MAURITIUS VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,433	2	1,805	- 372
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,174	34	42	+ 1,132
Stroke	3	804	3	985	- 181
Lung Cancers	4	613	9	182	+ 431
Lung Disease	5	525	5	646	- 122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	470	10	182	+ 288
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	380	7	346	+ 34
Kidney Disease	8	270	4	724	- 455
Hypertension	9	253	6	592	- 339
Diabetes Mellitus	10	215	1	1,873	- 1,658
Breast Cancer	11	196	8	232	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	12	187	28	55	+ 133
Prostate Cancer	13	178	15	115	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	14	161	18	104	+ 56
Other Injuries	15	153	21	66	+ 88
Lymphomas	16	148	24	57	+ 91
Bladder Cancer	17	145	44	21	+ 124
Liver Cancer	18	141	27	56	+ 85
Inflammatory/Heart	19	138	16	108	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	20	137	47	12	+ 125
Endocrine Disorders	21	135	19	101	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	22	132	20	77	+ 55
Liver Disease	23	117	12	145	- 28
Leukemia	24	105	31	48	+ 56
Suicide	25	100	14	120	- 20
Falls	26	90	26	57	+ 33
Oral Cancer	27	72	23	63	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	28	56	32	46	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	29	56	37	35	+ 20
Skin Disease	30	51	22	64	- 13
Road Traffic Accidents	31	51	11	155	- 105
Skin Cancers	32	50	53	5	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	45	56	3	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	34	45	40	32	+ 13
Asthma	35	31	17	107	- 76
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	29	42	23	+ 7
Anemia	37	25	39	33	- 8
Congenital Anomalies	38	24	25	57	- 33
Cervical Cancer	39	24	30	49	- 25
Epilepsy	40	23	38	35	- 12
Drug Use	41	22	46	16	+ 5
Hepatitis C	42	18	51	9	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	43	15	13	141	- 126
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	13	43	22	- 9
Drownings	45	12	33	43	- 31
Alcohol	46	9	29	53	- 44
Malnutrition	47	8	54	4	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	8	60	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	49	8	84	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	50	7	45	17	- 10
Violence	51	7	41	30	- 22
Low Birth Weight	52	7	35	37	- 30
Osteoarthritis	53	6	83	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	6	58	2	+ 3
Fires	55	5	50	10	- 5
Schizophrenia	56	5	52	5	- 0
Poisonings	57	5	49	11	- 6
Hepatitis B	58	4	65	0	+ 4
Meningitis	59	4	57	2	+ 1
Birth Trauma	60	3	36	37	- 33
Appendicitis	61	2	59	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	63	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	55	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	0	48	11	- 10
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
War	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	61	1	- 1
Chagas disease	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.