MAURITANIA VS PANAMA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PANAMA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,540	4	1,636	+ 905
Stroke	2	1,942	6	1,307	+ 635
Kidney Disease	3	1,071	15	555	+ 516
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,036	12	594	+ 442
Lung Disease	5	789	23	275	+ 514
Violence	6	707	16	491	+ 215
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	675	1	2,756	- 2,081
HIV/AIDS	8	632	25	231	+ 402
Road Traffic Accidents	9	572	8	1,158	- 586
Hypertension	10	494	22	286	+ 208
Stomach Cancer	11	384	32	132	+ 252
Prostate Cancer	12	377	34	118	+ 259
Congenital Anomalies	13	366	10	665	- 300
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	341	37	110	+ 232
Liver Disease	15	315	13	586	- 270
Lung Cancers	16	293	44	60	+ 233
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	287	24	251	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	18	270	27	197	+ 73
Breast Cancer	19	270	28	189	+ 81
Inflammatory/Heart	20	261	36	110	+ 151
Other Neoplasms	21	248	62	7	+ 241
Low Birth Weight	22	230	2	2,014	- 1,784
Tuberculosis	23	216	9	717	- 501
Lymphomas	24	198	43	65	+ 133
Leukemia	25	183	55	22	+ 160
Cervical Cancer	26	179	20	333	- 155
Liver Cancer	27	176	21	312	- 136
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	158	3	1,656	- 1,499
Pancreas Cancer	29	131	51	39	+ 92
Skin Disease	30	123	47	47	+ 76
Malnutrition	31	118	17	462	- 344
Suicide	32	117	30	141	- 24
Parkinson's Disease	33	111	41	69	+ 42
Drownings	34	100	35	116	- 16
Other Injuries	35	97	19	343	- 247
Birth Trauma	36	91	7	1,204	- 1,114
Falls	37	89	31	140	- 51
Oral Cancer	38	76	48	45	+ 31
Epilepsy	39	64	39	75	- 10
Uterin Cancer	40	64	57	17	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	41	62	49	43	+ 18
Anemia	42	61	84	0	+ 61
Asthma	43	54	29	170	- 115
Skin Cancers	44	54	46	50	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	45	50	54	30	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	46	32	50	42	- 11
Drug Use	47	32	40	71	- 39
Maternal Conditions	48	31	11	639	- 607
Alcohol	49	29	58	16	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	50	29	38	83	- 54
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	27	80	0	+ 27
Meningitis	52	26	18	357	- 331
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	24	52	34	- 10
Upper Respiratory	54	13	68	3	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	13	64	4	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	11	60	9	+ 2
Fires	57	11	33	123	- 112
Schizophrenia	58	9	86	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	7	56	22	- 15
Osteoarthritis	60	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	61	4	42	67	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	5	- 3
Encephalitis	63	3	53	33	- 31
Dengue	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Syphilis	65	1	26	204	- 202
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	3	- 2
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	45	58	- 57
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	74	0	14	574	- 574
Ascariasis	75	0	66	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	61	9	- 9
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Panama

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.