MAURITANIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,508	6	1,307	+ 5,201
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,762	4	1,636	+ 2,127
Lung Disease	3	1,468	23	275	+ 1,193
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,386	12	594	+ 791
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,206	8	1,158	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,199	24	251	+ 948
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,139	1	2,756	- 1,616
Kidney Disease	8	1,033	15	555	+ 479
Liver Cancer	9	1,023	21	312	+ 711
Liver Disease	10	978	13	586	+ 393
Lung Cancers	11	871	44	60	+ 811
Hypertension	12	814	22	286	+ 528
Falls	13	631	31	140	+ 491
Stomach Cancer	14	619	32	132	+ 487
Tuberculosis	15	387	9	717	- 330
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	338	37	110	+ 228
Asthma	17	334	29	170	+ 164
Suicide	18	297	30	141	+ 156
Low Birth Weight	19	292	2	2,014	- 1,722
Oral Cancer	20	290	48	45	+ 245
Congenital Anomalies	21	289	10	665	- 376
Breast Cancer	22	253	28	189	+ 64
Other Injuries	23	227	19	343	- 117
Inflammatory/Heart	24	219	36	110	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	25	218	41	69	+ 149
Drownings	26	209	35	116	+ 92
HIV/AIDS	27	204	25	231	- 26
Leukemia	28	200	55	22	+ 178
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	180	3	1,656	- 1,477
Lymphomas	30	121	43	65	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	31	98	20	333	- 235
Birth Trauma	32	96	7	1,204	- 1,109
Oesophagus Cancer	33	93	54	30	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	34	85	27	197	- 112
Prostate Cancer	35	78	34	118	- 40
Violence	36	73	16	491	- 418
Measles	37	73	61	9	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	70	52	34	+ 36
Encephalitis	39	64	53	33	+ 31
Skin Disease	40	62	47	47	+ 15
Drug Use	41	56	40	71	- 15
Uterin Cancer	42	47	57	17	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	39	38	83	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	44	38	51	39	- 1
Bladder Cancer	45	37	50	42	- 6
Alcohol	46	35	58	16	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	47	35	49	43	- 8
Poisonings	48	34	42	67	- 33
Maternal Conditions	49	32	11	639	- 607
Pertussis	50	29	14	574	- 545
Meningitis	51	26	18	357	- 331
Fires	52	24	33	123	- 99
Epilepsy	53	24	39	75	- 51
Skin Cancers	54	19	46	50	- 31
Hepatitis B	55	16	56	22	- 7
Syphilis	56	13	26	204	- 190
Other Neoplasms	57	13	62	7	+ 6
Tetanus	58	12	45	58	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	64	4	+ 5
Appendicitis	60	8	60	9	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	63	5	+ 0
Dengue	62	5	73	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	63	5	17	462	- 458
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	3	+ 1
War	65	1	70	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	3	- 1
Malaria	67	1	5	1,423	- 1,422
Ascariasis	68	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Viet Nam

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.