MAURITANIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,390	4	1,636	+ 4,755
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,635	24	251	+ 3,384
Lung Disease	3	2,473	23	275	+ 2,198
Stroke	4	2,006	6	1,307	+ 699
Lung Cancers	5	1,968	44	60	+ 1,908
Kidney Disease	6	1,087	15	555	+ 532
Drug Use	7	942	40	71	+ 871
Hypertension	8	835	22	286	+ 549
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	783	37	110	+ 673
Diabetes Mellitus	10	777	12	594	+ 183
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	763	1	2,756	- 1,992
Suicide	12	672	30	141	+ 531
Breast Cancer	13	616	28	189	+ 427
Endocrine Disorders	14	595	27	197	+ 397
Pancreas Cancer	15	561	51	39	+ 522
Liver Disease	16	549	13	586	- 36
Road Traffic Accidents	17	528	8	1,158	- 631
Falls	18	512	31	140	+ 371
Lymphomas	19	510	43	65	+ 445
Prostate Cancer	20	451	34	118	+ 333
Parkinson's Disease	21	437	41	69	+ 368
Inflammatory/Heart	22	412	36	110	+ 302
Liver Cancer	23	343	21	312	+ 31
Leukemia	24	341	55	22	+ 319
Other Injuries	25	329	19	343	- 14
Bladder Cancer	26	248	50	42	+ 206
Violence	27	240	16	491	- 251
Oesophagus Cancer	28	226	54	30	+ 196
Other Neoplasms	29	225	62	7	+ 217
Alcohol	30	186	58	16	+ 170
Ovary Cancer	31	185	49	43	+ 141
Skin Cancers	32	181	46	50	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	33	166	32	132	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	34	149	10	665	- 516
Oral Cancer	35	146	48	45	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	36	127	57	17	+ 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	126	3	1,656	- 1,530
Cervical Cancer	38	88	20	333	- 245
Low Birth Weight	39	88	2	2,014	- 1,926
Malnutrition	40	86	17	462	- 377
Hepatitis C	41	72	67	3	+ 69
HIV/AIDS	42	72	25	231	- 159
Skin Disease	43	68	47	47	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	44	64	63	5	+ 59
Drownings	45	52	35	116	- 65
Asthma	46	48	29	170	- 121
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	46	52	34	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	44	38	83	- 40
Fires	49	40	33	123	- 83
Epilepsy	50	40	39	75	- 35
Anemia	51	39	84	0	+ 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	31	64	4	+ 27
Poisonings	53	21	42	67	- 46
Birth Trauma	54	16	7	1,204	- 1,189
War	55	15	70	2	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	56	10	11	639	- 629
Schizophrenia	57	9	86	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	9	80	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	8	56	22	- 14
Meningitis	60	8	18	357	- 349
Osteoarthritis	61	7	81	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	62	7	9	717	- 710
Appendicitis	63	5	60	9	- 3
Oral conditions	64	4	82	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	3	68	3	+ 0
Syphilis	66	1	26	204	- 203
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	53	33	- 33
Pertussis	69	0	14	574	- 574
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	58	- 58
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	2	- 2
Measles	80	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	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 States

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.