LAOS VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	5,893	4	1,949	+ 3,944
HIV/AIDS	2	3,654	29	313	+ 3,341
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,301	2	5,190	- 1,889
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,129	3	2,820	+ 309
Stroke	5	2,904	1	5,769	- 2,866
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,082	8	1,466	+ 616
Malaria	7	1,749	63	10	+ 1,739
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,679	9	1,281	+ 398
Low Birth Weight	9	1,602	11	1,156	+ 446
Liver Disease	10	1,349	10	1,171	+ 178
Hypertension	11	1,335	15	890	+ 446
Kidney Disease	12	1,243	5	1,646	- 403
Birth Trauma	13	1,174	12	1,116	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,031	7	1,552	- 521
Congenital Anomalies	15	924	18	647	+ 277
Lung Disease	16	697	6	1,626	- 930
Violence	17	595	22	475	+ 120
Suicide	18	592	27	390	+ 202
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	491	23	458	+ 33
Measles	20	473	56	29	+ 444
Maternal Conditions	21	471	32	218	+ 252
Other Injuries	22	452	21	519	- 66
Meningitis	23	366	40	154	+ 213
Inflammatory/Heart	24	328	36	206	+ 122
Endocrine Disorders	25	318	38	186	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	26	312	37	187	+ 124
Breast Cancer	27	299	25	437	- 138
Asthma	28	293	16	840	- 547
Lung Cancers	29	282	14	919	- 637
Falls	30	274	24	440	- 166
Pertussis	31	263	30	304	- 41
Prostate Cancer	32	258	53	37	+ 221
Malnutrition	33	252	39	166	+ 85
Oral Cancer	34	224	28	349	- 125
Liver Cancer	35	171	13	1,104	- 933
Parkinson's Disease	36	153	41	139	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	139	26	422	- 283
Drownings	38	135	19	568	- 433
Fires	39	125	42	108	+ 17
Epilepsy	40	120	50	58	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	118	17	651	- 534
Trypanosomiasis	42	114	74	0	+ 114
Bladder Cancer	43	113	51	49	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	44	112	33	214	- 102
Drug Use	45	110	54	33	+ 77
Skin Cancers	46	109	49	59	+ 50
Syphilis	47	106	58	28	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	48	105	20	530	- 425
Lymphomas	49	103	34	211	- 108
Poisonings	50	90	52	41	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	51	86	43	101	- 15
Skin Disease	52	70	45	89	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	53	67	48	61	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	64	35	207	- 143
Uterin Cancer	55	63	55	29	+ 34
Alcohol	56	63	47	61	+ 1
Leukemia	57	55	31	290	- 235
Schistosomiasis	58	45	62	11	+ 33
Tetanus	59	27	44	96	- 68
Encephalitis	60	23	46	69	- 45
Appendicitis	61	21	57	29	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	21	60	17	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	20	64	7	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	64	17	61	12	+ 6
War	65	9	68	3	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	8	66	5	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	65	6	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	3	67	4	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	59	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	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 LAOS

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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.