MAURITIUS VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,542	2	1,805	+ 738
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,615	1	1,873	- 258
Stroke	3	1,567	3	985	+ 582
Kidney Disease	4	740	4	724	+ 16
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	681	7	346	+ 335
Lung Disease	6	542	5	646	- 104
Suicide	7	423	14	120	+ 302
Hypertension	8	357	6	592	- 235
Liver Disease	9	312	12	145	+ 167
Lung Cancers	10	302	9	182	+ 119
Drownings	11	227	33	43	+ 184
Breast Cancer	12	223	8	232	- 9
Asthma	13	209	17	107	+ 102
Low Birth Weight	14	197	35	37	+ 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	181	56	3	+ 177
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	177	42	23	+ 154
Other Injuries	17	175	21	66	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	18	175	25	57	+ 118
Tuberculosis	19	165	45	17	+ 147
Stomach Cancer	20	154	18	104	+ 50
Birth Trauma	21	142	36	37	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	111	10	182	- 71
Cervical Cancer	23	110	30	49	+ 60
Liver Cancer	24	107	27	56	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	87	43	22	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	86	34	42	+ 44
Falls	27	81	26	57	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	28	79	16	108	- 29
Prostate Cancer	29	72	15	115	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	30	70	19	101	- 31
Violence	31	69	41	30	+ 40
Leukemia	32	66	31	48	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	33	61	47	12	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	34	48	48	11	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	35	48	28	55	- 7
Lymphomas	36	47	24	57	- 9
Pertussis	37	46	66	0	+ 46
Oral Cancer	38	44	23	63	- 19
Meningitis	39	42	57	2	+ 40
Syphilis	40	40	67	0	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	41	38	40	32	+ 6
Skin Disease	42	36	22	64	- 28
Epilepsy	43	36	38	35	+ 1
Malnutrition	44	35	54	4	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	45	30	32	46	- 15
Alcohol	46	30	29	53	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	47	29	37	35	- 7
Fires	48	26	50	10	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	49	21	44	21	- 0
Poisonings	50	13	49	11	+ 3
Skin Cancers	51	12	53	5	+ 7
Drug Use	52	8	46	16	- 8
Encephalitis	53	8	61	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	54	6	59	1	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	55	5	20	77	- 72
Measles	56	5	77	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	57	4	65	0	+ 4
Road Traffic Accidents	58	2	11	155	- 153
Tetanus	59	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	60	1	+ 1
Dengue	61	2	68	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	0	51	9	- 8
Diphtheria	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	64	0	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	13	141	- 141
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Micronesia

Mauritius

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.