MAURITANIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,061	4	1,636	+ 2,425
Stroke	2	1,827	6	1,307	+ 520
War	3	1,739	70	2	+ 1,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,613	1	2,756	- 1,143
Low Birth Weight	5	1,186	2	2,014	- 828
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,153	8	1,158	- 6
Birth Trauma	7	800	7	1,204	- 405
Hypertension	8	713	22	286	+ 427
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	589	3	1,656	- 1,068
Congenital Anomalies	10	578	10	665	- 87
Lung Disease	11	430	23	275	+ 156
Measles	12	407	61	9	+ 398
Liver Disease	13	389	13	586	- 196
Violence	14	382	16	491	- 109
Kidney Disease	15	361	15	555	- 194
Other Injuries	16	300	19	343	- 44
Asthma	17	284	29	170	+ 114
Tuberculosis	18	256	9	717	- 461
Diabetes Mellitus	19	242	12	594	- 353
Malaria	20	231	5	1,423	- 1,191
Suicide	21	229	30	141	+ 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	189	24	251	- 62
Pertussis	23	167	14	574	- 407
Falls	24	158	31	140	+ 17
Drownings	25	154	35	116	+ 38
Breast Cancer	26	153	28	189	- 36
Malnutrition	27	143	17	462	- 320
Meningitis	28	137	18	357	- 220
Fires	29	133	33	123	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	123	37	110	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	31	121	32	132	- 11
Maternal Conditions	32	120	11	639	- 519
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	112	38	83	+ 29
Leukemia	34	105	55	22	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	35	103	54	30	+ 73
Endocrine Disorders	36	99	27	197	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	95	52	34	+ 62
Drug Use	38	83	40	71	+ 11
Liver Cancer	39	82	21	312	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	40	79	36	110	- 31
Lung Cancers	41	77	44	60	+ 16
Oral Cancer	42	74	48	45	+ 29
Epilepsy	43	73	39	75	- 2
Poisonings	44	72	42	67	+ 4
Lymphomas	45	58	43	65	- 7
HIV/AIDS	46	53	25	231	- 177
Tetanus	47	53	45	58	- 4
Encephalitis	48	50	53	33	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	49	49	41	69	- 20
Hepatitis B	50	40	56	22	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	51	38	51	39	- 0
Ovary Cancer	52	25	49	43	- 18
Syphilis	53	24	26	204	- 180
Appendicitis	54	22	60	9	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	55	22	50	42	- 21
Schistosomiasis	56	17	59	14	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	57	16	20	333	- 317
Skin Cancers	58	13	46	50	- 36
Alcohol	59	11	58	16	- 5
Dengue	60	10	73	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	61	6	47	47	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	63	5	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	5	34	118	- 113
Other Neoplasms	64	3	62	7	- 4
Ascariasis	65	2	66	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	64	4	- 2
Diphtheria	67	2	65	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	67	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	69	1	57	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	70	1	68	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	72	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Yemen

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.