MAURITANIA VS NETHERLANDS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NETHERLANDS		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	4,420	24	251	+ 4,168
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,286	4	1,636	+ 2,651
Lung Cancers	3	2,674	44	60	+ 2,613
Stroke	4	2,364	6	1,307	+ 1,057
Lung Disease	5	2,330	23	275	+ 2,055
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,420	37	110	+ 1,310
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,205	1	2,756	- 1,551
Falls	8	1,006	31	140	+ 866
Breast Cancer	9	861	28	189	+ 672
Prostate Cancer	10	795	34	118	+ 677
Pancreas Cancer	11	729	51	39	+ 691
Kidney Disease	12	616	15	555	+ 61
Lymphomas	13	612	43	65	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	14	581	12	594	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	15	522	54	30	+ 493
Parkinson's Disease	16	516	41	69	+ 447
Suicide	17	493	30	141	+ 352
Other Neoplasms	18	446	62	7	+ 439
Other Injuries	19	401	19	343	+ 58
Leukemia	20	384	55	22	+ 362
Bladder Cancer	21	358	50	42	+ 316
Stomach Cancer	22	331	32	132	+ 199
Inflammatory/Heart	23	292	36	110	+ 183
Liver Cancer	24	283	21	312	- 28
Ovary Cancer	25	260	49	43	+ 216
Endocrine Disorders	26	257	27	197	+ 59
Skin Cancers	27	249	46	50	+ 200
Liver Disease	28	228	13	586	- 358
Hypertension	29	199	22	286	- 87
Oral Cancer	30	187	48	45	+ 142
Road Traffic Accidents	31	166	8	1,158	- 993
Alcohol	32	149	58	16	+ 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	142	3	1,656	- 1,514
Uterin Cancer	34	138	57	17	+ 121
Congenital Anomalies	35	132	10	665	- 533
Skin Disease	36	72	47	47	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	37	72	63	5	+ 66
Epilepsy	38	70	39	75	- 4
Cervical Cancer	39	65	20	333	- 268
Anemia	40	61	84	0	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	58	52	34	+ 24
Drug Use	42	56	40	71	- 15
Osteoarthritis	43	54	81	0	+ 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	52	64	4	+ 48
Low Birth Weight	45	41	2	2,014	- 1,973
Asthma	46	40	29	170	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	32	38	83	- 52
Violence	48	26	16	491	- 465
Drownings	49	24	35	116	- 92
Schizophrenia	50	23	86	0	+ 23
Meningitis	51	19	18	357	- 338
Birth Trauma	52	18	7	1,204	- 1,187
Fires	53	12	33	123	- 111
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	10	80	0	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	55	8	25	231	- 223
Tuberculosis	56	7	9	717	- 710
Upper Respiratory	57	7	68	3	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	6	60	9	- 2
Oral conditions	59	5	82	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	60	5	67	3	+ 2
Poisonings	61	4	42	67	- 63
Hepatitis B	62	3	56	22	- 19
Malnutrition	63	3	17	462	- 460
Otitis Media	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	65	2	11	639	- 637
War	66	0	70	2	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	14	574	- 574
Encephalitis	68	0	53	33	- 33
Syphilis	69	0	26	204	- 204
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	72	0	45	58	- 58
Measles	73	0	61	9	- 9
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Netherlands

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.