MAURITANIA VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,182	4	1,636	+ 4,546
Stroke	2	3,925	6	1,307	+ 2,618
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,727	12	594	+ 1,132
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,692	1	2,756	- 1,063
Lung Disease	5	1,475	23	275	+ 1,201
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,087	3	1,656	- 569
Kidney Disease	7	959	15	555	+ 404
Suicide	8	736	30	141	+ 595
Liver Disease	9	700	13	586	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	10	650	10	665	- 16
Hypertension	11	640	22	286	+ 354
Road Traffic Accidents	12	607	8	1,158	- 552
Asthma	13	606	29	170	+ 437
Low Birth Weight	14	589	2	2,014	- 1,424
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	476	52	34	+ 442
Drownings	16	473	35	116	+ 357
Other Injuries	17	407	19	343	+ 63
Liver Cancer	18	374	21	312	+ 63
Birth Trauma	19	267	7	1,204	- 937
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	251	38	83	+ 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	240	24	251	- 12
Tuberculosis	22	221	9	717	- 495
Lung Cancers	23	204	44	60	+ 144
Maternal Conditions	24	192	11	639	- 447
Falls	25	179	31	140	+ 39
Breast Cancer	26	176	28	189	- 13
Cervical Cancer	27	175	20	333	- 158
Parkinson's Disease	28	158	41	69	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	29	151	36	110	+ 41
Pertussis	30	138	14	574	- 436
Malnutrition	31	136	17	462	- 326
Leukemia	32	122	55	22	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	33	119	27	197	- 78
Prostate Cancer	34	118	34	118	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	116	37	110	+ 6
Meningitis	36	110	18	357	- 247
Syphilis	37	104	26	204	- 100
Violence	38	92	16	491	- 399
Skin Disease	39	92	47	47	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	40	83	32	132	- 49
Epilepsy	41	72	39	75	- 3
Fires	42	57	33	123	- 66
Alcohol	43	54	58	16	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	44	53	49	43	+ 10
Lymphomas	45	44	43	65	- 21
Tetanus	46	39	45	58	- 19
Poisonings	47	30	42	67	- 38
Uterin Cancer	48	27	57	17	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	49	25	50	42	- 17
Appendicitis	50	18	60	9	+ 10
Hepatitis B	51	17	56	22	- 5
Encephalitis	52	14	53	33	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	51	39	- 27
Oral Cancer	54	11	48	45	- 34
Other Neoplasms	55	10	62	7	+ 3
Drug Use	56	6	40	71	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	63	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	64	4	- 1
Dengue	59	3	73	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	60	3	65	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	61	2	67	3	- 0
Measles	62	1	61	9	- 7
Ascariasis	63	1	66	3	- 2
War	64	0	70	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	3	- 2
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	231	- 231
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	2	- 2
Malaria	75	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	54	30	- 30
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	46	50	- 50
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Vanuatu

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.