GABON VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,951	3	1,019	+ 5,932
Stroke	2	6,946	5	896	+ 6,049
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,444	19	152	+ 1,292
Lung Cancers	4	811	29	87	+ 724
Lung Disease	5	693	16	215	+ 477
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	501	4	966	- 465
Stomach Cancer	7	390	48	32	+ 357
Inflammatory/Heart	8	367	24	101	+ 266
Liver Cancer	9	343	35	53	+ 290
Hypertension	10	336	11	412	- 76
Kidney Disease	11	315	12	384	- 69
Liver Disease	12	297	10	416	- 119
Parkinson's Disease	13	291	36	47	+ 244
Road Traffic Accidents	14	266	8	518	- 252
Bladder Cancer	15	261	43	35	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	16	246	32	80	+ 166
Breast Cancer	17	181	27	92	+ 89
Pancreas Cancer	18	177	53	21	+ 157
Diabetes Mellitus	19	165	6	643	- 478
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	156	37	43	+ 113
Asthma	21	152	28	90	+ 62
Leukemia	22	104	57	17	+ 87
Falls	23	99	30	84	+ 14
Suicide	24	99	18	183	- 84
Low Birth Weight	25	84	9	494	- 410
Other Injuries	26	83	22	140	- 56
Violence	27	81	17	184	- 103
Congenital Anomalies	28	81	15	285	- 204
Endocrine Disorders	29	72	25	98	- 26
Oral Cancer	30	71	34	69	+ 2
Lymphomas	31	54	49	32	+ 23
Skin Cancers	32	50	46	34	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	45	41	36	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	34	41	44	35	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	40	54	20	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	36	38	26	96	- 58
Epilepsy	37	35	40	37	- 2
Uterin Cancer	38	33	55	19	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	39	31	51	27	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	40	31	67	2	+ 29
Birth Trauma	41	26	13	362	- 337
HIV/AIDS	42	20	2	1,128	- 1,108
Drownings	43	20	38	42	- 22
Drug Use	44	20	45	34	- 14
Fires	45	16	39	39	- 23
Encephalitis	46	15	60	7	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	47	15	64	5	+ 10
Alcohol	48	15	56	19	- 5
Meningitis	49	11	23	113	- 102
Upper Respiratory	50	10	66	3	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	63	6	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	7	14	318	- 311
Poisonings	53	7	50	28	- 21
Tuberculosis	54	7	1	1,819	- 1,812
Skin Disease	55	5	52	22	- 17
Appendicitis	56	4	61	7	- 2
Tetanus	57	2	59	8	- 6
Malnutrition	58	2	33	78	- 76
Maternal Conditions	59	2	21	145	- 144
Pertussis	60	1	31	81	- 80
Leishmaniasis	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	47	33	- 32
Hepatitis B	63	0	62	7	- 6
War	64	0	65	3	- 2
Measles	65	0	20	146	- 146
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	72	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Albania

Gabon

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.