MAURITANIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,789	1	2,756	+ 1,034
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,646	3	1,656	+ 989
Tuberculosis	3	2,328	9	717	+ 1,611
Malaria	4	1,846	5	1,423	+ 423
Birth Trauma	5	1,832	7	1,204	+ 627
Low Birth Weight	6	1,754	2	2,014	- 260
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,122	4	1,636	- 514
Stroke	8	1,056	6	1,307	- 251
Congenital Anomalies	9	909	10	665	+ 243
HIV/AIDS	10	807	25	231	+ 576
Meningitis	11	798	18	357	+ 441
Road Traffic Accidents	12	762	8	1,158	- 396
Liver Disease	13	701	13	586	+ 115
Measles	14	538	61	9	+ 530
Maternal Conditions	15	430	11	639	- 208
Pertussis	16	426	14	574	- 149
Other Injuries	17	415	19	343	+ 72
Diabetes Mellitus	18	411	12	594	- 183
Violence	19	337	16	491	- 155
Kidney Disease	20	333	15	555	- 222
Endocrine Disorders	21	289	27	197	+ 91
Lung Disease	22	230	23	275	- 45
Breast Cancer	23	217	28	189	+ 28
Hypertension	24	195	22	286	- 91
Cervical Cancer	25	193	20	333	- 140
Tetanus	26	153	45	58	+ 95
Asthma	27	150	29	170	- 20
Falls	28	138	31	140	- 2
Fires	29	130	33	123	+ 7
Suicide	30	128	30	141	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	124	24	251	- 127
Drownings	32	120	35	116	+ 4
Poisonings	33	120	42	67	+ 53
Drug Use	34	115	40	71	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	35	108	34	118	- 10
Malnutrition	36	108	17	462	- 355
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	107	38	83	+ 23
Syphilis	38	100	26	204	- 104
Liver Cancer	39	97	21	312	- 215
Lymphomas	40	95	43	65	+ 30
Epilepsy	41	91	39	75	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	42	88	36	110	- 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	76	37	110	- 34
Diphtheria	44	69	65	3	+ 66
War	45	59	70	2	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	46	45	41	69	- 24
Leukemia	47	41	55	22	+ 19
Oral Cancer	48	41	48	45	- 4
Ovary Cancer	49	39	49	43	- 4
Stomach Cancer	50	39	32	132	- 93
Pancreas Cancer	51	36	51	39	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	36	52	34	+ 2
Skin Cancers	53	35	46	50	- 14
Schistosomiasis	54	28	59	14	+ 14
Hepatitis B	55	27	56	22	+ 5
Skin Disease	56	27	47	47	- 21
Lung Cancers	57	24	44	60	- 37
Alcohol	58	19	58	16	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	17	53	33	- 16
Appendicitis	60	14	60	9	+ 5
Ascariasis	61	13	66	3	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	62	12	57	17	- 4
Bladder Cancer	63	12	50	42	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	64	10	54	30	- 20
Hepatitis C	65	6	67	3	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	5	62	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	5	68	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	63	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	3	64	4	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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

Nigeria

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.