MAURITIUS VS TRINIDAD/TOB.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TRINIDAD/TOB.		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,373	2	1,805	- 432
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,186	1	1,873	- 687
Stroke	3	765	3	985	- 220
Violence	4	511	41	30	+ 481
Kidney Disease	5	409	4	724	- 316
Prostate Cancer	6	307	15	115	+ 192
Breast Cancer	7	240	8	232	+ 8
Lung Cancers	8	202	9	182	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	200	34	42	+ 158
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	191	7	346	- 155
Hypertension	11	187	6	592	- 404
HIV/AIDS	12	182	13	141	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	182	10	182	- 0
Liver Disease	14	126	12	145	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	15	121	11	155	- 34
Lung Disease	16	120	5	646	- 526
Suicide	17	113	14	120	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	18	111	19	101	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	19	106	28	55	+ 51
Lymphomas	20	104	24	57	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	21	90	30	49	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	22	87	25	57	+ 30
Low Birth Weight	23	77	35	37	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	24	75	32	46	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	25	67	16	108	- 41
Stomach Cancer	26	64	18	104	- 40
Uterin Cancer	27	63	40	32	+ 31
Liver Cancer	28	61	27	56	+ 5
Leukemia	29	58	31	48	+ 10
Other Injuries	30	57	21	66	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	48	43	22	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	32	48	47	12	+ 36
Falls	33	40	26	57	- 17
Bladder Cancer	34	38	44	21	+ 17
Asthma	35	38	17	107	- 69
Skin Disease	36	36	22	64	- 28
Epilepsy	37	30	38	35	- 5
Oral Cancer	38	29	23	63	- 35
Drownings	39	29	33	43	- 14
Birth Trauma	40	23	36	37	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	41	23	37	35	- 13
Alcohol	42	22	29	53	- 32
Tuberculosis	43	20	45	17	+ 3
Drug Use	44	17	46	16	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	17	42	23	- 6
War	46	16	62	0	+ 16
Malnutrition	47	15	54	4	+ 12
Fires	48	15	50	10	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	10	56	3	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	50	10	48	11	- 1
Other Neoplasms	51	9	20	77	- 67
Meningitis	52	9	57	2	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	60	1	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	6	61	1	+ 5
Dengue	55	5	68	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	56	4	59	1	+ 3
Skin Cancers	57	4	53	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	84	0	+ 2
Poisonings	59	1	49	11	- 9
Hepatitis B	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	51	9	- 9
Chlamydia	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Tetanus	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	55	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	58	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Trinidad/Tob.

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.