MAURITANIA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,147	4	1,636	+ 11,512
Stroke	2	3,652	6	1,307	+ 2,345
Lung Cancers	3	2,880	44	60	+ 2,819
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,234	1	2,756	- 522
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,632	37	110	+ 1,522
Lung Disease	6	1,528	23	275	+ 1,253
Other Neoplasms	7	1,034	62	7	+ 1,027
Diabetes Mellitus	8	999	12	594	+ 405
Breast Cancer	9	890	28	189	+ 701
Liver Disease	10	884	13	586	+ 298
Prostate Cancer	11	725	34	118	+ 607
Stomach Cancer	12	660	32	132	+ 528
Pancreas Cancer	13	606	51	39	+ 568
Alcohol	14	585	58	16	+ 569
Hypertension	15	551	22	286	+ 265
Falls	16	526	31	140	+ 386
Bladder Cancer	17	525	50	42	+ 483
Suicide	18	478	30	141	+ 337
Lymphomas	19	463	43	65	+ 398
Kidney Disease	20	454	15	555	- 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	413	24	251	+ 162
Road Traffic Accidents	22	397	8	1,158	- 761
Inflammatory/Heart	23	390	36	110	+ 280
Leukemia	24	386	55	22	+ 364
Oral Cancer	25	377	48	45	+ 332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	345	38	83	+ 262
Ovary Cancer	27	327	49	43	+ 284
Other Injuries	28	282	19	343	- 61
Liver Cancer	29	256	21	312	- 56
Uterin Cancer	30	242	57	17	+ 225
Skin Cancers	31	241	46	50	+ 191
Cervical Cancer	32	213	20	333	- 120
Oesophagus Cancer	33	201	54	30	+ 171
Parkinson's Disease	34	168	41	69	+ 99
Epilepsy	35	128	39	75	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	36	102	10	665	- 563
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	94	3	1,656	- 1,563
Endocrine Disorders	38	93	27	197	- 105
Drownings	39	71	35	116	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	68	52	34	+ 35
Tuberculosis	41	67	9	717	- 650
Low Birth Weight	42	65	2	2,014	- 1,949
Asthma	43	60	29	170	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	44	56	63	5	+ 51
Fires	45	53	33	123	- 70
Skin Disease	46	52	47	47	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	41	64	4	+ 37
Drug Use	48	36	40	71	- 35
Violence	49	33	16	491	- 459
Malnutrition	50	32	17	462	- 430
Poisonings	51	23	42	67	- 45
Hepatitis C	52	21	67	3	+ 18
Meningitis	53	19	18	357	- 338
HIV/AIDS	54	13	25	231	- 218
Appendicitis	55	8	60	9	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	6	56	22	- 16
Birth Trauma	57	6	7	1,204	- 1,199
Schizophrenia	58	3	86	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	2	68	3	- 0
Osteoarthritis	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Anemia	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	11	639	- 638
Encephalitis	64	1	53	33	- 32
Oral conditions	65	0	82	0	+ 0
War	66	0	70	2	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	45	58	- 57
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	26	204	- 204
Diphtheria	70	0	65	3	- 3
Pertussis	71	0	14	574	- 574
Measles	72	0	61	9	- 9
Chlamydia	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	69	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Poland

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.