MAURITIUS VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	616	7	346	+ 270
Coronary Heart Disease	2	554	2	1,805	- 1,251
Stroke	3	310	3	985	- 675
Kidney Disease	4	291	4	724	- 433
Liver Disease	5	256	12	145	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	234	34	42	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	7	204	18	104	+ 99
Diabetes Mellitus	8	178	1	1,873	- 1,695
Road Traffic Accidents	9	177	11	155	+ 22
Lung Cancers	10	127	9	182	- 55
Prostate Cancer	11	127	15	115	+ 12
Violence	12	121	41	30	+ 91
Other Injuries	13	116	21	66	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	106	10	182	- 76
Lung Disease	15	101	5	646	- 545
Liver Cancer	16	100	27	56	+ 43
Tuberculosis	17	96	45	17	+ 78
Lymphomas	18	91	24	57	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	19	80	25	57	+ 24
Breast Cancer	20	79	8	232	- 153
Cervical Cancer	21	77	30	49	+ 28
Leukemia	22	74	31	48	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	23	65	28	55	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	24	59	35	37	+ 22
Falls	25	52	26	57	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	26	51	47	12	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	45	42	23	+ 22
Hypertension	28	43	6	592	- 549
Malnutrition	29	40	54	4	+ 37
Suicide	30	36	14	120	- 84
HIV/AIDS	31	34	13	141	- 107
Skin Cancers	32	32	53	5	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	33	29	32	46	- 17
Drug Use	34	26	46	16	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	24	43	22	+ 2
Drownings	36	23	33	43	- 20
Birth Trauma	37	22	36	37	- 15
Oral Cancer	38	21	23	63	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	39	20	16	108	- 88
Endocrine Disorders	40	19	19	101	- 82
Bladder Cancer	41	19	44	21	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	42	16	37	35	- 20
Maternal Conditions	43	14	48	11	+ 3
Alcohol	44	13	29	53	- 40
Uterin Cancer	45	12	40	32	- 20
Encephalitis	46	11	61	1	+ 10
Epilepsy	47	11	38	35	- 24
Pertussis	48	10	66	0	+ 10
Fires	49	10	50	10	- 1
Asthma	50	8	17	107	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	8	56	3	+ 5
Syphilis	52	7	67	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	53	7	59	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	54	6	22	64	- 58
Poisonings	55	5	49	11	- 5
Meningitis	56	5	57	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	60	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	58	2	20	77	- 75
Chagas disease	59	2	71	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Malaria	61	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	51	9	- 9
Dengue	66	0	68	0	+ 0
War	67	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.