MAURITANIA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,650	1	2,756	- 1,106
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,429	4	1,636	- 206
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,227	3	1,656	- 429
Stroke	4	1,227	6	1,307	- 80
Malaria	5	1,055	5	1,423	- 367
Road Traffic Accidents	6	880	8	1,158	- 279
Low Birth Weight	7	835	2	2,014	- 1,179
Birth Trauma	8	792	7	1,204	- 413
Tuberculosis	9	615	9	717	- 101
Diabetes Mellitus	10	550	12	594	- 44
Congenital Anomalies	11	543	10	665	- 122
Kidney Disease	12	508	15	555	- 47
Liver Disease	13	493	13	586	- 93
Maternal Conditions	14	383	11	639	- 255
Meningitis	15	374	18	357	+ 17
Other Injuries	16	347	19	343	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	17	323	20	333	- 11
Lung Disease	18	310	23	275	+ 36
Violence	19	286	16	491	- 205
HIV/AIDS	20	272	25	231	+ 42
Hypertension	21	251	22	286	- 35
Liver Cancer	22	250	21	312	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	23	239	27	197	+ 42
Suicide	24	225	30	141	+ 83
Asthma	25	215	29	170	+ 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	202	24	251	- 50
Breast Cancer	27	198	28	189	+ 9
Pertussis	28	177	14	574	- 397
Prostate Cancer	29	147	34	118	+ 29
Falls	30	143	31	140	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	31	128	32	132	- 4
Malnutrition	32	114	17	462	- 349
Drownings	33	113	35	116	- 3
Fires	34	103	33	123	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	99	38	83	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	36	98	36	110	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	88	37	110	- 21
Epilepsy	38	76	39	75	+ 1
Lymphomas	39	72	43	65	+ 8
Poisonings	40	72	42	67	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	63	41	69	- 6
Ovary Cancer	42	51	49	43	+ 7
Oral Cancer	43	48	48	45	+ 3
Lung Cancers	44	41	44	60	- 19
Schistosomiasis	45	40	59	14	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	38	52	34	+ 5
Skin Disease	47	37	47	47	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	48	37	51	39	- 2
Measles	49	36	61	9	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	50	36	50	42	- 7
Skin Cancers	51	34	46	50	- 16
Drug Use	52	32	40	71	- 39
Syphilis	53	28	26	204	- 176
Leukemia	54	26	55	22	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	55	23	54	30	- 7
Uterin Cancer	56	22	57	17	+ 5
Encephalitis	57	20	53	33	- 14
Tetanus	58	19	45	58	- 38
Alcohol	59	17	58	16	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	16	56	22	- 6
Appendicitis	61	9	60	9	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	5	62	7	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	5	69	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	63	5	- 1
Ascariasis	65	4	66	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	4	68	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	64	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	2	67	3	- 0
War	69	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Senegal

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.