MAURITIUS VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	651	7	346	+ 305
Coronary Heart Disease	2	631	2	1,805	- 1,173
Stroke	3	539	3	985	- 446
Road Traffic Accidents	4	352	11	155	+ 196
Kidney Disease	5	257	4	724	- 467
Tuberculosis	6	242	45	17	+ 224
Lung Disease	7	240	5	646	- 406
Liver Disease	8	237	12	145	+ 92
Low Birth Weight	9	179	35	37	+ 142
Birth Trauma	10	164	36	37	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	11	158	25	57	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	140	42	23	+ 118
Asthma	13	130	17	107	+ 23
Falls	14	90	26	57	+ 33
Lung Cancers	15	86	9	182	- 97
Stomach Cancer	16	80	18	104	- 25
Diabetes Mellitus	17	77	1	1,873	- 1,796
Other Injuries	18	76	21	66	+ 10
Violence	19	71	41	30	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	71	34	42	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	21	56	19	101	- 45
Liver Cancer	22	56	27	56	- 1
Cervical Cancer	23	52	30	49	+ 3
Malnutrition	24	52	54	4	+ 48
Hypertension	25	41	6	592	- 551
Breast Cancer	26	35	8	232	- 197
Pertussis	27	34	66	0	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	28	34	15	115	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	29	33	16	108	- 75
Maternal Conditions	30	31	48	11	+ 20
Meningitis	31	30	57	2	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	25	10	182	- 157
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	25	56	3	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	34	23	47	12	+ 12
Drownings	35	23	33	43	- 20
Bladder Cancer	36	23	44	21	+ 2
Syphilis	37	20	67	0	+ 20
Epilepsy	38	19	38	35	- 15
Suicide	39	19	14	120	- 102
Encephalitis	40	18	61	1	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	41	17	32	46	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	15	43	22	- 7
Drug Use	43	10	46	16	- 6
Skin Disease	44	10	22	64	- 55
Tetanus	45	9	76	0	+ 9
Alcohol	46	8	29	53	- 45
Poisonings	47	8	49	11	- 2
Hepatitis B	48	8	65	0	+ 8
Leukemia	49	8	31	48	- 40
Measles	50	8	77	0	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	51	7	37	35	- 29
Fires	52	4	50	10	- 6
Malaria	53	3	70	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	54	2	20	77	- 75
Appendicitis	55	1	59	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	84	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	1	60	1	+ 0
Lymphomas	58	1	24	57	- 56
Schistosomiasis	59	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	51	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	61	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	62	0	64	0	+ 0
War	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	28	55	- 54
Oral Cancer	65	0	23	63	- 63
Diphtheria	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	53	5	- 4
Uterin Cancer	70	0	40	32	- 32
Anemia	71	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	52	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	77	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	13	141	- 141
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	72	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.