SURINAME VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	479	37	17	+ 462
HIV/AIDS	2	297	7	138	+ 159
Coronary Heart Disease	3	268	1	650	- 382
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	254	5	171	+ 84
Stroke	5	236	2	615	- 379
Diabetes Mellitus	6	169	3	286	- 117
Malaria	7	142	78	0	+ 142
Road Traffic Accidents	8	137	13	89	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	9	130	19	51	+ 79
Liver Disease	10	110	8	134	- 24
Hypertension	11	109	9	134	- 25
Kidney Disease	12	101	4	281	- 180
Birth Trauma	13	95	30	28	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	84	27	31	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	15	75	22	40	+ 35
Lung Disease	16	57	12	93	- 36
Violence	17	48	26	34	+ 15
Suicide	18	48	6	148	- 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	40	10	117	- 77
Measles	20	38	73	0	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	21	38	41	14	+ 24
Other Injuries	22	37	15	73	- 36
Meningitis	23	30	50	5	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	24	27	23	37	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	25	26	24	37	- 11
Cervical Cancer	26	25	20	48	- 23
Breast Cancer	27	24	17	55	- 31
Asthma	28	24	39	16	+ 8
Lung Cancers	29	23	11	102	- 79
Falls	30	22	25	34	- 12
Pertussis	31	21	59	1	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	32	21	14	78	- 57
Malnutrition	33	20	43	13	+ 7
Oral Cancer	34	18	40	16	+ 3
Liver Cancer	35	14	21	45	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	36	12	31	28	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	11	16	72	- 61
Drownings	38	11	29	28	- 17
Fires	39	10	44	13	- 3
Epilepsy	40	10	36	18	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	10	28	29	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	42	9	77	0	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	43	9	48	5	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	9	56	2	+ 7
Drug Use	45	9	45	7	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	9	60	1	+ 8
Syphilis	47	9	52	3	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	48	9	33	25	- 16
Lymphomas	49	8	34	23	- 14
Poisonings	50	7	57	2	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	51	7	42	14	- 7
Skin Disease	52	6	18	53	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	32	26	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	47	6	- 1
Uterin Cancer	55	5	49	5	- 0
Alcohol	56	5	38	16	- 11
Leukemia	57	4	35	20	- 15
Schistosomiasis	58	4	55	2	+ 1
Tetanus	59	2	62	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	60	2	51	4	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	53	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	58	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	64	1	54	3	- 1
War	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	46	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.