MAURITANIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,677	1	2,756	- 1,078
Stroke	2	1,608	6	1,307	+ 301
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,181	8	1,158	+ 23
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,145	4	1,636	- 490
Malaria	5	1,048	5	1,423	- 375
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	992	3	1,656	- 665
HIV/AIDS	7	898	25	231	+ 667
Liver Disease	8	810	13	586	+ 224
Low Birth Weight	9	697	2	2,014	- 1,317
Birth Trauma	10	600	7	1,204	- 605
Diabetes Mellitus	11	590	12	594	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	12	565	10	665	- 100
Lung Disease	13	494	23	275	+ 219
Hypertension	14	431	22	286	+ 145
Kidney Disease	15	383	15	555	- 172
Malnutrition	16	371	17	462	- 91
Other Injuries	17	300	19	343	- 43
Cervical Cancer	18	299	20	333	- 34
Meningitis	19	269	18	357	- 88
Stomach Cancer	20	248	32	132	+ 116
Maternal Conditions	21	230	11	639	- 409
Asthma	22	228	29	170	+ 58
Liver Cancer	23	224	21	312	- 87
Suicide	24	224	30	141	+ 82
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	209	24	251	- 43
Tuberculosis	26	199	9	717	- 518
Breast Cancer	27	191	28	189	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	188	37	110	+ 78
Violence	29	174	16	491	- 317
Lymphomas	30	143	43	65	+ 78
Falls	31	131	31	140	- 9
Prostate Cancer	32	126	34	118	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	115	38	83	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	34	110	36	110	+ 0
Leukemia	35	101	55	22	+ 78
Drownings	36	90	35	116	- 26
Oral Cancer	37	86	48	45	+ 42
Fires	38	86	33	123	- 37
Lung Cancers	39	74	44	60	+ 14
Poisonings	40	70	42	67	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	41	70	27	197	- 128
Pertussis	42	69	14	574	- 505
Pancreas Cancer	43	68	51	39	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	44	68	54	30	+ 38
Epilepsy	45	61	39	75	- 14
Syphilis	46	55	26	204	- 149
Parkinson's Disease	47	46	41	69	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	43	52	34	+ 10
Alcohol	49	40	58	16	+ 24
Skin Cancers	50	36	46	50	- 14
Schistosomiasis	51	35	59	14	+ 22
Skin Disease	52	33	47	47	- 15
Ovary Cancer	53	29	49	43	- 14
Appendicitis	54	22	60	9	+ 14
Hepatitis B	55	22	56	22	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	19	57	17	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	19	68	3	+ 16
Tetanus	58	17	45	58	- 41
Measles	59	16	61	9	+ 8
Drug Use	60	14	40	71	- 57
Encephalitis	61	12	53	33	- 21
Bladder Cancer	62	11	50	42	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	64	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	64	5	62	7	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	63	5	- 3
Ascariasis	67	1	66	3	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
War	69	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Rwanda

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.