MAURITANIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,397	4	1,636	+ 6,761
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,333	12	594	+ 4,739
Stroke	3	5,176	6	1,307	+ 3,869
Kidney Disease	4	2,444	15	555	+ 1,889
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,250	1	2,756	- 506
Lung Disease	6	1,791	23	275	+ 1,517
Suicide	7	1,395	30	141	+ 1,254
Hypertension	8	1,178	22	286	+ 892
Liver Disease	9	1,030	13	586	+ 445
Lung Cancers	10	997	44	60	+ 936
Drownings	11	748	35	116	+ 632
Breast Cancer	12	738	28	189	+ 549
Asthma	13	691	29	170	+ 521
Low Birth Weight	14	650	2	2,014	- 1,364
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	596	52	34	+ 563
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	583	3	1,656	- 1,073
Other Injuries	17	578	19	343	+ 235
Congenital Anomalies	18	577	10	665	- 88
Tuberculosis	19	544	9	717	- 173
Stomach Cancer	20	510	32	132	+ 378
Birth Trauma	21	470	7	1,204	- 734
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	366	37	110	+ 257
Cervical Cancer	23	362	20	333	+ 29
Liver Cancer	24	355	21	312	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	288	38	83	+ 204
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	283	24	251	+ 32
Falls	27	267	31	140	+ 127
Inflammatory/Heart	28	262	36	110	+ 152
Prostate Cancer	29	239	34	118	+ 121
Endocrine Disorders	30	231	27	197	+ 33
Violence	31	229	16	491	- 262
Leukemia	32	218	55	22	+ 196
Parkinson's Disease	33	203	41	69	+ 134
Maternal Conditions	34	159	11	639	- 479
Pancreas Cancer	35	158	51	39	+ 119
Lymphomas	36	156	43	65	+ 92
Pertussis	37	153	14	574	- 421
Oral Cancer	38	147	48	45	+ 102
Meningitis	39	139	18	357	- 218
Syphilis	40	131	26	204	- 73
Uterin Cancer	41	124	57	17	+ 108
Skin Disease	42	119	47	47	+ 72
Epilepsy	43	119	39	75	+ 44
Malnutrition	44	115	17	462	- 347
Ovary Cancer	45	100	49	43	+ 57
Alcohol	46	99	58	16	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	47	95	54	30	+ 65
Fires	48	87	33	123	- 36
Bladder Cancer	49	68	50	42	+ 25
Poisonings	50	44	42	67	- 23
Skin Cancers	51	39	46	50	- 10
Drug Use	52	27	40	71	- 44
Encephalitis	53	26	53	33	- 7
Appendicitis	54	19	60	9	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	55	16	62	7	+ 9
Measles	56	15	61	9	+ 6
Hepatitis B	57	13	56	22	- 9
Road Traffic Accidents	58	8	8	1,158	- 1,151
Tetanus	59	7	45	58	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	64	4	+ 2
Dengue	61	6	73	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	63	5	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	2	67	3	- 1
Diphtheria	64	2	65	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	1	66	3	- 1
War	66	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	25	231	- 231
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Micronesia

Mauritania

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.