GABON VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,405	3	1,019	+ 387
Stroke	2	1,280	5	896	+ 384
Kidney Disease	3	535	12	384	+ 151
Lung Disease	4	534	16	215	+ 319
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	526	19	152	+ 375
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	516	4	966	- 450
Hypertension	7	502	11	412	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	8	478	48	32	+ 445
Lung Cancers	9	454	29	87	+ 367
Diabetes Mellitus	10	418	6	643	- 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	398	37	43	+ 354
Road Traffic Accidents	12	372	8	518	- 147
Liver Disease	13	348	10	416	- 68
Prostate Cancer	14	320	32	80	+ 241
Suicide	15	224	18	183	+ 41
Breast Cancer	16	222	27	92	+ 130
Pancreas Cancer	17	206	53	21	+ 185
Lymphomas	18	183	49	32	+ 152
Liver Cancer	19	180	35	53	+ 127
Other Neoplasms	20	179	64	5	+ 173
Other Injuries	21	172	22	140	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	22	169	25	98	+ 71
Falls	23	119	30	84	+ 35
Leukemia	24	116	57	17	+ 99
Congenital Anomalies	25	113	15	285	- 172
Parkinson's Disease	26	104	36	47	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	27	103	26	96	+ 6
Skin Disease	28	100	52	22	+ 79
Violence	29	98	17	184	- 86
Oesophagus Cancer	30	95	44	35	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	31	93	24	101	- 8
Bladder Cancer	32	84	43	35	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	33	71	2	1,128	- 1,057
Skin Cancers	34	69	46	34	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	35	68	51	27	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	36	58	9	494	- 437
Malnutrition	37	55	33	78	- 22
Tuberculosis	38	54	1	1,819	- 1,765
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	44	14	318	- 274
Oral Cancer	40	40	34	69	- 29
Fires	41	39	39	39	+ 0
Asthma	42	39	28	90	- 52
Epilepsy	43	39	40	37	+ 2
Drownings	44	37	38	42	- 5
Uterin Cancer	45	36	55	19	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	29	41	36	- 7
Alcohol	47	27	56	19	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	25	63	6	+ 18
Anemia	49	24	82	0	+ 24
Drug Use	50	20	45	34	- 14
Osteoarthritis	51	17	86	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	14	54	20	- 6
Meningitis	53	12	23	113	- 101
Birth Trauma	54	11	13	362	- 351
Chagas disease	55	10	77	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	10	85	0	+ 10
Poisonings	57	9	50	28	- 19
Schizophrenia	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	5	61	7	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	4	62	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	61	4	68	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	3	21	145	- 142
War	64	2	65	3	- 1
Oral conditions	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	47	33	- 32
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	3	- 2
Pertussis	68	0	31	81	- 81
Tetanus	69	0	59	8	- 8
Encephalitis	70	0	60	7	- 7
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	20	146	- 146
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	84	0	58	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	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.