MAURITANIA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,149	1	2,756	- 607
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,085	4	1,636	+ 450
Stroke	3	1,779	6	1,307	+ 472
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,162	8	1,158	+ 3
Kidney Disease	5	848	15	555	+ 293
Tuberculosis	6	798	9	717	+ 82
Lung Disease	7	794	23	275	+ 519
Liver Disease	8	783	13	586	+ 198
Low Birth Weight	9	591	2	2,014	- 1,423
Birth Trauma	10	541	7	1,204	- 664
Congenital Anomalies	11	523	10	665	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	463	3	1,656	- 1,194
Asthma	13	430	29	170	+ 260
Falls	14	297	31	140	+ 157
Lung Cancers	15	283	44	60	+ 222
Stomach Cancer	16	263	32	132	+ 131
Diabetes Mellitus	17	253	12	594	- 341
Other Injuries	18	251	19	343	- 93
Violence	19	235	16	491	- 257
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	233	24	251	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	21	185	27	197	- 13
Liver Cancer	22	184	21	312	- 128
Cervical Cancer	23	173	20	333	- 160
Malnutrition	24	173	17	462	- 290
Hypertension	25	134	22	286	- 152
Breast Cancer	26	116	28	189	- 73
Pertussis	27	113	14	574	- 461
Prostate Cancer	28	113	34	118	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	29	108	36	110	- 2
Maternal Conditions	30	103	11	639	- 536
Meningitis	31	98	18	357	- 259
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	82	37	110	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	82	52	34	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	34	77	41	69	+ 8
Drownings	35	77	35	116	- 39
Bladder Cancer	36	75	50	42	+ 33
Syphilis	37	66	26	204	- 138
Epilepsy	38	64	39	75	- 10
Suicide	39	62	30	141	- 79
Encephalitis	40	61	53	33	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	41	57	49	43	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	50	38	83	- 33
Drug Use	43	34	40	71	- 37
Skin Disease	44	32	47	47	- 16
Tetanus	45	30	45	58	- 27
Alcohol	46	28	58	16	+ 12
Poisonings	47	28	42	67	- 40
Hepatitis B	48	27	56	22	+ 5
Leukemia	49	26	55	22	+ 4
Measles	50	26	61	9	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	51	21	54	30	- 8
Fires	52	13	33	123	- 110
Malaria	53	9	5	1,423	- 1,414
Other Neoplasms	54	7	62	7	+ 0
Appendicitis	55	4	60	9	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	63	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	64	4	- 1
Lymphomas	58	3	43	65	- 62
Schistosomiasis	59	2	59	14	- 11
Hepatitis C	60	2	67	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	68	3	- 1
Ascariasis	62	1	66	3	- 1
War	63	1	70	2	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	51	39	- 38
Oral Cancer	65	0	48	45	- 45
Diphtheria	66	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	46	50	- 50
Uterin Cancer	70	0	57	17	- 17
Anemia	71	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	25	231	- 231
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	69	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.