MAURITANIA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	6,204	24	251	+ 5,953
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,535	4	1,636	+ 2,899
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,563	1	2,756	- 193
Stroke	4	2,379	6	1,307	+ 1,072
Lung Cancers	5	2,258	44	60	+ 2,198
Lung Disease	6	2,080	23	275	+ 1,805
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,166	37	110	+ 1,057
Prostate Cancer	8	840	34	118	+ 722
Breast Cancer	9	804	28	189	+ 615
Lymphomas	10	591	43	65	+ 526
Pancreas Cancer	11	569	51	39	+ 530
Oesophagus Cancer	12	552	54	30	+ 522
Parkinson's Disease	13	542	41	69	+ 473
Liver Disease	14	485	13	586	- 101
Falls	15	482	31	140	+ 342
Bladder Cancer	16	388	50	42	+ 345
Diabetes Mellitus	17	369	12	594	- 225
Kidney Disease	18	346	15	555	- 209
Other Injuries	19	345	19	343	+ 2
Suicide	20	337	30	141	+ 196
Liver Cancer	21	331	21	312	+ 19
Leukemia	22	329	55	22	+ 307
Hypertension	23	329	22	286	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	24	316	32	132	+ 184
Ovary Cancer	25	254	49	43	+ 211
Other Neoplasms	26	252	62	7	+ 245
Skin Cancers	27	236	46	50	+ 186
Endocrine Disorders	28	208	27	197	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	29	198	36	110	+ 88
Oral Cancer	30	197	48	45	+ 152
Drug Use	31	179	40	71	+ 107
Uterin Cancer	32	148	57	17	+ 131
Road Traffic Accidents	33	137	8	1,158	- 1,021
Skin Disease	34	135	47	47	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	35	134	10	665	- 531
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	132	38	83	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	37	117	63	5	+ 112
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	101	3	1,656	- 1,555
Alcohol	39	98	58	16	+ 82
Low Birth Weight	40	83	2	2,014	- 1,931
Asthma	41	82	29	170	- 87
Epilepsy	42	75	39	75	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	43	69	20	333	- 264
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	64	64	4	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	55	52	34	+ 22
Violence	46	55	16	491	- 437
Tuberculosis	47	22	9	717	- 694
Fires	48	21	33	123	- 102
Drownings	49	19	35	116	- 97
Anemia	50	17	84	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	51	17	67	3	+ 14
Meningitis	52	15	18	357	- 342
Poisonings	53	14	42	67	- 54
Birth Trauma	54	12	7	1,204	- 1,193
HIV/AIDS	55	12	25	231	- 219
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	12	80	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	57	11	81	0	+ 11
Malnutrition	58	7	17	462	- 455
Appendicitis	59	7	60	9	- 2
Schizophrenia	60	6	86	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	26	204	- 201
Upper Respiratory	63	3	68	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	3	11	639	- 636
Hepatitis B	65	3	56	22	- 20
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	53	33	- 33
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	2	- 2
Chagas disease	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	45	58	- 58
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	75	0	61	9	- 9
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	59	14	- 14
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

United Kingdom

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.