MAURITIUS VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,469	3	985	+ 484
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,160	2	1,805	- 645
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,089	1	1,873	- 784
Kidney Disease	4	622	4	724	- 103
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	512	7	346	+ 166
Prostate Cancer	6	439	15	115	+ 324
Road Traffic Accidents	7	425	11	155	+ 270
Lung Disease	8	412	5	646	- 234
Hypertension	9	409	6	592	- 183
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	371	34	42	+ 329
Violence	11	289	41	30	+ 259
Liver Disease	12	272	12	145	+ 126
Inflammatory/Heart	13	246	16	108	+ 138
Breast Cancer	14	199	8	232	- 34
Stomach Cancer	15	171	18	104	+ 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	165	10	182	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	17	157	19	101	+ 57
Lung Cancers	18	146	9	182	- 37
Low Birth Weight	19	134	35	37	+ 97
Skin Disease	20	126	22	64	+ 62
Other Injuries	21	115	21	66	+ 49
Suicide	22	112	14	120	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	23	108	47	12	+ 96
Lymphomas	24	102	24	57	+ 45
Cervical Cancer	25	92	30	49	+ 43
Falls	26	82	26	57	+ 25
Asthma	27	75	17	107	- 32
Drownings	28	73	33	43	+ 30
Alcohol	29	72	29	53	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	30	63	25	57	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	31	63	28	55	+ 8
Epilepsy	32	55	38	35	+ 21
Malnutrition	33	51	54	4	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	42	43	22	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	36	42	23	+ 13
Leukemia	36	34	31	48	- 14
Liver Cancer	37	32	27	56	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	31	56	3	+ 28
Fires	39	26	50	10	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	40	24	37	35	- 11
Ovary Cancer	41	24	32	46	- 21
Birth Trauma	42	24	36	37	- 12
Oral Cancer	43	24	23	63	- 39
Tuberculosis	44	23	45	17	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	45	16	40	32	- 16
Drug Use	46	15	46	16	- 1
Maternal Conditions	47	14	48	11	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	48	14	20	77	- 63
Meningitis	49	11	57	2	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	60	1	+ 9
Appendicitis	51	9	59	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	52	9	61	1	+ 8
Dengue	53	5	68	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	84	0	+ 3
Poisonings	55	2	49	11	- 8
Tetanus	56	2	76	0	+ 2
Syphilis	57	1	67	0	+ 1
War	58	1	62	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	51	9	- 9
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	53	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	39	33	- 33
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	44	21	- 21
Schizophrenia	73	0	52	5	- 5
Oral conditions	74	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	58	2	- 2
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	13	141	- 141
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Saint Lucia

Mauritius

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.