MAURITANIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,460	4	1,636	+ 3,825
Stroke	2	5,232	6	1,307	+ 3,925
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,049	24	251	+ 2,798
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,905	1	2,756	+ 150
Lung Cancers	5	1,868	44	60	+ 1,808
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,861	37	110	+ 1,752
Lung Disease	7	1,817	23	275	+ 1,543
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,527	12	594	+ 933
Kidney Disease	9	1,189	15	555	+ 634
Stomach Cancer	10	1,074	32	132	+ 941
Prostate Cancer	11	901	34	118	+ 782
Breast Cancer	12	847	28	189	+ 658
Other Injuries	13	821	19	343	+ 478
Hypertension	14	797	22	286	+ 511
Pancreas Cancer	15	708	51	39	+ 669
Lymphomas	16	682	43	65	+ 617
Endocrine Disorders	17	656	27	197	+ 458
Liver Cancer	18	539	21	312	+ 227
Suicide	19	497	30	141	+ 356
Bladder Cancer	20	496	50	42	+ 454
Parkinson's Disease	21	483	41	69	+ 414
Liver Disease	22	477	13	586	- 108
Falls	23	438	31	140	+ 298
Leukemia	24	431	55	22	+ 408
Oral Cancer	25	387	48	45	+ 342
Inflammatory/Heart	26	385	36	110	+ 275
Road Traffic Accidents	27	355	8	1,158	- 803
Other Neoplasms	28	277	62	7	+ 269
Oesophagus Cancer	29	264	54	30	+ 234
Skin Cancers	30	222	46	50	+ 172
Epilepsy	31	176	39	75	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	32	172	57	17	+ 155
Ovary Cancer	33	168	49	43	+ 125
Cervical Cancer	34	139	20	333	- 194
HIV/AIDS	35	136	25	231	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	98	3	1,656	- 1,559
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	97	38	83	+ 14
Tuberculosis	38	90	9	717	- 626
Skin Disease	39	86	47	47	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	40	83	10	665	- 582
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	72	52	34	+ 38
Anemia	42	64	84	0	+ 64
Asthma	43	62	29	170	- 108
Drug Use	44	54	40	71	- 17
Alcohol	45	47	58	16	+ 31
Fires	46	46	33	123	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	42	64	4	+ 38
Violence	48	41	16	491	- 451
Hepatitis C	49	37	67	3	+ 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	35	80	0	+ 35
Drownings	51	34	35	116	- 83
Low Birth Weight	52	33	2	2,014	- 1,981
Malnutrition	53	33	17	462	- 429
Multiple Sclerosis	54	24	63	5	+ 19
Schizophrenia	55	21	86	0	+ 21
Meningitis	56	18	18	357	- 339
Poisonings	57	12	42	67	- 55
Osteoarthritis	58	12	81	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	59	11	56	22	- 11
Birth Trauma	60	10	7	1,204	- 1,194
Appendicitis	61	9	60	9	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	6	68	3	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	63	3	11	639	- 636
Syphilis	64	1	26	204	- 202
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	53	33	- 33
Leishmaniasis	68	0	69	2	- 2
War	69	0	70	2	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	61	9	- 9
Pertussis	72	0	14	574	- 574
Tetanus	73	0	45	58	- 58
Diphtheria	74	0	65	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Portugal

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.