MAURITIUS VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,935	2	1,805	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,101	34	42	+ 1,059
Lung Disease	3	749	5	646	+ 102
Stroke	4	607	3	985	- 377
Lung Cancers	5	596	9	182	+ 414
Kidney Disease	6	329	4	724	- 395
Drug Use	7	285	46	16	+ 269
Hypertension	8	253	6	592	- 339
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	237	10	182	+ 55
Diabetes Mellitus	10	235	1	1,873	- 1,638
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	231	7	346	- 115
Suicide	12	203	14	120	+ 83
Breast Cancer	13	187	8	232	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	14	180	19	101	+ 79
Pancreas Cancer	15	170	28	55	+ 115
Liver Disease	16	166	12	145	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	17	160	11	155	+ 5
Falls	18	155	26	57	+ 98
Lymphomas	19	154	24	57	+ 98
Prostate Cancer	20	136	15	115	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	21	132	47	12	+ 120
Inflammatory/Heart	22	125	16	108	+ 17
Liver Cancer	23	104	27	56	+ 48
Leukemia	24	103	31	48	+ 55
Other Injuries	25	100	21	66	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	26	75	44	21	+ 54
Violence	27	73	41	30	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	28	68	37	35	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	29	68	20	77	- 9
Alcohol	30	56	29	53	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	31	56	32	46	+ 10
Skin Cancers	32	55	53	5	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	33	50	18	104	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	34	45	25	57	- 12
Oral Cancer	35	44	23	63	- 19
Uterin Cancer	36	39	40	32	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	38	42	23	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	38	27	30	49	- 22
Low Birth Weight	39	27	35	37	- 10
Malnutrition	40	26	54	4	+ 22
Hepatitis C	41	22	51	9	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	42	22	13	141	- 119
Skin Disease	43	21	22	64	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	44	19	84	0	+ 19
Drownings	45	16	33	43	- 28
Asthma	46	15	17	107	- 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	14	56	3	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	13	43	22	- 9
Fires	49	12	50	10	+ 2
Epilepsy	50	12	38	35	- 23
Anemia	51	12	39	33	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	9	60	1	+ 8
Poisonings	53	6	49	11	- 4
Birth Trauma	54	5	36	37	- 32
War	55	5	62	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	56	3	48	11	- 8
Schizophrenia	57	3	52	5	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	58	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Meningitis	60	2	57	2	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	62	2	45	17	- 15
Appendicitis	63	2	59	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	55	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	61	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	64	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.