DENMARK VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,425	57	16	+ 4,410
HIV/AIDS	2	2,744	55	23	+ 2,722
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,479	1	5,341	- 2,862
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,350	6	2,244	+ 106
Stroke	5	2,181	5	3,662	- 1,482
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,564	10	1,284	+ 280
Malaria	7	1,313	79	0	+ 1,313
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,261	33	213	+ 1,048
Low Birth Weight	9	1,203	41	116	+ 1,086
Liver Disease	10	1,013	14	692	+ 321
Hypertension	11	1,003	15	642	+ 360
Kidney Disease	12	933	12	911	+ 23
Birth Trauma	13	882	56	21	+ 861
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	774	38	145	+ 630
Congenital Anomalies	15	694	36	153	+ 541
Lung Disease	16	523	3	4,387	- 3,863
Violence	17	447	47	63	+ 384
Suicide	18	444	16	617	- 173
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	369	2	5,218	- 4,849
Measles	20	355	71	0	+ 355
Maternal Conditions	21	353	64	2	+ 351
Other Injuries	22	340	30	347	- 7
Meningitis	23	275	52	25	+ 250
Inflammatory/Heart	24	246	31	284	- 38
Endocrine Disorders	25	239	19	575	- 336
Cervical Cancer	26	234	37	153	+ 81
Breast Cancer	27	224	9	1,299	- 1,074
Asthma	28	220	44	82	+ 138
Lung Cancers	29	212	4	3,721	- 3,509
Falls	30	205	22	541	- 335
Pertussis	31	198	72	0	+ 198
Prostate Cancer	32	194	8	1,480	- 1,286
Malnutrition	33	189	59	14	+ 175
Oral Cancer	34	168	28	371	- 202
Liver Cancer	35	128	25	464	- 336
Parkinson's Disease	36	115	17	600	- 485
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	105	7	2,147	- 2,042
Drownings	38	102	50	37	+ 64
Fires	39	94	49	53	+ 41
Epilepsy	40	90	40	125	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	89	32	216	- 128
Trypanosomiasis	42	86	76	0	+ 86
Bladder Cancer	43	85	21	545	- 461
Oesophagus Cancer	44	84	24	477	- 392
Drug Use	45	82	34	197	- 114
Skin Cancers	46	82	26	388	- 306
Syphilis	47	80	70	0	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	48	79	23	484	- 405
Lymphomas	49	77	13	730	- 652
Poisonings	50	68	62	6	+ 62
Ovary Cancer	51	65	29	367	- 303
Skin Disease	52	53	45	79	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	53	50	11	1,096	- 1,046
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	48	42	96	- 48
Uterin Cancer	55	47	35	156	- 108
Alcohol	56	47	18	598	- 551
Leukemia	57	41	20	558	- 517
Schistosomiasis	58	34	75	0	+ 34
Tetanus	59	21	68	0	+ 20
Encephalitis	60	18	67	1	+ 17
Appendicitis	61	16	54	23	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	16	61	6	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	15	43	84	- 69
Other Neoplasms	64	13	27	378	- 365
War	65	7	66	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	6	58	15	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	39	132	- 128
Hepatitis C	68	3	60	9	- 6
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	48	57	- 57
Anemia	82	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	63	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.