QATAR VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,891	44	8	+ 1,883
HIV/AIDS	2	1,173	71	0	+ 1,173
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,059	1	1,082	- 23
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,004	10	108	+ 896
Stroke	5	932	3	255	+ 677
Diabetes Mellitus	6	668	2	459	+ 209
Malaria	7	561	76	0	+ 561
Road Traffic Accidents	8	539	4	206	+ 333
Low Birth Weight	9	514	20	45	+ 469
Liver Disease	10	433	5	202	+ 230
Hypertension	11	428	28	26	+ 402
Kidney Disease	12	399	6	179	+ 220
Birth Trauma	13	377	38	13	+ 364
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	331	41	10	+ 321
Congenital Anomalies	15	297	14	70	+ 227
Lung Disease	16	224	15	68	+ 155
Violence	17	191	34	14	+ 177
Suicide	18	190	7	165	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	157	12	75	+ 83
Measles	20	152	67	0	+ 152
Maternal Conditions	21	151	52	3	+ 148
Other Injuries	22	145	9	115	+ 30
Meningitis	23	117	47	7	+ 110
Inflammatory/Heart	24	105	25	32	+ 73
Endocrine Disorders	25	102	24	39	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	26	100	36	13	+ 87
Breast Cancer	27	96	17	53	+ 43
Asthma	28	94	40	10	+ 84
Lung Cancers	29	91	13	73	+ 18
Falls	30	88	8	129	- 41
Pertussis	31	84	54	2	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	32	83	31	18	+ 65
Malnutrition	33	81	58	1	+ 80
Oral Cancer	34	72	29	25	+ 47
Liver Cancer	35	55	21	44	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	36	49	26	28	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	45	11	83	- 38
Drownings	38	43	19	45	- 2
Fires	39	40	22	42	- 2
Epilepsy	40	39	35	13	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	38	46	7	+ 31
Trypanosomiasis	42	37	75	0	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	43	36	27	27	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	44	36	37	13	+ 23
Drug Use	45	35	39	12	+ 23
Skin Cancers	46	35	43	8	+ 27
Syphilis	47	34	53	2	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	48	34	23	42	- 8
Lymphomas	49	33	18	48	- 15
Poisonings	50	29	42	9	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	51	28	32	17	+ 10
Skin Disease	52	22	33	16	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	21	30	25	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	21	45	8	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	55	20	49	6	+ 14
Alcohol	56	20	48	7	+ 13
Leukemia	57	18	16	57	- 40
Schistosomiasis	58	14	78	0	+ 14
Tetanus	59	9	60	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	60	7	50	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	7	57	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	7	56	2	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	59	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	64	6	51	3	+ 3
War	65	3	61	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	55	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	63	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	62	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	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 QATAR

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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.