BOLIVIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	9,122	13	1,187	+ 7,935
HIV/AIDS	2	5,657	45	174	+ 5,483
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,110	1	11,051	- 5,942
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,843	2	8,069	- 3,226
Stroke	5	4,495	3	7,206	- 2,711
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,223	5	4,927	- 1,704
Malaria	7	2,707	76	0	+ 2,707
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,599	9	2,430	+ 170
Low Birth Weight	9	2,480	12	1,265	+ 1,215
Liver Disease	10	2,089	6	3,987	- 1,899
Hypertension	11	2,067	10	1,927	+ 141
Kidney Disease	12	1,924	4	5,879	- 3,955
Birth Trauma	13	1,818	19	984	+ 834
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,596	21	883	+ 713
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,431	15	1,080	+ 350
Lung Disease	16	1,079	7	3,735	- 2,657
Violence	17	921	14	1,097	- 176
Suicide	18	916	26	715	+ 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	760	8	2,479	- 1,720
Measles	20	732	73	0	+ 732
Maternal Conditions	21	728	39	245	+ 483
Other Injuries	22	700	11	1,279	- 579
Meningitis	23	567	49	128	+ 439
Inflammatory/Heart	24	508	35	374	+ 134
Endocrine Disorders	25	492	32	384	+ 108
Cervical Cancer	26	482	16	1,071	- 589
Breast Cancer	27	463	29	482	- 19
Asthma	28	454	38	258	+ 195
Lung Cancers	29	437	20	901	- 464
Falls	30	423	17	1,066	- 643
Pertussis	31	407	50	121	+ 286
Prostate Cancer	32	399	28	550	- 151
Malnutrition	33	390	18	1,031	- 641
Oral Cancer	34	347	56	91	+ 256
Liver Cancer	35	264	25	720	- 456
Parkinson's Disease	36	237	22	852	- 616
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	216	30	407	- 191
Drownings	38	209	31	406	- 196
Fires	39	193	44	181	+ 12
Epilepsy	40	186	42	199	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	182	27	678	- 496
Trypanosomiasis	42	177	77	0	+ 177
Bladder Cancer	43	175	59	43	+ 132
Oesophagus Cancer	44	173	48	133	+ 40
Drug Use	45	170	40	244	- 74
Skin Cancers	46	169	43	190	- 21
Syphilis	47	164	53	105	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	48	163	23	785	- 623
Lymphomas	49	159	41	219	- 60
Poisonings	50	140	57	66	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	51	133	54	102	+ 31
Skin Disease	52	108	55	101	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	53	103	36	332	- 228
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	100	37	292	- 192
Uterin Cancer	55	97	47	151	- 54
Alcohol	56	97	33	384	- 287
Leukemia	57	85	34	380	- 295
Schistosomiasis	58	70	75	0	+ 70
Tetanus	59	42	60	31	+ 12
Encephalitis	60	36	52	110	- 73
Appendicitis	61	33	46	156	- 123
Hepatitis B	62	33	64	6	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	31	51	111	- 80
Other Neoplasms	64	27	58	43	- 16
War	65	14	63	9	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	13	62	15	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	61	22	- 14
Hepatitis C	68	5	67	3	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	2	69	2	- 0
Chlamydia	71	1	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	5	- 5
Chagas disease	77	0	24	755	- 755
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Gabon

Bolivia

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.