GREECE VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	7,750	46	66	+ 7,684
HIV/AIDS	2	4,806	50	47	+ 4,759
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,341	1	21,124	- 16,783
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,115	3	8,282	- 4,167
Stroke	5	3,819	2	14,077	- 10,258
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,738	20	1,266	+ 1,473
Malaria	7	2,300	78	0	+ 2,300
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,209	22	870	+ 1,338
Low Birth Weight	9	2,107	41	127	+ 1,980
Liver Disease	10	1,775	23	809	+ 965
Hypertension	11	1,756	9	2,922	- 1,166
Kidney Disease	12	1,635	6	4,759	- 3,124
Birth Trauma	13	1,544	57	17	+ 1,528
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,356	44	95	+ 1,261
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,216	38	174	+ 1,042
Lung Disease	16	916	5	5,526	- 4,610
Violence	17	783	42	104	+ 679
Suicide	18	778	28	533	+ 246
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	646	7	3,940	- 3,294
Measles	20	622	68	0	+ 622
Maternal Conditions	21	619	61	2	+ 617
Other Injuries	22	595	17	1,453	- 858
Meningitis	23	482	53	33	+ 448
Inflammatory/Heart	24	432	24	725	- 293
Endocrine Disorders	25	418	29	526	- 108
Cervical Cancer	26	410	36	243	+ 167
Breast Cancer	27	393	11	2,520	- 2,127
Asthma	28	385	55	27	+ 358
Lung Cancers	29	371	4	7,355	- 6,984
Falls	30	360	21	1,245	- 885
Pertussis	31	346	69	0	+ 346
Prostate Cancer	32	339	12	2,023	- 1,684
Malnutrition	33	331	66	1	+ 330
Oral Cancer	34	295	30	440	- 145
Liver Cancer	35	224	14	1,566	- 1,341
Parkinson's Disease	36	201	10	2,646	- 2,445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	183	8	3,264	- 3,080
Drownings	38	178	32	435	- 257
Fires	39	164	39	146	+ 18
Epilepsy	40	158	34	249	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	155	26	611	- 456
Trypanosomiasis	42	150	76	0	+ 150
Bladder Cancer	43	148	15	1,551	- 1,402
Oesophagus Cancer	44	147	35	246	- 98
Drug Use	45	144	37	193	- 49
Skin Cancers	46	144	31	438	- 294
Syphilis	47	140	65	1	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	48	138	16	1,535	- 1,397
Lymphomas	49	135	19	1,268	- 1,133
Poisonings	50	119	56	19	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	51	113	27	557	- 444
Skin Disease	52	92	47	56	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	53	88	13	1,904	- 1,816
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	85	43	100	- 15
Uterin Cancer	55	83	33	373	- 290
Alcohol	56	82	49	50	+ 32
Leukemia	57	72	18	1,354	- 1,282
Schistosomiasis	58	59	75	0	+ 59
Tetanus	59	36	62	2	+ 34
Encephalitis	60	31	67	1	+ 30
Appendicitis	61	28	58	9	+ 19
Hepatitis B	62	28	48	56	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	27	45	67	- 40
Other Neoplasms	64	23	25	679	- 656
War	65	12	64	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	66	11	59	8	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	40	135	- 128
Hepatitis C	68	4	52	38	- 34
Diphtheria	69	2	70	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	27	- 27
Anemia	82	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	63	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Gabon

Greece

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.