NORWAY VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,082	56	15	+ 4,067
HIV/AIDS	2	2,531	61	10	+ 2,521
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,287	1	5,321	- 3,034
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,167	6	1,797	+ 371
Stroke	5	2,012	4	2,475	- 464
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,442	16	560	+ 883
Malaria	7	1,211	84	0	+ 1,211
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,163	42	114	+ 1,049
Low Birth Weight	9	1,110	52	23	+ 1,086
Liver Disease	10	935	30	214	+ 721
Hypertension	11	925	28	230	+ 695
Kidney Disease	12	861	14	611	+ 250
Birth Trauma	13	813	54	17	+ 796
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	714	37	128	+ 586
Congenital Anomalies	15	640	34	136	+ 504
Lung Disease	16	483	3	2,723	- 2,240
Violence	17	412	50	32	+ 380
Suicide	18	410	13	633	- 224
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	340	2	4,464	- 4,124
Measles	20	328	72	0	+ 328
Maternal Conditions	21	326	66	1	+ 325
Other Injuries	22	313	15	583	- 270
Meningitis	23	254	58	14	+ 240
Inflammatory/Heart	24	227	29	221	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	25	220	19	359	- 139
Cervical Cancer	26	216	39	125	+ 91
Breast Cancer	27	207	11	698	- 491
Asthma	28	203	43	85	+ 118
Lung Cancers	29	196	5	2,320	- 2,124
Falls	30	190	9	777	- 588
Pertussis	31	182	64	1	+ 181
Prostate Cancer	32	179	8	1,172	- 994
Malnutrition	33	174	35	135	+ 39
Oral Cancer	34	155	32	168	- 12
Liver Cancer	35	118	26	259	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	36	106	17	554	- 448
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	97	7	1,787	- 1,690
Drownings	38	94	45	65	+ 29
Fires	39	87	48	45	+ 42
Epilepsy	40	83	40	119	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	82	33	160	- 78
Trypanosomiasis	42	79	82	0	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	43	78	20	356	- 278
Oesophagus Cancer	44	78	27	248	- 170
Drug Use	45	76	25	264	- 188
Skin Cancers	46	76	18	407	- 332
Syphilis	47	73	67	1	+ 73
Stomach Cancer	48	73	22	343	- 271
Lymphomas	49	71	12	646	- 574
Poisonings	50	63	57	14	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	51	60	24	309	- 249
Skin Disease	52	48	38	128	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	53	46	10	770	- 724
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	45	46	61	- 17
Uterin Cancer	55	43	36	134	- 91
Alcohol	56	43	31	205	- 161
Leukemia	57	38	21	354	- 316
Schistosomiasis	58	31	83	0	+ 31
Tetanus	59	19	69	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	60	16	70	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	15	59	12	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	15	63	3	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	14	47	60	- 46
Other Neoplasms	64	12	23	324	- 312
War	65	6	68	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	6	60	12	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	41	119	- 115
Hepatitis C	68	2	55	17	- 15
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Anemia	82	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	27	- 27
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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Norway

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.