MAURITIUS VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,338	2	1,805	- 466
Stroke	2	686	3	985	- 299
Lung Cancers	3	546	9	182	+ 364
Lung Disease	4	391	5	646	- 256
Diabetes Mellitus	5	279	1	1,873	- 1,594
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	270	34	42	+ 228
Kidney Disease	7	265	4	724	- 459
Hypertension	8	230	6	592	- 362
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	200	7	346	- 146
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	165	10	182	- 17
Stomach Cancer	11	161	18	104	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	12	107	28	55	+ 53
Liver Disease	13	99	12	145	- 47
Breast Cancer	14	88	8	232	- 144
Prostate Cancer	15	87	15	115	- 28
Road Traffic Accidents	16	87	11	155	- 68
Congenital Anomalies	17	77	25	57	+ 21
Leukemia	18	76	31	48	+ 27
Lymphomas	19	76	24	57	+ 19
Liver Cancer	20	71	27	56	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	21	70	44	21	+ 49
Falls	22	68	26	57	+ 11
Violence	23	62	41	30	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	24	54	35	37	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	25	54	47	12	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	26	41	19	101	- 60
Asthma	27	38	17	107	- 69
Ovary Cancer	28	36	32	46	- 10
Suicide	29	31	14	120	- 89
Other Injuries	30	26	21	66	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	31	25	16	108	- 83
Skin Cancers	32	24	53	5	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	33	21	37	35	- 15
Cervical Cancer	34	20	30	49	- 29
Oral Cancer	35	20	23	63	- 43
Epilepsy	36	18	38	35	- 17
Uterin Cancer	37	17	40	32	- 15
Drug Use	38	15	46	16	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	12	43	22	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	12	42	23	- 11
Birth Trauma	41	11	36	37	- 25
Other Neoplasms	42	10	20	77	- 67
Malnutrition	43	9	54	4	+ 5
Drownings	44	9	33	43	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	7	56	3	+ 4
Poisonings	46	6	49	11	- 5
Fires	47	5	50	10	- 5
Skin Disease	48	5	22	64	- 59
War	49	5	62	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	50	5	45	17	- 13
Meningitis	51	4	57	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	60	1	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	53	3	13	141	- 138
Encephalitis	54	3	61	1	+ 2
Alcohol	55	3	29	53	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	84	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	57	2	48	11	- 9
Pertussis	58	2	66	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	1	59	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	1	65	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	67	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	0	51	9	- 9
Tetanus	64	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	81	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
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.