MAURITANIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,521	25	231	+ 4,290
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,261	1	2,756	- 495
Tuberculosis	3	2,186	9	717	+ 1,470
Stroke	4	2,058	6	1,307	+ 751
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,884	4	1,636	+ 249
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,340	8	1,158	+ 182
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,118	12	594	+ 524
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	995	3	1,656	- 661
Low Birth Weight	9	796	2	2,014	- 1,218
Lung Disease	10	712	23	275	+ 437
Violence	11	694	16	491	+ 203
Hypertension	12	661	22	286	+ 375
Birth Trauma	13	532	7	1,204	- 673
Liver Disease	14	518	13	586	- 68
Kidney Disease	15	496	15	555	- 58
Congenital Anomalies	16	437	10	665	- 228
Suicide	17	375	30	141	+ 234
Malnutrition	18	345	17	462	- 117
Other Injuries	19	319	19	343	- 24
Asthma	20	310	29	170	+ 140
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	271	24	251	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	22	250	36	110	+ 140
Cervical Cancer	23	205	20	333	- 128
Breast Cancer	24	187	28	189	- 2
Maternal Conditions	25	170	11	639	- 469
Drownings	26	169	35	116	+ 53
Meningitis	27	168	18	357	- 189
Fires	28	168	33	123	+ 45
Skin Cancers	29	166	46	50	+ 117
Oral Cancer	30	154	48	45	+ 109
Prostate Cancer	31	146	34	118	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	117	38	83	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	33	113	27	197	- 85
Falls	34	96	31	140	- 44
Lung Cancers	35	91	44	60	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	84	37	110	- 26
Pertussis	37	84	14	574	- 491
Epilepsy	38	76	39	75	+ 1
Poisonings	39	72	42	67	+ 4
Lymphomas	40	71	43	65	+ 6
Liver Cancer	41	69	21	312	- 242
Parkinson's Disease	42	67	41	69	- 2
Syphilis	43	54	26	204	- 150
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	51	52	34	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	45	50	32	132	- 82
Drug Use	46	49	40	71	- 22
Skin Disease	47	48	47	47	+ 0
Alcohol	48	43	58	16	+ 27
Leukemia	49	37	55	22	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	50	36	49	43	- 7
Malaria	51	33	5	1,423	- 1,389
Oesophagus Cancer	52	32	54	30	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	27	51	39	- 12
Bladder Cancer	54	24	50	42	- 18
Schistosomiasis	55	21	59	14	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	18	57	17	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	15	64	4	+ 10
Appendicitis	58	14	60	9	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	12	53	33	- 21
Other Neoplasms	60	12	62	7	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	61	10	68	3	+ 7
Tetanus	62	9	45	58	- 48
Hepatitis B	63	7	56	22	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	63	5	- 2
Measles	65	3	61	9	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	3	- 2
War	67	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	2	- 2
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Namibia

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.