MAURITIUS VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,186	7	346	+ 1,840
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,547	42	23	+ 1,524
Measles	3	1,165	77	0	+ 1,165
Tuberculosis	4	1,033	45	17	+ 1,016
Birth Trauma	5	964	36	37	+ 927
Stroke	6	865	3	985	- 120
Coronary Heart Disease	7	728	2	1,805	- 1,077
Low Birth Weight	8	629	35	37	+ 592
Meningitis	9	542	57	2	+ 539
Malnutrition	10	486	54	4	+ 482
Road Traffic Accidents	11	426	11	155	+ 271
Maternal Conditions	12	415	48	11	+ 405
Liver Disease	13	394	12	145	+ 249
Other Injuries	14	363	21	66	+ 297
Congenital Anomalies	15	343	25	57	+ 287
Diabetes Mellitus	16	291	1	1,873	- 1,582
Tetanus	17	267	76	0	+ 267
Hypertension	18	266	6	592	- 326
Lung Disease	19	246	5	646	- 401
Pertussis	20	207	66	0	+ 207
Kidney Disease	21	206	4	724	- 518
Malaria	22	196	70	0	+ 196
Asthma	23	189	17	107	+ 82
War	24	133	62	0	+ 133
Drownings	25	128	33	43	+ 85
Breast Cancer	26	124	8	232	- 108
Suicide	27	123	14	120	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	28	89	30	49	+ 40
Violence	29	83	41	30	+ 54
Fires	30	82	50	10	+ 71
Poisonings	31	76	49	11	+ 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	65	34	42	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	33	61	13	141	- 80
Lymphomas	34	61	24	57	+ 4
Leukemia	35	57	31	48	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	56	43	22	+ 34
Falls	37	55	26	57	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	55	10	182	- 127
Inflammatory/Heart	39	52	16	108	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	40	52	37	35	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	56	3	+ 42
Schistosomiasis	42	44	69	0	+ 44
Epilepsy	43	42	38	35	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	44	41	19	101	- 60
Syphilis	45	38	67	0	+ 38
Oral Cancer	46	33	23	63	- 30
Upper Respiratory	47	33	63	0	+ 33
Hepatitis B	48	32	65	0	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	49	31	18	104	- 73
Ovary Cancer	50	30	32	46	- 16
Leishmaniasis	51	29	72	0	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	52	29	15	115	- 86
Liver Cancer	53	26	27	56	- 30
Lung Cancers	54	23	9	182	- 159
Appendicitis	55	19	59	1	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	56	19	47	12	+ 7
Skin Cancers	57	16	53	5	+ 12
Skin Disease	58	15	22	64	- 49
Alcohol	59	15	29	53	- 38
Diphtheria	60	15	75	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	61	15	44	21	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	62	11	28	55	- 44
Encephalitis	63	9	61	1	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	64	8	40	32	- 24
Drug Use	65	5	46	16	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	60	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	3	51	9	- 5
Otitis Media	68	3	80	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	3	64	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	70	1	20	77	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
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.