HAITI VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	8,708	22	1,007	+ 7,701
HIV/AIDS	2	5,400	5	2,706	+ 2,695
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,878	1	13,208	- 8,330
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,624	3	7,064	- 2,440
Stroke	5	4,291	2	11,779	- 7,488
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,077	4	5,026	- 1,949
Malaria	7	2,584	59	36	+ 2,548
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,482	13	2,115	+ 367
Low Birth Weight	9	2,367	9	2,516	- 149
Liver Disease	10	1,994	10	2,425	- 431
Hypertension	11	1,973	7	2,632	- 658
Kidney Disease	12	1,837	6	2,701	- 864
Birth Trauma	13	1,735	14	2,100	- 365
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,523	8	2,540	- 1,016
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,366	15	1,819	- 453
Lung Disease	16	1,030	11	2,334	- 1,305
Violence	17	879	12	2,330	- 1,450
Suicide	18	874	21	1,085	- 211
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	725	23	955	- 230
Measles	20	699	74	0	+ 699
Maternal Conditions	21	695	18	1,349	- 653
Other Injuries	22	668	16	1,499	- 830
Meningitis	23	541	28	780	- 239
Inflammatory/Heart	24	485	25	941	- 456
Endocrine Disorders	25	470	24	951	- 482
Cervical Cancer	26	461	34	573	- 112
Breast Cancer	27	442	30	705	- 263
Asthma	28	433	20	1,107	- 674
Lung Cancers	29	417	36	492	- 74
Falls	30	404	35	549	- 145
Pertussis	31	389	38	446	- 58
Prostate Cancer	32	381	17	1,356	- 975
Malnutrition	33	372	29	717	- 345
Oral Cancer	34	331	45	261	+ 71
Liver Cancer	35	252	33	662	- 410
Parkinson's Disease	36	226	42	329	- 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	206	32	680	- 474
Drownings	38	200	19	1,306	- 1,106
Fires	39	185	37	470	- 285
Epilepsy	40	178	41	409	- 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	174	31	704	- 530
Trypanosomiasis	42	169	78	0	+ 169
Bladder Cancer	43	167	55	92	+ 75
Oesophagus Cancer	44	165	49	155	+ 10
Drug Use	45	162	52	140	+ 22
Skin Cancers	46	162	56	56	+ 105
Syphilis	47	157	46	251	- 95
Stomach Cancer	48	155	26	863	- 708
Lymphomas	49	152	47	235	- 83
Poisonings	50	134	50	154	- 21
Ovary Cancer	51	127	51	153	- 26
Skin Disease	52	103	40	425	- 321
Pancreas Cancer	53	99	44	268	- 170
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	95	27	814	- 719
Uterin Cancer	55	93	57	42	+ 51
Alcohol	56	93	39	428	- 335
Leukemia	57	81	43	300	- 220
Schistosomiasis	58	66	76	0	+ 66
Tetanus	59	40	53	119	- 78
Encephalitis	60	35	54	118	- 83
Appendicitis	61	32	48	172	- 140
Hepatitis B	62	32	62	26	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	30	58	37	- 7
Other Neoplasms	64	25	60	31	- 5
War	65	13	66	5	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	12	63	19	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	61	28	- 21
Hepatitis C	68	5	65	7	- 2
Diphtheria	69	2	69	3	- 1
Ascariasis	70	2	67	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	1	68	5	- 3
Otitis Media	72	1	70	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

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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.