MAURITANIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,945	4	1,636	+ 1,309
Stroke	2	2,195	6	1,307	+ 888
Lung Disease	3	1,955	23	275	+ 1,680
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,953	12	594	+ 1,359
Tuberculosis	5	1,710	9	717	+ 993
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,118	1	2,756	- 1,638
Malaria	7	1,054	5	1,423	- 369
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	989	3	1,656	- 668
Asthma	9	794	29	170	+ 624
Low Birth Weight	10	716	2	2,014	- 1,298
Birth Trauma	11	648	7	1,204	- 557
Road Traffic Accidents	12	476	8	1,158	- 682
Hypertension	13	472	22	286	+ 186
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	462	52	34	+ 428
Violence	15	417	16	491	- 74
Congenital Anomalies	16	410	10	665	- 256
Breast Cancer	17	329	28	189	+ 140
Kidney Disease	18	296	15	555	- 259
Cervical Cancer	19	286	20	333	- 47
Other Injuries	20	279	19	343	- 65
Liver Cancer	21	277	21	312	- 34
Liver Disease	22	269	13	586	- 317
Lung Cancers	23	268	44	60	+ 208
HIV/AIDS	24	263	25	231	+ 33
Oral Cancer	25	250	48	45	+ 205
Falls	26	216	31	140	+ 76
Fires	27	210	33	123	+ 87
Stomach Cancer	28	193	32	132	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	192	37	110	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	30	181	11	639	- 458
Skin Cancers	31	179	46	50	+ 130
Lymphomas	32	152	43	65	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	148	24	251	- 104
Meningitis	34	140	18	357	- 217
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	130	38	83	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	36	123	34	118	+ 5
Suicide	37	111	30	141	- 30
Leukemia	38	109	55	22	+ 87
Pertussis	39	107	14	574	- 468
Drownings	40	103	35	116	- 13
Measles	41	102	61	9	+ 94
Syphilis	42	101	26	204	- 103
Inflammatory/Heart	43	99	36	110	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	44	86	54	30	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	45	79	41	69	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	46	77	49	43	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	47	66	27	197	- 131
Malnutrition	48	58	17	462	- 405
Skin Disease	49	54	47	47	+ 7
Poisonings	50	52	42	67	- 15
Epilepsy	51	48	39	75	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	52	46	51	39	+ 7
Alcohol	53	40	58	16	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	54	36	50	42	- 7
Uterin Cancer	55	35	57	17	+ 18
Tetanus	56	21	45	58	- 37
Encephalitis	57	13	53	33	- 20
Hepatitis B	58	12	56	22	- 11
Appendicitis	59	9	60	9	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	60	7	62	7	- 1
Drug Use	61	5	40	71	- 66
Hepatitis C	62	3	67	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	3	66	3	+ 0
Dengue	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	64	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	63	5	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	65	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	68	3	- 2
War	69	0	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	59	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

New Guinea

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.