GABON VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,542	5	896	+ 2,646
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,071	3	1,019	+ 2,053
Lung Disease	3	1,679	16	215	+ 1,464
Lung Cancers	4	1,238	29	87	+ 1,151
Stomach Cancer	5	691	48	32	+ 658
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	528	19	152	+ 376
Hypertension	7	522	11	412	+ 110
Road Traffic Accidents	8	434	8	518	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	431	37	43	+ 388
Oesophagus Cancer	10	421	44	35	+ 387
Kidney Disease	11	333	12	384	- 50
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	318	4	966	- 648
Liver Cancer	13	314	35	53	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	14	280	6	643	- 362
Liver Disease	15	252	10	416	- 164
Falls	16	241	30	84	+ 156
Suicide	17	202	18	183	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	18	193	53	21	+ 173
Breast Cancer	19	161	27	92	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	20	123	36	47	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	113	54	20	+ 93
Leukemia	22	101	57	17	+ 84
Lymphomas	23	100	49	32	+ 69
Oral Cancer	24	95	34	69	+ 26
Other Injuries	25	94	22	140	- 46
Drownings	26	92	38	42	+ 50
Cervical Cancer	27	90	26	96	- 7
Prostate Cancer	28	89	32	80	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	29	66	43	35	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	65	41	36	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	31	63	15	285	- 222
Tuberculosis	32	60	1	1,819	- 1,759
Inflammatory/Heart	33	52	24	101	- 49
HIV/AIDS	34	50	2	1,128	- 1,078
Ovary Cancer	35	49	51	27	+ 22
Poisonings	36	45	50	28	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	37	44	25	98	- 54
Drug Use	38	42	45	34	+ 8
Asthma	39	40	28	90	- 50
Low Birth Weight	40	38	9	494	- 457
Skin Cancers	41	34	46	34	+ 0
Alcohol	42	33	56	19	+ 14
Birth Trauma	43	31	13	362	- 332
Malnutrition	44	23	33	78	- 55
Uterin Cancer	45	20	55	19	+ 1
Epilepsy	46	20	40	37	- 17
Violence	47	19	17	184	- 164
Fires	48	18	39	39	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	18	63	6	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	15	14	318	- 303
Meningitis	51	10	23	113	- 103
Skin Disease	52	9	52	22	- 13
Other Neoplasms	53	8	64	5	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	54	6	21	145	- 139
Encephalitis	55	5	60	7	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	5	62	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	57	5	66	3	+ 2
Syphilis	58	3	47	33	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	67	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	3	61	7	- 4
War	61	2	65	3	- 1
Measles	62	1	20	146	- 145
Tetanus	63	1	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	64	1	31	81	- 80
Schistosomiasis	65	1	58	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	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.