MAURITANIA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,865	4	1,636	+ 4,229
Stroke	2	1,828	6	1,307	+ 521
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,141	12	594	+ 547
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	777	1	2,756	- 1,978
Road Traffic Accidents	5	585	8	1,158	- 574
Liver Disease	6	451	13	586	- 135
Congenital Anomalies	7	428	10	665	- 237
Hypertension	8	399	22	286	+ 113
Lung Disease	9	361	23	275	+ 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	359	24	251	+ 107
Kidney Disease	11	346	15	555	- 209
Falls	12	324	31	140	+ 184
Suicide	13	268	30	141	+ 127
Drownings	14	234	35	116	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	15	230	2	2,014	- 1,784
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	227	37	110	+ 117
Stomach Cancer	17	206	32	132	+ 74
Breast Cancer	18	157	28	189	- 33
Lymphomas	19	153	43	65	+ 88
Other Injuries	20	144	19	343	- 199
Inflammatory/Heart	21	141	36	110	+ 31
Leukemia	22	141	55	22	+ 118
Encephalitis	23	140	53	33	+ 106
Liver Cancer	24	129	21	312	- 182
Lung Cancers	25	125	44	60	+ 65
Parkinson's Disease	26	122	41	69	+ 53
Skin Disease	27	102	47	47	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	87	3	1,656	- 1,570
Birth Trauma	29	86	7	1,204	- 1,119
Pancreas Cancer	30	85	51	39	+ 46
Oral Cancer	31	78	48	45	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	32	59	27	197	- 138
Poisonings	33	52	42	67	- 15
Cervical Cancer	34	47	20	333	- 286
Bladder Cancer	35	46	50	42	+ 3
Fires	36	42	33	123	- 81
Prostate Cancer	37	41	34	118	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	40	38	83	- 43
Violence	39	38	16	491	- 453
Oesophagus Cancer	40	36	54	30	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	41	34	25	231	- 196
Drug Use	42	32	40	71	- 39
Ovary Cancer	43	29	49	43	- 14
Epilepsy	44	24	39	75	- 50
Skin Cancers	45	24	46	50	- 26
Maternal Conditions	46	24	11	639	- 615
Meningitis	47	23	18	357	- 334
Tuberculosis	48	20	9	717	- 697
Dengue	49	17	73	0	+ 17
Alcohol	50	15	58	16	- 1
Pertussis	51	15	14	574	- 560
Multiple Sclerosis	52	13	63	5	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	13	52	34	- 21
Uterin Cancer	54	13	57	17	- 4
Asthma	55	12	29	170	- 157
Other Neoplasms	56	8	62	7	+ 0
Appendicitis	57	5	60	9	- 4
War	58	5	70	2	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	2	59	14	- 11
Malnutrition	60	2	17	462	- 460
Syphilis	61	2	26	204	- 202
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	4	- 3
Tetanus	63	1	45	58	- 57
Hepatitis B	64	0	56	22	- 22
Ascariasis	65	0	66	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	69	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

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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.