GABON VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,269	3	1,019	+ 1,250
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,909	19	152	+ 1,757
Stroke	3	1,305	5	896	+ 409
Lung Cancers	4	1,280	29	87	+ 1,193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	785	37	43	+ 742
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	710	4	966	- 256
Lung Disease	7	655	16	215	+ 440
Breast Cancer	8	558	27	92	+ 466
Other Injuries	9	543	22	140	+ 403
Pancreas Cancer	10	444	53	21	+ 423
Kidney Disease	11	412	12	384	+ 28
Diabetes Mellitus	12	392	6	643	- 251
Prostate Cancer	13	390	32	80	+ 311
Lymphomas	14	361	49	32	+ 330
Liver Cancer	15	344	35	53	+ 291
Suicide	16	322	18	183	+ 139
Other Neoplasms	17	315	64	5	+ 310
Falls	18	297	30	84	+ 213
Endocrine Disorders	19	290	25	98	+ 192
Parkinson's Disease	20	272	36	47	+ 225
Leukemia	21	268	57	17	+ 251
Liver Disease	22	265	10	416	- 151
Hypertension	23	255	11	412	- 157
Bladder Cancer	24	236	43	35	+ 201
Inflammatory/Heart	25	218	24	101	+ 116
Stomach Cancer	26	199	48	32	+ 166
Oral Cancer	27	168	34	69	+ 99
Oesophagus Cancer	28	168	44	35	+ 133
Malnutrition	29	151	33	78	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	30	142	51	27	+ 116
Road Traffic Accidents	31	120	8	518	- 398
Skin Cancers	32	117	46	34	+ 83
Alcohol	33	114	56	19	+ 95
Uterin Cancer	34	98	55	19	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	35	72	15	285	- 213
Drug Use	36	68	45	34	+ 34
Epilepsy	37	67	40	37	+ 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	65	14	318	- 253
Skin Disease	39	57	52	22	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	40	57	26	96	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	54	20	+ 30
Asthma	42	37	28	90	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	35	41	36	- 1
Anemia	44	35	82	0	+ 35
Drownings	45	31	38	42	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	46	27	67	2	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	47	23	9	494	- 471
Schizophrenia	48	23	81	0	+ 23
Violence	49	19	17	184	- 164
Tuberculosis	50	16	1	1,819	- 1,803
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	15	63	6	+ 9
Hepatitis C	52	15	68	1	+ 14
Fires	53	14	39	39	- 24
HIV/AIDS	54	13	2	1,128	- 1,115
Birth Trauma	55	11	13	362	- 351
Osteoarthritis	56	9	86	0	+ 9
Poisonings	57	8	50	28	- 20
Meningitis	58	6	23	113	- 107
Hepatitis B	59	5	62	7	- 2
Oral conditions	60	4	84	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	61	7	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	3	85	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	66	3	- 1
Maternal Conditions	64	2	21	145	- 143
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	60	7	- 7
War	67	0	65	3	- 3
Syphilis	68	0	47	33	- 33
Pertussis	69	0	31	81	- 81
Tetanus	70	0	59	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	71	0	58	14	- 14
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	20	146	- 146
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	84	0	77	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.