MAURITANIA VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,861	25	231	+ 1,630
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,657	1	2,756	- 1,099
Malaria	3	1,192	5	1,423	- 230
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,143	8	1,158	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,063	3	1,656	- 593
Stroke	6	982	6	1,307	- 325
Birth Trauma	7	914	7	1,204	- 291
Low Birth Weight	8	850	2	2,014	- 1,164
Coronary Heart Disease	9	771	4	1,636	- 864
Tuberculosis	10	637	9	717	- 79
Congenital Anomalies	11	583	10	665	- 82
Violence	12	542	16	491	+ 51
Liver Disease	13	450	13	586	- 136
Diabetes Mellitus	14	421	12	594	- 173
Cervical Cancer	15	384	20	333	+ 51
Meningitis	16	326	18	357	- 30
Maternal Conditions	17	320	11	639	- 319
Malnutrition	18	291	17	462	- 171
Kidney Disease	19	278	15	555	- 277
Other Injuries	20	275	19	343	- 68
Hypertension	21	274	22	286	- 12
Lung Disease	22	268	23	275	- 7
Syphilis	23	196	26	204	- 7
Suicide	24	179	30	141	+ 37
Pertussis	25	168	14	574	- 407
Lymphomas	26	155	43	65	+ 90
Asthma	27	153	29	170	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	28	147	54	30	+ 117
Liver Cancer	29	134	21	312	- 178
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	113	24	251	- 138
Drownings	31	109	35	116	- 8
Breast Cancer	32	99	28	189	- 90
Falls	33	99	31	140	- 41
Prostate Cancer	34	83	34	118	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	81	37	110	- 29
Fires	36	77	33	123	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	37	75	36	110	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	38	67	27	197	- 130
Poisonings	39	65	42	67	- 2
Oral Cancer	40	64	48	45	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	60	38	83	- 23
Leukemia	42	53	55	22	+ 30
Epilepsy	43	53	39	75	- 22
Ovary Cancer	44	46	49	43	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	45	45	32	132	- 87
Lung Cancers	46	39	44	60	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	47	31	51	39	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	48	31	41	69	- 38
Skin Cancers	49	31	46	50	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	31	52	34	- 3
Measles	51	30	61	9	+ 22
Schistosomiasis	52	25	59	14	+ 11
Tetanus	53	24	45	58	- 34
Alcohol	54	22	58	16	+ 7
Skin Disease	55	21	47	47	- 26
Uterin Cancer	56	21	57	17	+ 4
Drug Use	57	20	40	71	- 51
Appendicitis	58	19	60	9	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	59	16	50	42	- 27
Upper Respiratory	60	13	68	3	+ 10
Hepatitis B	61	11	56	22	- 11
Encephalitis	62	11	53	33	- 22
War	63	8	70	2	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	64	4	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	4	79	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	66	3	62	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	3	67	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	2	69	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	63	5	- 4
Ascariasis	70	1	66	3	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	73	1	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Uganda

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.