MAURITANIA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,726	4	1,636	+ 2,091
Violence	2	2,511	16	491	+ 2,020
Stroke	3	1,680	6	1,307	+ 374
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,548	12	594	+ 954
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,541	8	1,158	+ 383
HIV/AIDS	6	1,037	25	231	+ 807
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	996	1	2,756	- 1,760
Kidney Disease	8	822	15	555	+ 267
Hypertension	9	719	22	286	+ 433
Lung Disease	10	713	23	275	+ 438
Lung Cancers	11	540	44	60	+ 480
Low Birth Weight	12	428	2	2,014	- 1,586
Prostate Cancer	13	395	34	118	+ 276
Congenital Anomalies	14	394	10	665	- 271
Breast Cancer	15	355	28	189	+ 166
Liver Disease	16	324	13	586	- 261
Stomach Cancer	17	301	32	132	+ 169
Other Neoplasms	18	300	62	7	+ 293
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	282	37	110	+ 173
Cervical Cancer	20	275	20	333	- 58
Other Injuries	21	234	19	343	- 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	188	3	1,656	- 1,468
Lymphomas	23	173	43	65	+ 108
Birth Trauma	24	151	7	1,204	- 1,054
Pancreas Cancer	25	150	51	39	+ 111
Liver Cancer	26	143	21	312	- 169
Leukemia	27	140	55	22	+ 117
Falls	28	120	31	140	- 20
Chagas disease	29	114	78	0	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	30	105	27	197	- 92
Tuberculosis	31	104	9	717	- 613
Malnutrition	32	87	17	462	- 375
Inflammatory/Heart	33	83	36	110	- 27
Suicide	34	81	30	141	- 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	79	24	251	- 172
Ovary Cancer	36	78	49	43	+ 35
Skin Cancers	37	77	46	50	+ 27
Oral Cancer	38	75	48	45	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	39	58	11	639	- 580
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	58	38	83	- 26
Epilepsy	41	57	39	75	- 18
Malaria	42	56	5	1,423	- 1,367
Drownings	43	54	35	116	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	44	51	54	30	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	45	50	50	42	+ 8
Asthma	46	43	29	170	- 127
Uterin Cancer	47	43	57	17	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	48	35	41	69	- 34
Meningitis	49	35	18	357	- 322
Drug Use	50	31	40	71	- 40
War	51	26	70	2	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	25	64	4	+ 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	21	80	0	+ 21
Fires	54	20	33	123	- 103
Anemia	55	17	84	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	56	14	60	9	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	11	52	34	- 22
Poisonings	58	9	42	67	- 58
Dengue	59	9	73	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	63	5	+ 2
Encephalitis	61	5	53	33	- 28
Alcohol	62	5	58	16	- 11
Hepatitis B	63	4	56	22	- 18
Pertussis	64	4	14	574	- 571
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	3	+ 0
Skin Disease	66	2	47	47	- 45
Syphilis	67	2	26	204	- 202
Tetanus	68	1	45	58	- 57
Schizophrenia	69	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	66	3	- 2
Leprosy	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	69	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	74	0	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	65	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	61	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Venezuela

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.