KENYA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	43,154	3	19,655	+ 23,499
HIV/AIDS	2	26,761	2	20,885	+ 5,876
Coronary Heart Disease	3	24,172	9	11,972	+ 12,200
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	22,914	1	22,571	+ 342
Stroke	5	21,265	4	15,895	+ 5,370
Diabetes Mellitus	6	15,247	14	5,651	+ 9,596
Malaria	7	12,807	8	12,652	+ 155
Road Traffic Accidents	8	12,298	6	14,883	- 2,585
Low Birth Weight	9	11,730	11	9,562	+ 2,168
Liver Disease	10	9,881	7	13,405	- 3,523
Hypertension	11	9,779	17	4,418	+ 5,362
Kidney Disease	12	9,101	16	4,464	+ 4,637
Birth Trauma	13	8,600	10	9,957	- 1,357
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	7,549	5	15,420	- 7,871
Congenital Anomalies	15	6,769	12	6,115	+ 654
Lung Disease	16	5,103	20	4,280	+ 823
Violence	17	4,358	24	2,942	+ 1,416
Suicide	18	4,333	23	3,214	+ 1,118
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	3,594	31	1,827	+ 1,767
Measles	20	3,465	63	103	+ 3,362
Maternal Conditions	21	3,446	13	5,651	- 2,206
Other Injuries	22	3,312	19	4,336	- 1,023
Meningitis	23	2,681	15	5,364	- 2,682
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,403	40	1,121	+ 1,282
Endocrine Disorders	25	2,327	44	831	+ 1,496
Cervical Cancer	26	2,282	22	3,389	- 1,107
Breast Cancer	27	2,189	25	2,658	- 469
Asthma	28	2,146	26	2,300	- 155
Lung Cancers	29	2,068	47	669	+ 1,400
Falls	30	2,003	33	1,465	+ 538
Pertussis	31	1,926	42	1,014	+ 912
Prostate Cancer	32	1,889	37	1,292	+ 597
Malnutrition	33	1,843	21	4,212	- 2,370
Oral Cancer	34	1,643	30	1,842	- 200
Liver Cancer	35	1,249	34	1,351	- 102
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,120	50	470	+ 650
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	1,022	32	1,477	- 456
Drownings	38	991	39	1,200	- 209
Fires	39	915	36	1,316	- 402
Epilepsy	40	880	43	832	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	863	41	1,089	- 226
Trypanosomiasis	42	837	78	0	+ 837
Bladder Cancer	43	826	57	318	+ 508
Oesophagus Cancer	44	820	18	4,373	- 3,553
Drug Use	45	803	62	113	+ 689
Skin Cancers	46	801	48	638	+ 163
Syphilis	47	777	52	449	+ 327
Stomach Cancer	48	769	28	2,010	- 1,241
Lymphomas	49	753	29	1,931	- 1,178
Poisonings	50	663	38	1,269	- 606
Ovary Cancer	51	629	45	795	- 165
Skin Disease	52	512	51	455	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	53	489	46	716	- 227
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	472	53	408	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	55	460	56	323	+ 137
Alcohol	56	459	55	355	+ 103
Leukemia	57	400	35	1,327	- 927
Schistosomiasis	58	329	54	370	- 41
Tetanus	59	200	27	2,129	- 1,929
Encephalitis	60	171	60	189	- 18
Appendicitis	61	157	58	240	- 84
Hepatitis B	62	156	49	522	- 366
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	148	66	84	+ 64
Other Neoplasms	64	126	67	60	+ 66
War	65	66	65	89	- 24
Upper Respiratory	66	61	64	95	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	67	38	68	39	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	25	61	152	- 128
Diphtheria	69	8	69	13	- 4
Ascariasis	70	8	71	9	- 1
Chlamydia	71	7	70	10	- 4
Otitis Media	72	4	72	7	- 3
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	194	- 194
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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Kenya

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.