MAURITANIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,586	25	231	+ 3,356
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,980	1	2,756	- 775
Stroke	3	1,654	6	1,307	+ 347
Malaria	4	1,640	5	1,423	+ 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,306	3	1,656	- 351
Tuberculosis	6	1,236	9	717	+ 520
Birth Trauma	7	1,053	7	1,204	- 151
Low Birth Weight	8	1,011	2	2,014	- 1,003
Liver Disease	9	937	13	586	+ 351
Coronary Heart Disease	10	922	4	1,636	- 714
Road Traffic Accidents	11	760	8	1,158	- 398
Congenital Anomalies	12	655	10	665	- 10
Hypertension	13	544	22	286	+ 258
Diabetes Mellitus	14	498	12	594	- 96
Malnutrition	15	479	17	462	+ 17
Meningitis	16	411	18	357	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	17	374	20	333	+ 41
Kidney Disease	18	366	15	555	- 188
Other Injuries	19	360	19	343	+ 16
Suicide	20	271	30	141	+ 130
Lung Disease	21	265	23	275	- 10
Maternal Conditions	22	247	11	639	- 392
Violence	23	240	16	491	- 251
Syphilis	24	184	26	204	- 20
Pertussis	25	155	14	574	- 420
Asthma	26	154	29	170	- 16
Drownings	27	143	35	116	+ 27
Falls	28	124	31	140	- 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	123	24	251	- 129
Prostate Cancer	30	117	34	118	- 1
Lymphomas	31	114	43	65	+ 49
Fires	32	114	33	123	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	33	104	36	110	- 6
Poisonings	34	95	42	67	+ 27
Breast Cancer	35	76	28	189	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	36	75	54	30	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	37	74	27	197	- 124
Epilepsy	38	69	39	75	- 5
Leukemia	39	54	55	22	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	51	38	83	- 32
Lung Cancers	41	47	44	60	- 13
Stomach Cancer	42	43	32	132	- 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	42	37	110	- 67
Tetanus	44	39	45	58	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	39	52	34	+ 6
Liver Cancer	46	37	21	312	- 275
Parkinson's Disease	47	34	41	69	- 35
Oral Cancer	48	32	48	45	- 13
Alcohol	49	29	58	16	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	50	27	50	42	- 15
Schistosomiasis	51	27	59	14	+ 13
Skin Disease	52	26	47	47	- 21
Drug Use	53	25	40	71	- 46
Skin Cancers	54	22	46	50	- 27
Hepatitis B	55	22	56	22	- 0
Appendicitis	56	17	60	9	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	57	17	49	43	- 26
Leishmaniasis	58	15	69	2	+ 13
Encephalitis	59	15	53	33	- 19
Upper Respiratory	60	14	68	3	+ 12
Measles	61	10	61	9	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	62	9	51	39	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	64	4	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	64	6	57	17	- 11
Other Neoplasms	65	4	62	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	4	67	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	63	5	- 2
Ascariasis	68	2	66	3	- 1
War	69	1	70	2	- 0
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	65	3	- 3
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Zambia

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.