MAURITANIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,490	4	1,636	+ 854
Stroke	2	1,730	6	1,307	+ 423
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,359	12	594	+ 764
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	956	1	2,756	- 1,800
Kidney Disease	5	916	15	555	+ 361
Road Traffic Accidents	6	893	8	1,158	- 266
Lung Disease	7	679	23	275	+ 405
Hypertension	8	515	22	286	+ 229
Other Injuries	9	485	19	343	+ 142
Lung Cancers	10	424	44	60	+ 364
Congenital Anomalies	11	381	10	665	- 284
Low Birth Weight	12	371	2	2,014	- 1,643
Violence	13	325	16	491	- 166
Endocrine Disorders	14	323	27	197	+ 126
Prostate Cancer	15	314	34	118	+ 196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	312	37	110	+ 203
Liver Disease	17	301	13	586	- 284
Cervical Cancer	18	297	20	333	- 37
Other Neoplasms	19	280	62	7	+ 273
Breast Cancer	20	277	28	189	+ 88
HIV/AIDS	21	258	25	231	+ 27
Suicide	22	245	30	141	+ 104
Alcohol	23	236	58	16	+ 220
Stomach Cancer	24	204	32	132	+ 72
Malnutrition	25	190	17	462	- 273
Tuberculosis	26	157	9	717	- 560
Leukemia	27	157	55	22	+ 134
Pancreas Cancer	28	149	51	39	+ 110
Lymphomas	29	141	43	65	+ 76
Birth Trauma	30	122	7	1,204	- 1,082
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	111	3	1,656	- 1,546
Drownings	32	103	35	116	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	33	100	54	30	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	34	89	36	110	- 21
Liver Cancer	35	88	21	312	- 224
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	83	24	251	- 169
Skin Disease	37	83	47	47	+ 35
Oral Cancer	38	77	48	45	+ 32
Asthma	39	73	29	170	- 97
Skin Cancers	40	72	46	50	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	41	70	41	69	+ 1
Syphilis	42	68	26	204	- 135
Falls	43	58	31	140	- 82
Epilepsy	44	57	39	75	- 18
Ovary Cancer	45	49	49	43	+ 6
Anemia	46	47	84	0	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	39	38	83	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	38	64	4	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	49	37	11	639	- 602
Fires	50	36	33	123	- 87
Bladder Cancer	51	33	50	42	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	30	80	0	+ 30
Meningitis	53	30	18	357	- 327
Uterin Cancer	54	26	57	17	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	25	52	34	- 9
Drug Use	56	22	40	71	- 49
Appendicitis	57	21	60	9	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	58	17	81	0	+ 17
Pertussis	59	17	14	574	- 557
Chagas disease	60	11	78	0	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	61	10	69	2	+ 7
Dengue	62	9	73	0	+ 9
Poisonings	63	8	42	67	- 60
Tetanus	64	7	45	58	- 51
Leprosy	65	7	77	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	66	6	53	33	- 27
Hepatitis B	67	6	56	22	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	68	5	63	5	- 0
Schizophrenia	69	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	70	2	68	3	- 0
War	71	2	70	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	72	2	67	3	- 1
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	61	9	- 9
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Paraguay

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.