MAURITANIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,044	25	231	+ 4,814
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,720	1	2,756	- 35
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,143	4	1,636	+ 508
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,524	8	1,158	+ 365
Stroke	5	1,294	6	1,307	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,159	3	1,656	- 497
Low Birth Weight	7	1,019	2	2,014	- 995
Birth Trauma	8	859	7	1,204	- 345
Diabetes Mellitus	9	844	12	594	+ 250
Malnutrition	10	605	17	462	+ 142
Congenital Anomalies	11	560	10	665	- 106
Kidney Disease	12	559	15	555	+ 4
Suicide	13	522	30	141	+ 381
Cervical Cancer	14	510	20	333	+ 177
Malaria	15	505	5	1,423	- 917
Tuberculosis	16	504	9	717	- 212
Liver Disease	17	490	13	586	- 96
Violence	18	484	16	491	- 8
Maternal Conditions	19	441	11	639	- 197
Other Injuries	20	418	19	343	+ 75
Asthma	21	386	29	170	+ 216
Meningitis	22	334	18	357	- 23
Lung Disease	23	294	23	275	+ 19
Hypertension	24	289	22	286	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	25	264	36	110	+ 154
Lymphomas	26	242	43	65	+ 177
Drownings	27	241	35	116	+ 125
Breast Cancer	28	212	28	189	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	29	202	54	30	+ 172
Fires	30	200	33	123	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	194	24	251	- 58
Prostate Cancer	32	158	34	118	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	33	141	32	132	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	34	140	27	197	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	138	38	83	+ 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	137	52	34	+ 103
Poisonings	37	130	42	67	+ 63
Liver Cancer	38	129	21	312	- 183
Epilepsy	39	128	39	75	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	127	37	110	+ 18
Falls	41	117	31	140	- 23
Pertussis	42	106	14	574	- 469
Lung Cancers	43	72	44	60	+ 12
Skin Cancers	44	67	46	50	+ 17
Leukemia	45	61	55	22	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	46	57	41	69	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	47	55	51	39	+ 16
Drug Use	48	54	40	71	- 18
Oral Cancer	49	52	48	45	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	46	57	17	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	51	44	49	43	+ 0
Skin Disease	52	44	47	47	- 4
Schistosomiasis	53	43	59	14	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	54	31	50	42	- 11
Syphilis	55	31	26	204	- 172
Encephalitis	56	30	53	33	- 4
Tetanus	57	26	45	58	- 32
Appendicitis	58	17	60	9	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	59	16	68	3	+ 14
Hepatitis B	60	14	56	22	- 8
Alcohol	61	12	58	16	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	9	62	7	+ 2
Measles	63	8	61	9	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	7	64	4	+ 2
War	65	7	70	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	4	67	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	63	5	- 2
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	1	66	3	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	0	65	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	77	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

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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.