GABON VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,153	3	1,019	+ 1,134
Violence	2	2,032	17	184	+ 1,848
Kidney Disease	3	1,750	12	384	+ 1,367
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	896	4	966	- 70
Stroke	5	591	5	896	- 305
Lung Disease	6	553	16	215	+ 338
Diabetes Mellitus	7	513	6	643	- 130
Road Traffic Accidents	8	499	8	518	- 19
HIV/AIDS	9	312	2	1,128	- 816
Liver Disease	10	295	10	416	- 121
Stomach Cancer	11	260	48	32	+ 228
Alcohol	12	240	56	19	+ 221
Cervical Cancer	13	167	26	96	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	14	166	15	285	- 119
Suicide	15	145	18	183	- 38
Liver Cancer	16	132	35	53	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	17	122	32	80	+ 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	118	19	152	- 33
Low Birth Weight	19	117	9	494	- 377
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	117	37	43	+ 73
Leukemia	21	115	57	17	+ 99
Breast Cancer	22	108	27	92	+ 16
Lung Cancers	23	107	29	87	+ 20
Falls	24	90	30	84	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	25	82	25	98	- 16
Malnutrition	26	79	33	78	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	74	14	318	- 245
Lymphomas	28	69	49	32	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	29	60	53	21	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	58	41	36	+ 22
Hypertension	31	54	11	412	- 358
Other Neoplasms	32	54	64	5	+ 48
Drownings	33	51	38	42	+ 9
Anemia	34	49	82	0	+ 49
Asthma	35	45	28	90	- 45
Skin Disease	36	45	52	22	+ 23
Birth Trauma	37	45	13	362	- 318
Other Injuries	38	35	22	140	- 104
Oral Cancer	39	35	34	69	- 34
Ovary Cancer	40	35	51	27	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	41	30	44	35	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	42	29	24	101	- 73
Drug Use	43	27	45	34	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	26	36	47	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	24	85	0	+ 24
Tuberculosis	46	22	1	1,819	- 1,797
Skin Cancers	47	22	46	34	- 12
Epilepsy	48	19	40	37	- 18
Bladder Cancer	49	15	43	35	- 19
Uterin Cancer	50	15	55	19	- 5
Meningitis	51	13	23	113	- 100
Pertussis	52	12	31	81	- 69
Maternal Conditions	53	10	21	145	- 135
Fires	54	8	39	39	- 31
Chagas disease	55	7	77	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	7	61	7	+ 0
Poisonings	57	6	50	28	- 22
Syphilis	58	5	47	33	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	63	6	- 1
Tetanus	60	4	59	8	- 4
Dengue	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	66	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	3	60	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	67	2	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	54	20	- 18
Hepatitis B	66	2	62	7	- 5
Schizophrenia	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	86	0	+ 1
War	70	0	65	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	20	146	- 146
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	82	0	58	14	- 14
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
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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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.