GABON VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,850	3	1,019	+ 831
Stroke	2	1,375	5	896	+ 478
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,057	4	966	+ 91
Violence	4	767	17	184	+ 584
Diabetes Mellitus	5	665	6	643	+ 22
Lung Disease	6	662	16	215	+ 447
Kidney Disease	7	421	12	384	+ 37
Road Traffic Accidents	8	378	8	518	- 140
Lung Cancers	9	353	29	87	+ 266
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	343	19	152	+ 191
Hypertension	11	322	11	412	- 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	258	37	43	+ 215
Liver Disease	13	239	10	416	- 177
Breast Cancer	14	232	27	92	+ 139
Prostate Cancer	15	212	32	80	+ 132
Falls	16	210	30	84	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	17	201	48	32	+ 168
Inflammatory/Heart	18	195	24	101	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	19	189	25	98	+ 91
Suicide	20	162	18	183	- 20
Other Injuries	21	154	22	140	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	22	140	2	1,128	- 988
Congenital Anomalies	23	137	15	285	- 148
Pancreas Cancer	24	134	53	21	+ 113
Liver Cancer	25	128	35	53	+ 76
Oesophagus Cancer	26	117	44	35	+ 82
Lymphomas	27	116	49	32	+ 84
Oral Cancer	28	111	34	69	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	29	106	26	96	+ 10
Leukemia	30	95	57	17	+ 78
Skin Disease	31	80	52	22	+ 59
Alcohol	32	79	56	19	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	33	77	9	494	- 418
Malnutrition	34	75	33	78	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	63	14	318	- 255
Bladder Cancer	36	59	43	35	+ 24
Chagas disease	37	56	77	0	+ 56
Skin Cancers	38	56	46	34	+ 22
Drownings	39	55	38	42	+ 13
Tuberculosis	40	55	1	1,819	- 1,764
Parkinson's Disease	41	53	36	47	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	42	52	64	5	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	43	49	51	27	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	48	41	36	+ 11
Birth Trauma	45	42	13	362	- 320
Epilepsy	46	36	40	37	- 1
Uterin Cancer	47	31	55	19	+ 12
Asthma	48	29	28	90	- 61
Drug Use	49	28	45	34	- 6
Anemia	50	27	82	0	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	24	54	20	+ 5
Hepatitis C	52	22	68	1	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	53	17	21	145	- 128
Meningitis	54	15	23	113	- 98
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	12	85	0	+ 12
War	56	12	65	3	+ 9
Appendicitis	57	12	61	7	+ 5
Fires	58	11	39	39	- 27
Hepatitis B	59	9	62	7	+ 2
Schizophrenia	60	7	81	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	63	6	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	62	7	58	14	- 7
Leishmaniasis	63	5	76	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	67	2	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	4	86	0	+ 4
Poisonings	66	4	50	28	- 24
Upper Respiratory	67	3	66	3	+ 0
Syphilis	68	2	47	33	- 30
Leprosy	69	2	78	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	59	8	- 7
Encephalitis	72	1	60	7	- 6
Oral conditions	73	1	84	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	0	7	540	- 539
Pertussis	75	0	31	81	- 81
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	20	146	- 146
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	42	35	- 35
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.