MAURITANIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,179	4	1,636	+ 3,543
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,453	12	594	+ 1,859
Lung Disease	3	1,862	23	275	+ 1,587
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,366	24	251	+ 1,115
Kidney Disease	5	1,350	15	555	+ 795
Stroke	6	1,340	6	1,307	+ 33
Asthma	7	1,274	29	170	+ 1,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,007	1	2,756	- 1,748
Road Traffic Accidents	9	827	8	1,158	- 332
Suicide	10	586	30	141	+ 445
Oral Cancer	11	570	48	45	+ 525
Lung Cancers	12	349	44	60	+ 289
Oesophagus Cancer	13	304	54	30	+ 274
Other Injuries	14	301	19	343	- 42
Breast Cancer	15	272	28	189	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	16	260	32	132	+ 128
Liver Disease	17	257	13	586	- 329
Leukemia	18	227	55	22	+ 205
Liver Cancer	19	215	21	312	- 97
Hypertension	20	208	22	286	- 78
Lymphomas	21	202	43	65	+ 137
Congenital Anomalies	22	195	10	665	- 470
Falls	23	190	31	140	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	179	37	110	+ 70
Tuberculosis	25	151	9	717	- 565
Cervical Cancer	26	150	20	333	- 183
Drownings	27	144	35	116	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	119	3	1,656	- 1,537
Low Birth Weight	29	106	2	2,014	- 1,908
Prostate Cancer	30	100	34	118	- 18
Violence	31	98	16	491	- 393
Endocrine Disorders	32	91	27	197	- 106
Anemia	33	88	84	0	+ 88
Bladder Cancer	34	85	50	42	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	35	84	36	110	- 26
Skin Disease	36	58	47	47	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	37	55	49	43	+ 12
War	38	55	70	2	+ 53
Epilepsy	39	53	39	75	- 21
Drug Use	40	51	40	71	- 21
Fires	41	47	33	123	- 76
Uterin Cancer	42	43	57	17	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	43	42	51	39	+ 3
Birth Trauma	44	38	7	1,204	- 1,167
Parkinson's Disease	45	33	41	69	- 36
Meningitis	46	29	18	357	- 328
Dengue	47	26	73	0	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	48	19	11	639	- 620
Poisonings	49	18	42	67	- 49
Other Neoplasms	50	17	62	7	+ 10
Alcohol	51	16	58	16	+ 0
Skin Cancers	52	11	46	50	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	10	52	34	- 24
Malnutrition	54	9	17	462	- 454
HIV/AIDS	55	8	25	231	- 223
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	8	38	83	- 76
Tetanus	57	5	45	58	- 52
Syphilis	58	3	26	204	- 201
Pertussis	59	3	14	574	- 571
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	64	4	- 2
Encephalitis	61	2	53	33	- 31
Hepatitis B	62	1	56	22	- 21
Leprosy	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	60	9	- 8
Schizophrenia	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	3	- 2
Osteoarthritis	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	63	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	65	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	67	3	- 3
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	61	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	81	0	59	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Sri Lanka

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.