MAURITANIA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	3,758	23	275	+ 3,484
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,736	4	1,636	+ 1,101
Tuberculosis	3	2,299	9	717	+ 1,583
Stroke	4	1,795	6	1,307	+ 488
Liver Disease	5	888	13	586	+ 302
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	867	1	2,756	- 1,888
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	844	3	1,656	- 812
Asthma	8	825	29	170	+ 655
Road Traffic Accidents	9	647	8	1,158	- 511
Kidney Disease	10	596	15	555	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	11	532	2	2,014	- 1,482
Lung Cancers	12	499	44	60	+ 438
Falls	13	462	31	140	+ 322
Diabetes Mellitus	14	407	12	594	- 187
Birth Trauma	15	372	7	1,204	- 832
Suicide	16	358	30	141	+ 217
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	323	52	34	+ 289
Hypertension	18	291	22	286	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	281	24	251	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	20	274	20	333	- 59
Congenital Anomalies	21	271	10	665	- 394
Other Injuries	22	230	19	343	- 113
Drownings	23	209	35	116	+ 93
Oral Cancer	24	193	48	45	+ 148
Stomach Cancer	25	192	32	132	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	162	37	110	+ 53
Breast Cancer	27	144	28	189	- 45
Maternal Conditions	28	136	11	639	- 503
Encephalitis	29	123	53	33	+ 89
Epilepsy	30	122	39	75	+ 47
Malnutrition	31	117	17	462	- 345
Lymphomas	32	107	43	65	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	33	106	41	69	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	34	102	25	231	- 128
Violence	35	98	16	491	- 394
Leukemia	36	93	55	22	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	37	81	49	43	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	38	68	54	30	+ 38
Poisonings	39	66	42	67	- 2
Pertussis	40	63	14	574	- 511
Pancreas Cancer	41	62	51	39	+ 23
Skin Cancers	42	56	46	50	+ 6
Meningitis	43	52	18	357	- 304
Bladder Cancer	44	45	50	42	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	45	36	27	197	- 162
Liver Cancer	46	36	21	312	- 276
Appendicitis	47	31	60	9	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	48	30	36	110	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	27	38	83	- 57
Fires	50	26	33	123	- 98
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	24	64	4	+ 20
Alcohol	52	23	58	16	+ 7
Tetanus	53	19	45	58	- 39
Syphilis	54	19	26	204	- 185
Dengue	55	17	73	0	+ 17
Hepatitis B	56	16	56	22	- 6
Drug Use	57	13	40	71	- 58
Prostate Cancer	58	12	34	118	- 106
Measles	59	8	61	9	- 0
Uterin Cancer	60	8	57	17	- 9
Other Neoplasms	61	7	62	7	- 0
Leishmaniasis	62	5	69	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	63	5	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	4	67	3	+ 1
War	65	3	70	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	3	+ 1
Skin Disease	67	2	47	47	- 45
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	1	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Malaria	72	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	73	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.