MAURITANIA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,466	1	2,756	+ 710
Malaria	2	2,797	5	1,423	+ 1,374
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,634	3	1,656	+ 977
Low Birth Weight	4	1,571	2	2,014	- 443
Stroke	5	1,432	6	1,307	+ 125
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,352	4	1,636	- 284
Birth Trauma	7	1,319	7	1,204	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	8	977	8	1,158	- 182
Meningitis	9	860	18	357	+ 504
Congenital Anomalies	10	714	10	665	+ 49
Liver Disease	11	676	13	586	+ 91
Other Injuries	12	629	19	343	+ 285
Tuberculosis	13	608	9	717	- 108
Maternal Conditions	14	545	11	639	- 94
Pertussis	15	469	14	574	- 105
Kidney Disease	16	449	15	555	- 106
Diabetes Mellitus	17	432	12	594	- 162
Measles	18	397	61	9	+ 388
Violence	19	369	16	491	- 123
Lung Disease	20	357	23	275	+ 82
Malnutrition	21	357	17	462	- 106
Asthma	22	313	29	170	+ 143
Endocrine Disorders	23	297	27	197	+ 99
Drownings	24	260	35	116	+ 143
Hypertension	25	223	22	286	- 63
Falls	26	213	31	140	+ 73
Suicide	27	202	30	141	+ 61
Fires	28	184	33	123	+ 61
Breast Cancer	29	177	28	189	- 12
HIV/AIDS	30	172	25	231	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	172	38	83	+ 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	141	24	251	- 110
Poisonings	33	127	42	67	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	34	126	36	110	+ 16
Liver Cancer	35	122	21	312	- 189
Epilepsy	36	111	39	75	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	86	37	110	- 24
Cervical Cancer	38	80	20	333	- 253
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	77	52	34	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	40	70	49	43	+ 26
War	41	67	70	2	+ 66
Tetanus	42	61	45	58	+ 4
Lymphomas	43	58	43	65	- 7
Stomach Cancer	44	49	32	132	- 83
Skin Cancers	45	47	46	50	- 3
Hepatitis B	46	46	56	22	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	47	45	41	69	- 24
Leukemia	48	42	55	22	+ 20
Oral Cancer	49	40	48	45	- 5
Schistosomiasis	50	39	59	14	+ 25
Leishmaniasis	51	39	69	2	+ 37
Skin Disease	52	35	47	47	- 13
Bladder Cancer	53	26	50	42	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	54	23	51	39	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	55	22	54	30	- 8
Appendicitis	56	21	60	9	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	57	21	34	118	- 97
Drug Use	58	21	40	71	- 50
Ascariasis	59	20	66	3	+ 18
Alcohol	60	20	58	16	+ 4
Encephalitis	61	18	53	33	- 15
Syphilis	62	18	26	204	- 186
Upper Respiratory	63	15	68	3	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	64	14	57	17	- 3
Diphtheria	65	10	65	3	+ 7
Hepatitis C	66	7	67	3	+ 5
Lung Cancers	67	7	44	60	- 53
Other Neoplasms	68	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	4	63	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	3	64	4	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.