MAURITIUS VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,510	2	1,805	- 295
Stroke	2	929	3	985	- 56
Diabetes Mellitus	3	676	1	1,873	- 1,197
Lung Disease	4	357	5	646	- 289
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	333	7	346	- 13
Kidney Disease	6	329	4	724	- 395
Hypertension	7	187	6	592	- 405
Liver Disease	8	172	12	145	+ 26
Lung Cancers	9	166	9	182	- 16
Road Traffic Accidents	10	161	11	155	+ 6
Suicide	11	155	14	120	+ 35
Asthma	12	130	17	107	+ 23
Breast Cancer	13	120	8	232	- 112
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	119	34	42	+ 77
Congenital Anomalies	15	110	25	57	+ 54
Low Birth Weight	16	103	35	37	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	17	100	18	104	- 4
Measles	18	97	77	0	+ 97
Drownings	19	83	33	43	+ 40
Other Injuries	20	81	21	66	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	75	42	23	+ 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	74	10	182	- 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	71	56	3	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	24	67	15	115	- 48
Ovary Cancer	25	63	32	46	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	55	43	22	+ 32
Falls	27	49	26	57	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	28	46	47	12	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	29	45	16	108	- 63
Liver Cancer	30	42	27	56	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	31	38	19	101	- 63
Cervical Cancer	32	37	30	49	- 12
Lymphomas	33	35	24	57	- 22
Violence	34	35	41	30	+ 5
Birth Trauma	35	34	36	37	- 3
Uterin Cancer	36	33	40	32	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	37	33	48	11	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	38	30	44	21	+ 9
Oral Cancer	39	27	23	63	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	40	23	28	55	- 31
Skin Disease	41	22	22	64	- 43
Leukemia	42	20	31	48	- 29
Malnutrition	43	18	54	4	+ 14
Meningitis	44	15	57	2	+ 13
Epilepsy	45	15	38	35	- 20
Alcohol	46	13	29	53	- 40
Skin Cancers	47	12	53	5	+ 8
Fires	48	11	50	10	+ 1
Syphilis	49	11	67	0	+ 11
Tuberculosis	50	11	45	17	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	51	6	37	35	- 30
Poisonings	52	5	49	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	53	4	20	77	- 73
Encephalitis	54	4	61	1	+ 3
Drug Use	55	3	46	16	- 13
Appendicitis	56	2	59	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	2	65	0	+ 2
Pertussis	58	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	1	60	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	51	9	- 9
War	65	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	13	141	- 141
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.