MAURITANIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,388	4	1,636	+ 3,753
Stroke	2	3,601	6	1,307	+ 2,294
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,399	24	251	+ 2,148
Lung Disease	4	2,156	23	275	+ 1,881
Lung Cancers	5	1,848	44	60	+ 1,788
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,732	1	2,756	- 1,024
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,573	37	110	+ 1,463
Kidney Disease	8	1,314	15	555	+ 759
Breast Cancer	9	1,071	28	189	+ 882
Other Injuries	10	978	19	343	+ 635
Diabetes Mellitus	11	944	12	594	+ 350
Suicide	12	929	30	141	+ 788
Prostate Cancer	13	893	34	118	+ 775
Pancreas Cancer	14	828	51	39	+ 790
Hypertension	15	819	22	286	+ 533
Road Traffic Accidents	16	646	8	1,158	- 512
Endocrine Disorders	17	616	27	197	+ 418
Stomach Cancer	18	607	32	132	+ 475
Other Neoplasms	19	586	62	7	+ 579
Lymphomas	20	578	43	65	+ 513
Parkinson's Disease	21	405	41	69	+ 336
Inflammatory/Heart	22	397	36	110	+ 287
Violence	23	373	16	491	- 119
Oesophagus Cancer	24	362	54	30	+ 332
Leukemia	25	354	55	22	+ 332
Bladder Cancer	26	349	50	42	+ 306
Liver Disease	27	260	13	586	- 325
HIV/AIDS	28	247	25	231	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	29	217	20	333	- 116
Congenital Anomalies	30	215	10	665	- 450
Oral Cancer	31	211	48	45	+ 166
Ovary Cancer	32	203	49	43	+ 159
Skin Cancers	33	188	46	50	+ 139
Liver Cancer	34	186	21	312	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	170	3	1,656	- 1,487
Skin Disease	36	164	47	47	+ 117
Asthma	37	160	29	170	- 9
Uterin Cancer	38	146	57	17	+ 129
Alcohol	39	132	58	16	+ 116
Epilepsy	40	108	39	75	+ 34
Tuberculosis	41	102	9	717	- 615
Low Birth Weight	42	93	2	2,014	- 1,921
Malnutrition	43	92	17	462	- 370
Anemia	44	89	84	0	+ 89
Drownings	45	82	35	116	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	72	38	83	- 12
Falls	47	69	31	140	- 71
Fires	48	69	33	123	- 54
Drug Use	49	51	40	71	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	49	52	34	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	44	64	4	+ 39
Osteoarthritis	52	41	81	0	+ 41
Birth Trauma	53	28	7	1,204	- 1,176
Schizophrenia	54	23	86	0	+ 23
Poisonings	55	21	42	67	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	63	5	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	16	80	0	+ 16
Meningitis	58	13	18	357	- 344
Appendicitis	59	11	60	9	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	60	11	11	639	- 627
Chagas disease	61	6	78	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	68	3	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	5	56	22	- 17
Encephalitis	64	5	53	33	- 28
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	3	+ 2
Syphilis	66	4	26	204	- 200
Otitis Media	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	77	0	+ 0
War	70	0	70	2	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	45	58	- 57
Pertussis	72	0	14	574	- 574
Diphtheria	73	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	74	0	61	9	- 9
Chlamydia	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Ascariasis	80	0	66	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	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

Uruguay

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.