MAURITANIA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,758	25	231	+ 1,527
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,670	1	2,756	- 1,086
Malaria	3	1,396	5	1,423	- 27
Tuberculosis	4	1,300	9	717	+ 584
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,158	8	1,158	- 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,128	3	1,656	- 528
Stroke	7	1,084	6	1,307	- 223
Birth Trauma	8	968	7	1,204	- 237
Coronary Heart Disease	9	848	4	1,636	- 788
Low Birth Weight	10	781	2	2,014	- 1,233
Congenital Anomalies	11	628	10	665	- 37
Maternal Conditions	12	439	11	639	- 200
Liver Disease	13	423	13	586	- 163
Cervical Cancer	14	412	20	333	+ 79
Diabetes Mellitus	15	401	12	594	- 194
Malnutrition	16	358	17	462	- 105
Hypertension	17	334	22	286	+ 48
Violence	18	302	16	491	- 189
Kidney Disease	19	292	15	555	- 263
Other Injuries	20	274	19	343	- 69
Meningitis	21	205	18	357	- 152
Lung Disease	22	196	23	275	- 79
Pertussis	23	178	14	574	- 396
Suicide	24	159	30	141	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	25	144	54	30	+ 114
Syphilis	26	136	26	204	- 68
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	131	24	251	- 120
Prostate Cancer	28	117	34	118	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	29	114	27	197	- 83
Asthma	30	109	29	170	- 61
Oral Cancer	31	106	48	45	+ 61
Drownings	32	105	35	116	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	101	37	110	- 9
Falls	34	98	31	140	- 42
Fires	35	91	33	123	- 32
Liver Cancer	36	91	21	312	- 221
Breast Cancer	37	82	28	189	- 107
Inflammatory/Heart	38	79	36	110	- 31
Stomach Cancer	39	76	32	132	- 56
Poisonings	40	75	42	67	+ 8
Lymphomas	41	52	43	65	- 13
Skin Cancers	42	48	46	50	- 2
Epilepsy	43	45	39	75	- 29
Bladder Cancer	44	43	50	42	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	45	33	41	69	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	30	38	83	- 54
Leukemia	47	27	55	22	+ 4
Drug Use	48	26	40	71	- 45
Tetanus	49	26	45	58	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	26	52	34	- 8
Schistosomiasis	51	24	59	14	+ 10
Skin Disease	52	23	47	47	- 24
Ovary Cancer	53	22	49	43	- 22
Upper Respiratory	54	19	68	3	+ 17
Measles	55	19	61	9	+ 10
Alcohol	56	17	58	16	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	57	14	57	17	- 3
Appendicitis	58	14	60	9	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	13	53	33	- 20
Hepatitis B	60	11	56	22	- 11
Lung Cancers	61	10	44	60	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	62	10	51	39	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	64	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	4	62	7	- 3
Ascariasis	65	4	66	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	3	67	3	- 0
War	67	2	70	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	63	5	- 4
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Tanzania

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.