphilis	26	54	45	17	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	27	52	28	74	- 22
Breast Cancer	28	50	35	37	+ 13
Asthma	29	45	20	150	- 105
Suicide	30	37	9	338	- 300
Falls	31	37	32	41	- 4
Stomach Cancer	32	35	53	7	+ 28
Fires	33	32	26	84	- 51
Prostate Cancer	34	31	31	45	- 14
Drownings	35	31	25	87	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	36	29	24	94	- 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	29	43	19	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	22	29	51	- 29
Epilepsy	39	20	30	46	- 26
Drug Use	40	19	38	27	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	41	18	41	24	- 6
Poisonings	42	18	34	37	- 20
Lymphomas	43	17	36	31	- 14
Lung Cancers	44	16	46	17	- 1
Tetanus	45	15	62	4	+ 11
Skin Cancers	46	13	42	20	- 7
Skin Disease	47	12	40	25	- 13
Oral Cancer	48	12	51	10	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	49	11	52	10	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	50	11	55	6	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	51	10	56	6	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	9	39	26	- 17
Encephalitis	53	9	59	5	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	54	8	44	18	- 11
Leukemia	55	6	47	16	- 10
Hepatitis B	56	6	57	6	- 0
Uterin Cancer	57	4	50	11	- 7
Alcohol	58	4	48	16	- 12
Schistosomiasis	59	4	49	13	- 9
Appendicitis	60	2	54	7	- 4
Measles	61	2	64	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	2	61	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	63	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	5	- 4
Diphtheria	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	60	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Mauritania

Swaziland

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.