TRINIDAD/TOB. VS MAURITIUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITIUS		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	2,014	2	1,275	+ 739
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,940	1	1,476	+ 465
Stroke	3	1,059	3	822	+ 237
Kidney Disease	4	779	5	439	+ 339
Lung Disease	5	695	16	129	+ 566
Hypertension	6	636	11	201	+ 435
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	372	10	205	+ 167
Breast Cancer	8	250	7	258	- 9
Lung Cancers	9	196	8	217	- 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	196	13	196	+ 0
Road Traffic Accidents	11	167	15	130	+ 37
Liver Disease	12	156	14	136	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	13	152	12	196	- 44
Suicide	14	129	17	121	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	15	124	6	330	- 206
Inflammatory/Heart	16	116	25	72	+ 44
Asthma	17	115	35	40	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	18	112	26	69	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	19	108	18	119	- 11
Other Neoplasms	20	83	51	10	+ 72
Other Injuries	21	71	30	61	+ 10
Skin Disease	22	69	36	39	+ 30
Oral Cancer	23	68	38	31	+ 37
Lymphomas	24	61	20	111	- 50
Congenital Anomalies	25	61	22	93	- 32
Falls	26	61	33	43	+ 18
Liver Cancer	27	60	28	66	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	28	59	19	114	- 55
Alcohol	29	57	42	23	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	30	53	21	97	- 44
Leukemia	31	52	29	62	- 10
Ovary Cancer	32	49	24	80	- 31
Drownings	33	46	39	31	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	45	9	215	- 170
Low Birth Weight	35	40	23	83	- 43
Birth Trauma	36	39	40	25	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	37	38	41	24	+ 14
Epilepsy	38	38	37	32	+ 5
Anemia	39	36	85	0	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	40	34	27	68	- 34
Violence	41	32	4	549	- 517
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	24	45	18	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	24	31	52	- 28
Bladder Cancer	44	22	34	41	- 18
Tuberculosis	45	19	43	22	- 3
Drug Use	46	17	44	19	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	13	32	51	- 39
Maternal Conditions	48	12	50	10	+ 1
Poisonings	49	11	59	1	+ 10
Fires	50	11	48	16	- 5
Hepatitis C	51	10	62	0	+ 9
Schizophrenia	52	5	86	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	53	5	57	4	+ 1
Malnutrition	54	4	47	17	- 12
Oral conditions	55	4	80	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	3	49	11	- 8
Meningitis	57	2	52	9	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	82	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	1	56	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	53	8	- 7
Encephalitis	61	1	54	6	- 5
War	62	0	46	17	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	60	0	- 0
Pertussis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	61	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	55	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	76	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	80	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	84	0	58	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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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.