MAURITANIA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,219	1	2,756	+ 4,463
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	5,108	3	1,656	+ 3,451
Measles	3	3,849	61	9	+ 3,840
Tuberculosis	4	3,412	9	717	+ 2,695
Birth Trauma	5	3,183	7	1,204	+ 1,978
Stroke	6	2,858	6	1,307	+ 1,551
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,405	4	1,636	+ 769
Low Birth Weight	8	2,078	2	2,014	+ 64
Meningitis	9	1,789	18	357	+ 1,432
Malnutrition	10	1,604	17	462	+ 1,142
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,407	8	1,158	+ 248
Maternal Conditions	12	1,372	11	639	+ 733
Liver Disease	13	1,302	13	586	+ 717
Other Injuries	14	1,197	19	343	+ 854
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,134	10	665	+ 469
Diabetes Mellitus	16	960	12	594	+ 366
Tetanus	17	880	45	58	+ 823
Hypertension	18	879	22	286	+ 593
Lung Disease	19	812	23	275	+ 537
Pertussis	20	683	14	574	+ 109
Kidney Disease	21	682	15	555	+ 127
Malaria	22	646	5	1,423	- 777
Asthma	23	624	29	170	+ 455
War	24	438	70	2	+ 437
Drownings	25	423	35	116	+ 307
Breast Cancer	26	409	28	189	+ 220
Suicide	27	405	30	141	+ 264
Cervical Cancer	28	294	20	333	- 40
Violence	29	275	16	491	- 216
Fires	30	269	33	123	+ 146
Poisonings	31	252	42	67	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	215	24	251	- 36
HIV/AIDS	33	203	25	231	- 28
Lymphomas	34	201	43	65	+ 136
Leukemia	35	187	55	22	+ 164
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	186	38	83	+ 102
Falls	37	182	31	140	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	182	37	110	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	39	173	36	110	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	40	172	54	30	+ 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	148	52	34	+ 115
Schistosomiasis	42	145	59	14	+ 131
Epilepsy	43	139	39	75	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	44	135	27	197	- 62
Syphilis	45	126	26	204	- 78
Oral Cancer	46	109	48	45	+ 64
Upper Respiratory	47	108	68	3	+ 106
Hepatitis B	48	105	56	22	+ 82
Stomach Cancer	49	103	32	132	- 29
Ovary Cancer	50	98	49	43	+ 55
Leishmaniasis	51	96	69	2	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	52	95	34	118	- 23
Liver Cancer	53	85	21	312	- 227
Lung Cancers	54	77	44	60	+ 17
Appendicitis	55	62	60	9	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	56	61	41	69	- 8
Skin Cancers	57	54	46	50	+ 5
Skin Disease	58	50	47	47	+ 3
Alcohol	59	50	58	16	+ 34
Diphtheria	60	50	65	3	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	61	50	50	42	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	62	36	51	39	- 3
Encephalitis	63	30	53	33	- 3
Uterin Cancer	64	26	57	17	+ 9
Drug Use	65	18	40	71	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	12	64	4	+ 7
Hepatitis C	67	11	67	3	+ 9
Otitis Media	68	10	72	0	+ 10
Ascariasis	69	10	66	3	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	70	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	71	3	63	5	- 3
Chlamydia	72	2	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
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.