LEBANON VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,974	41	70	+ 3,904
HIV/AIDS	2	2,465	45	51	+ 2,414
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,226	1	13,328	- 11,102
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,110	10	931	+ 1,179
Stroke	5	1,959	2	1,795	+ 164
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,404	9	934	+ 470
Malaria	7	1,180	78	0	+ 1,180
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,133	7	1,127	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	9	1,080	28	190	+ 890
Liver Disease	10	910	14	663	+ 247
Hypertension	11	901	4	1,426	- 525
Kidney Disease	12	838	5	1,243	- 405
Birth Trauma	13	792	42	67	+ 725
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	695	40	81	+ 614
Congenital Anomalies	15	623	20	298	+ 326
Lung Disease	16	470	11	889	- 419
Violence	17	401	22	285	+ 117
Suicide	18	399	29	190	+ 209
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	331	6	1,213	- 882
Measles	20	319	59	12	+ 307
Maternal Conditions	21	317	50	30	+ 287
Other Injuries	22	305	30	168	+ 137
Meningitis	23	247	49	35	+ 212
Inflammatory/Heart	24	221	32	153	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	25	214	34	145	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	26	210	35	135	+ 76
Breast Cancer	27	202	8	987	- 785
Asthma	28	198	19	298	- 100
Lung Cancers	29	190	3	1,498	- 1,308
Falls	30	185	33	148	+ 37
Pertussis	31	177	57	16	+ 162
Prostate Cancer	32	174	17	442	- 268
Malnutrition	33	170	60	11	+ 159
Oral Cancer	34	151	31	162	- 11
Liver Cancer	35	115	27	217	- 102
Parkinson's Disease	36	103	25	226	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	94	12	841	- 747
Drownings	38	91	43	62	+ 30
Fires	39	84	39	99	- 14
Epilepsy	40	81	46	49	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	79	37	114	- 35
Trypanosomiasis	42	77	77	0	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	43	76	13	704	- 628
Oesophagus Cancer	44	76	44	52	+ 23
Drug Use	45	74	23	281	- 207
Skin Cancers	46	74	21	296	- 223
Syphilis	47	72	63	5	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	48	71	16	479	- 409
Lymphomas	49	69	15	646	- 576
Poisonings	50	61	48	39	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	51	58	26	224	- 166
Skin Disease	52	47	53	19	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	53	45	24	273	- 227
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	43	47	47	- 4
Uterin Cancer	55	42	38	99	- 57
Alcohol	56	42	54	18	+ 24
Leukemia	57	37	18	334	- 297
Schistosomiasis	58	30	65	2	+ 28
Tetanus	59	18	52	23	- 5
Encephalitis	60	16	56	16	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	14	61	11	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	14	36	123	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	14	62	5	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	64	12	58	14	- 3
War	65	6	51	25	- 19
Upper Respiratory	66	6	67	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	55	16	- 13
Hepatitis C	68	2	64	4	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Gabon

Lebanon

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.