MAURITANIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,035	1	2,756	- 721
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,828	4	1,636	+ 192
Stroke	3	1,025	6	1,307	- 282
Kidney Disease	4	960	15	555	+ 406
Liver Disease	5	846	13	586	+ 261
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	772	24	251	+ 520
Stomach Cancer	7	673	32	132	+ 541
Diabetes Mellitus	8	589	12	594	- 5
Road Traffic Accidents	9	586	8	1,158	- 572
Lung Cancers	10	421	44	60	+ 360
Prostate Cancer	11	421	34	118	+ 302
Violence	12	400	16	491	- 91
Other Injuries	13	382	19	343	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	351	37	110	+ 241
Lung Disease	15	334	23	275	+ 60
Liver Cancer	16	329	21	312	+ 17
Tuberculosis	17	316	9	717	- 401
Lymphomas	18	299	43	65	+ 234
Congenital Anomalies	19	265	10	665	- 400
Breast Cancer	20	261	28	189	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	21	255	20	333	- 78
Leukemia	22	246	55	22	+ 223
Pancreas Cancer	23	213	51	39	+ 175
Low Birth Weight	24	196	2	2,014	- 1,818
Falls	25	171	31	140	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	26	169	41	69	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	147	3	1,656	- 1,509
Hypertension	28	141	22	286	- 145
Malnutrition	29	134	17	462	- 329
Suicide	30	120	30	141	- 21
HIV/AIDS	31	113	25	231	- 118
Skin Cancers	32	104	46	50	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	33	95	49	43	+ 51
Drug Use	34	84	40	71	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	81	38	83	- 3
Drownings	36	78	35	116	- 39
Birth Trauma	37	71	7	1,204	- 1,133
Oral Cancer	38	69	48	45	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	39	66	36	110	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	40	63	27	197	- 134
Bladder Cancer	41	61	50	42	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	42	52	54	30	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	43	46	11	639	- 593
Alcohol	44	43	58	16	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	45	40	57	17	+ 23
Encephalitis	46	37	53	33	+ 4
Epilepsy	47	35	39	75	- 40
Pertussis	48	35	14	574	- 540
Fires	49	32	33	123	- 91
Asthma	50	28	29	170	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	26	52	34	- 7
Syphilis	52	24	26	204	- 180
Appendicitis	53	23	60	9	+ 14
Skin Disease	54	21	47	47	- 27
Poisonings	55	17	42	67	- 51
Meningitis	56	16	18	357	- 341
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	14	64	4	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	58	7	62	7	+ 0
Chagas disease	59	6	78	0	+ 6
Tetanus	60	6	45	58	- 51
Malaria	61	5	5	1,423	- 1,418
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	63	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	68	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	56	22	- 21
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	3	- 2
Dengue	66	0	73	0	+ 0
War	67	0	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	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

Peru

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.