MAURITIUS VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	532	13	141	+ 391
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	506	7	346	+ 160
Malaria	3	423	70	0	+ 423
Tuberculosis	4	394	45	17	+ 376
Road Traffic Accidents	5	351	11	155	+ 195
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	342	42	23	+ 319
Stroke	7	328	3	985	- 657
Birth Trauma	8	293	36	37	+ 257
Coronary Heart Disease	9	257	2	1,805	- 1,548
Low Birth Weight	10	236	35	37	+ 200
Congenital Anomalies	11	190	25	57	+ 133
Maternal Conditions	12	133	48	11	+ 122
Liver Disease	13	128	12	145	- 17
Cervical Cancer	14	125	30	49	+ 76
Diabetes Mellitus	15	121	1	1,873	- 1,752
Malnutrition	16	108	54	4	+ 104
Hypertension	17	101	6	592	- 490
Violence	18	92	41	30	+ 62
Kidney Disease	19	88	4	724	- 636
Other Injuries	20	83	21	66	+ 17
Meningitis	21	62	57	2	+ 60
Lung Disease	22	59	5	646	- 587
Pertussis	23	54	66	0	+ 54
Suicide	24	48	14	120	- 72
Oesophagus Cancer	25	44	37	35	+ 8
Syphilis	26	41	67	0	+ 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	40	34	42	- 2
Prostate Cancer	28	35	15	115	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	29	35	19	101	- 66
Asthma	30	33	17	107	- 74
Oral Cancer	31	32	23	63	- 31
Drownings	32	32	33	43	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	30	10	182	- 152
Falls	34	30	26	57	- 27
Fires	35	28	50	10	+ 17
Liver Cancer	36	27	27	56	- 29
Breast Cancer	37	25	8	232	- 207
Inflammatory/Heart	38	24	16	108	- 84
Stomach Cancer	39	23	18	104	- 81
Poisonings	40	23	49	11	+ 12
Lymphomas	41	16	24	57	- 41
Skin Cancers	42	14	53	5	+ 10
Epilepsy	43	14	38	35	- 21
Bladder Cancer	44	13	44	21	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	45	10	47	12	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	9	43	22	- 13
Leukemia	47	8	31	48	- 40
Drug Use	48	8	46	16	- 8
Tetanus	49	8	76	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	8	56	3	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	51	7	69	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	7	22	64	- 57
Ovary Cancer	53	7	32	46	- 39
Upper Respiratory	54	6	63	0	+ 6
Measles	55	6	77	0	+ 6
Alcohol	56	5	29	53	- 48
Uterin Cancer	57	4	40	32	- 28
Appendicitis	58	4	59	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	4	61	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	65	0	+ 3
Lung Cancers	61	3	9	182	- 179
Pancreas Cancer	62	3	28	55	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	60	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	1	20	77	- 76
Ascariasis	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	51	9	- 8
War	67	1	62	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	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
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Tanzania

Mauritius

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.