ESTONIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	884	47	16	+ 868
HIV/AIDS	2	548	39	40	+ 508
Coronary Heart Disease	3	495	1	3,009	- 2,513
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	470	6	349	+ 121
Stroke	5	436	3	1,116	- 680
Diabetes Mellitus	6	312	19	146	+ 166
Malaria	7	262	73	0	+ 262
Road Traffic Accidents	8	252	35	59	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	9	240	55	7	+ 234
Liver Disease	10	203	7	328	- 126
Hypertension	11	200	2	2,700	- 2,500
Kidney Disease	12	187	17	176	+ 10
Birth Trauma	13	176	57	5	+ 171
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	155	53	8	+ 146
Congenital Anomalies	15	139	43	25	+ 114
Lung Disease	16	105	13	229	- 124
Violence	17	89	42	28	+ 61
Suicide	18	89	16	197	- 109
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	74	12	229	- 156
Measles	20	71	84	0	+ 71
Maternal Conditions	21	71	61	1	+ 69
Other Injuries	22	68	20	141	- 73
Meningitis	23	55	54	7	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	24	49	14	217	- 168
Endocrine Disorders	25	48	33	66	- 18
Cervical Cancer	26	47	32	68	- 21
Breast Cancer	27	45	11	260	- 215
Asthma	28	44	44	24	+ 20
Lung Cancers	29	42	4	657	- 615
Falls	30	41	24	119	- 78
Pertussis	31	39	83	0	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	32	39	8	298	- 260
Malnutrition	33	38	79	0	+ 38
Oral Cancer	34	34	25	110	- 77
Liver Cancer	35	26	26	107	- 82
Parkinson's Disease	36	23	29	82	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	21	5	527	- 506
Drownings	38	20	40	30	- 10
Fires	39	19	38	41	- 22
Epilepsy	40	18	37	45	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	36	55	- 37
Trypanosomiasis	42	17	70	0	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	43	17	21	126	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	44	17	27	99	- 82
Drug Use	45	16	31	75	- 59
Skin Cancers	46	16	30	79	- 62
Syphilis	47	16	62	1	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	48	16	9	290	- 274
Lymphomas	49	15	15	213	- 197
Poisonings	50	14	52	8	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	51	13	28	87	- 74
Skin Disease	52	10	41	29	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	10	268	- 258
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	10	45	22	- 12
Uterin Cancer	55	9	34	60	- 51
Alcohol	56	9	18	148	- 139
Leukemia	57	8	22	126	- 117
Schistosomiasis	58	7	72	0	+ 7
Tetanus	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	60	4	63	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	3	59	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	46	17	- 14
Other Neoplasms	64	3	23	123	- 121
War	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	48	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	68	1	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	60	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	86	0	50	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.