NIGER VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	19,517	13	3,703	+ 15,814
HIV/AIDS	2	12,103	30	1,048	+ 11,055
Coronary Heart Disease	3	10,932	6	8,229	+ 2,703
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	10,363	1	21,093	- 10,730
Stroke	5	9,618	5	8,717	+ 900
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,896	17	2,630	+ 4,266
Malaria	7	5,792	2	17,022	- 11,230
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,562	8	5,946	- 384
Low Birth Weight	9	5,305	4	9,560	- 4,255
Liver Disease	10	4,469	11	4,116	+ 353
Hypertension	11	4,423	25	1,356	+ 3,067
Kidney Disease	12	4,116	16	2,732	+ 1,384
Birth Trauma	13	3,889	7	8,030	- 4,141
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	3,414	3	16,030	- 12,616
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,061	10	4,346	- 1,284
Lung Disease	16	2,308	20	2,172	+ 136
Violence	17	1,971	19	2,244	- 273
Suicide	18	1,960	27	1,227	+ 733
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,626	32	858	+ 768
Measles	20	1,567	18	2,414	- 847
Maternal Conditions	21	1,558	14	3,317	- 1,759
Other Injuries	22	1,498	12	3,826	- 2,327
Meningitis	23	1,213	9	5,237	- 4,024
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,087	34	769	+ 318
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,052	23	1,806	- 754
Cervical Cancer	26	1,032	38	487	+ 545
Breast Cancer	27	990	29	1,075	- 85
Asthma	28	970	22	1,902	- 932
Lung Cancers	29	935	67	42	+ 893
Falls	30	906	26	1,297	- 391
Pertussis	31	871	15	2,858	- 1,987
Prostate Cancer	32	854	57	128	+ 727
Malnutrition	33	833	21	2,170	- 1,336
Oral Cancer	34	743	49	242	+ 501
Liver Cancer	35	565	35	745	- 180
Parkinson's Disease	36	506	47	275	+ 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	462	37	522	- 60
Drownings	38	448	24	1,581	- 1,133
Fires	39	414	28	1,120	- 707
Epilepsy	40	398	36	676	- 278
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	390	31	1,044	- 654
Trypanosomiasis	42	379	78	0	+ 379
Bladder Cancer	43	374	53	161	+ 212
Oesophagus Cancer	44	371	55	132	+ 239
Drug Use	45	363	58	126	+ 237
Skin Cancers	46	362	45	287	+ 76
Syphilis	47	351	62	110	+ 242
Stomach Cancer	48	348	44	300	+ 47
Lymphomas	49	341	43	350	- 9
Poisonings	50	300	33	771	- 472
Ovary Cancer	51	285	40	425	- 140
Skin Disease	52	232	52	213	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	53	221	54	138	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	213	39	467	- 253
Uterin Cancer	55	208	64	86	+ 122
Alcohol	56	207	60	120	+ 87
Leukemia	57	181	48	258	- 77
Schistosomiasis	58	149	50	237	- 89
Tetanus	59	91	42	372	- 282
Encephalitis	60	77	61	112	- 35
Appendicitis	61	71	56	128	- 57
Hepatitis B	62	71	46	279	- 208
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	67	70	18	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	64	57	68	24	+ 33
War	65	30	41	409	- 380
Upper Respiratory	66	28	63	94	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	67	17	69	22	- 5
Hepatitis C	68	11	66	46	- 34
Diphtheria	69	4	65	60	- 57
Ascariasis	70	4	59	125	- 121
Chlamydia	71	3	71	3	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	2	72	1	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	237	- 237
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.