MAURITIUS VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,561	13	141	+ 1,420
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	853	7	346	+ 507
Coronary Heart Disease	3	710	2	1,805	- 1,095
Stroke	4	665	3	985	- 319
Diabetes Mellitus	5	655	1	1,873	- 1,219
Tuberculosis	6	476	45	17	+ 459
Violence	7	455	41	30	+ 426
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	344	42	23	+ 321
Kidney Disease	9	332	4	724	- 392
Suicide	10	299	14	120	+ 178
Road Traffic Accidents	11	282	11	155	+ 127
Hypertension	12	277	6	592	- 314
Lung Disease	13	258	5	646	- 389
Liver Disease	14	195	12	145	+ 50
Lung Cancers	15	167	9	182	- 15
Low Birth Weight	16	136	35	37	+ 99
Other Injuries	17	130	21	66	+ 65
Asthma	18	129	17	107	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	19	128	19	101	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	20	120	30	49	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	21	117	16	108	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	101	34	42	+ 60
Breast Cancer	23	98	8	232	- 134
Prostate Cancer	24	95	15	115	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	25	94	25	57	+ 38
Meningitis	26	79	57	2	+ 77
Fires	27	78	50	10	+ 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	78	10	182	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	29	76	37	35	+ 40
Birth Trauma	30	65	36	37	+ 29
Lymphomas	31	61	24	57	+ 4
Drownings	32	52	33	43	+ 9
Liver Cancer	33	52	27	56	- 5
Malnutrition	34	52	54	4	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	35	44	28	55	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	41	43	22	+ 19
Epilepsy	37	41	38	35	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	38	37	48	11	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	39	33	18	104	- 71
Leukemia	40	32	31	48	- 17
Oral Cancer	41	30	23	63	- 33
Falls	42	30	26	57	- 26
Pertussis	43	25	66	0	+ 25
Syphilis	44	24	67	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	45	24	22	64	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	46	23	47	12	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	56	3	+ 19
Skin Cancers	48	22	53	5	+ 17
Alcohol	49	21	29	53	- 32
Poisonings	50	21	49	11	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	51	21	32	46	- 25
Bladder Cancer	52	18	44	21	- 3
Drug Use	53	17	46	16	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	54	11	40	32	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	8	60	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	6	59	1	+ 5
Measles	57	6	77	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	58	6	20	77	- 71
Encephalitis	59	5	61	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	5	63	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Malaria	63	2	70	0	+ 2
War	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	51	9	- 9
Ascariasis	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	58	2	- 2
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.