MAURITANIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,180	4	1,636	+ 2,544
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,507	24	251	+ 3,255
Lung Disease	3	2,139	23	275	+ 1,864
Stroke	4	1,945	6	1,307	+ 638
Lung Cancers	5	1,822	44	60	+ 1,762
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,411	1	2,756	- 1,344
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,403	37	110	+ 1,294
Prostate Cancer	8	921	34	118	+ 803
Falls	9	611	31	140	+ 471
Pancreas Cancer	10	605	51	39	+ 566
Breast Cancer	11	548	28	189	+ 359
Lymphomas	12	507	43	65	+ 442
Suicide	13	498	30	141	+ 357
Kidney Disease	14	480	15	555	- 75
Other Injuries	15	458	19	343	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	16	440	12	594	- 155
Parkinson's Disease	17	435	41	69	+ 366
Skin Cancers	18	320	46	50	+ 270
Endocrine Disorders	19	282	27	197	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	20	280	50	42	+ 237
Leukemia	21	278	55	22	+ 255
Stomach Cancer	22	270	32	132	+ 138
Other Neoplasms	23	255	62	7	+ 248
Ovary Cancer	24	243	49	43	+ 199
Drug Use	25	207	40	71	+ 136
Liver Cancer	26	204	21	312	- 108
Oesophagus Cancer	27	195	54	30	+ 165
Hypertension	28	181	22	286	- 105
Inflammatory/Heart	29	174	36	110	+ 64
Liver Disease	30	168	13	586	- 418
Alcohol	31	161	58	16	+ 145
Oral Cancer	32	132	48	45	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	125	38	83	+ 42
Congenital Anomalies	34	107	10	665	- 558
Malnutrition	35	106	17	462	- 356
Uterin Cancer	36	105	57	17	+ 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	100	3	1,656	- 1,556
Skin Disease	38	100	47	47	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	39	98	20	333	- 235
Epilepsy	40	94	39	75	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	41	94	63	5	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	42	90	8	1,158	- 1,069
Asthma	43	66	29	170	- 103
Anemia	44	59	84	0	+ 59
Drownings	45	51	35	116	- 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	48	52	34	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	47	64	4	+ 43
Fires	48	35	33	123	- 88
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	25	80	0	+ 25
Violence	50	25	16	491	- 466
Osteoarthritis	51	21	81	0	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	52	18	2	2,014	- 1,996
Schizophrenia	53	18	86	0	+ 18
Birth Trauma	54	14	7	1,204	- 1,191
Hepatitis C	55	13	67	3	+ 11
Tuberculosis	56	12	9	717	- 705
Poisonings	57	11	42	67	- 56
Meningitis	58	11	18	357	- 346
Appendicitis	59	9	60	9	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	9	68	3	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	61	8	25	231	- 222
Oral conditions	62	7	82	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	63	3	56	22	- 20
Pertussis	64	1	14	574	- 573
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	66	1	11	639	- 638
Syphilis	67	1	26	204	- 203
War	68	0	70	2	- 1
Tetanus	69	0	45	58	- 57
Encephalitis	70	0	53	33	- 33
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	3	- 3
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	84	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Norway

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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.