MAURITANIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,851	6	1,307	+ 3,544
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,831	4	1,636	+ 2,195
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,597	12	594	+ 3,002
Kidney Disease	4	2,053	15	555	+ 1,498
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,692	1	2,756	- 1,064
Prostate Cancer	6	1,449	34	118	+ 1,331
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,405	8	1,158	+ 246
Lung Disease	8	1,361	23	275	+ 1,086
Hypertension	9	1,351	22	286	+ 1,065
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,226	24	251	+ 974
Violence	11	953	16	491	+ 462
Liver Disease	12	897	13	586	+ 312
Inflammatory/Heart	13	811	36	110	+ 701
Breast Cancer	14	656	28	189	+ 467
Stomach Cancer	15	564	32	132	+ 432
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	544	37	110	+ 434
Endocrine Disorders	17	520	27	197	+ 322
Lung Cancers	18	481	44	60	+ 421
Low Birth Weight	19	443	2	2,014	- 1,571
Skin Disease	20	416	47	47	+ 369
Other Injuries	21	380	19	343	+ 37
Suicide	22	371	30	141	+ 230
Parkinson's Disease	23	357	41	69	+ 288
Lymphomas	24	337	43	65	+ 272
Cervical Cancer	25	305	20	333	- 28
Falls	26	271	31	140	+ 131
Asthma	27	247	29	170	+ 77
Drownings	28	240	35	116	+ 124
Alcohol	29	238	58	16	+ 222
Congenital Anomalies	30	208	10	665	- 457
Pancreas Cancer	31	208	51	39	+ 169
Epilepsy	32	183	39	75	+ 109
Malnutrition	33	170	17	462	- 293
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	138	38	83	+ 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	118	3	1,656	- 1,538
Leukemia	36	114	55	22	+ 91
Liver Cancer	37	104	21	312	- 208
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	101	52	34	+ 68
Fires	39	85	33	123	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	40	81	54	30	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	41	81	49	43	+ 37
Birth Trauma	42	80	7	1,204	- 1,125
Oral Cancer	43	79	48	45	+ 34
Tuberculosis	44	75	9	717	- 641
Uterin Cancer	45	52	57	17	+ 35
Drug Use	46	49	40	71	- 22
Maternal Conditions	47	48	11	639	- 591
Other Neoplasms	48	47	62	7	+ 40
Meningitis	49	38	18	357	- 319
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	34	64	4	+ 29
Appendicitis	51	29	60	9	+ 20
Encephalitis	52	28	53	33	- 5
Dengue	53	15	73	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	54	11	63	5	+ 6
Poisonings	55	7	42	67	- 61
Tetanus	56	5	45	58	- 52
Syphilis	57	5	26	204	- 199
War	58	4	70	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	59	3	68	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	2	56	22	- 21
Schistosomiasis	61	1	59	14	- 12
Chlamydia	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	14	574	- 574
Ascariasis	64	0	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	67	3	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	65	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	50	- 50
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	50	42	- 42
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Leishmaniasis	82	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	25	231	- 231
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Saint Lucia

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.