GABON VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,134	3	1,019	+ 115
Violence	2	861	17	184	+ 677
Diabetes Mellitus	3	830	6	643	+ 187
Stroke	4	749	5	896	- 147
HIV/AIDS	5	704	2	1,128	- 424
Kidney Disease	6	604	12	384	+ 221
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	570	4	966	- 396
Road Traffic Accidents	8	520	8	518	+ 2
Liver Disease	9	340	10	416	- 76
Prostate Cancer	10	279	32	80	+ 200
Lung Disease	11	271	16	215	+ 56
Hypertension	12	270	11	412	- 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	264	19	152	+ 113
Other Injuries	14	210	22	140	+ 70
Lung Cancers	15	180	29	87	+ 93
Suicide	16	163	18	183	- 20
Cervical Cancer	17	162	26	96	+ 66
Drownings	18	141	38	42	+ 99
Liver Cancer	19	141	35	53	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	20	137	48	32	+ 104
Congenital Anomalies	21	136	15	285	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	22	133	25	98	+ 35
Breast Cancer	23	128	27	92	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	118	37	43	+ 75
Low Birth Weight	25	117	9	494	- 378
Inflammatory/Heart	26	106	24	101	+ 5
Falls	27	76	30	84	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	28	65	36	47	+ 18
Malnutrition	29	58	33	78	- 20
Alcohol	30	57	56	19	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	31	55	53	21	+ 35
Birth Trauma	32	54	13	362	- 308
Tuberculosis	33	52	1	1,819	- 1,767
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	51	14	318	- 267
Asthma	35	45	28	90	- 45
Epilepsy	36	45	40	37	+ 8
Skin Disease	37	32	52	22	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	31	41	36	- 6
Leukemia	39	24	57	17	+ 7
Fires	40	21	39	39	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	54	20	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	42	14	21	145	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	43	13	44	35	- 22
Appendicitis	44	9	61	7	+ 2
Poisonings	45	8	50	28	- 19
Meningitis	46	8	23	113	- 105
Drug Use	47	8	45	34	- 26
Encephalitis	48	8	60	7	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	63	6	+ 0
Lymphomas	50	6	49	32	- 25
Uterin Cancer	51	6	55	19	- 13
Ovary Cancer	52	6	51	27	- 21
Other Neoplasms	53	5	64	5	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	67	2	+ 1
Dengue	55	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	62	7	- 5
Chagas disease	57	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	66	3	- 2
Tetanus	59	1	59	8	- 8
War	60	1	65	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	0	68	1	- 1
Syphilis	62	0	47	33	- 33
Pertussis	63	0	31	81	- 81
Ascariasis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	46	34	- 34
Oral Cancer	67	0	34	69	- 69
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	20	146	- 146
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	58	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	82	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	43	35	- 35
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.