YEMEN VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	23,812	18	1,899	+ 21,913
HIV/AIDS	2	14,767	46	396	+ 14,371
Coronary Heart Disease	3	13,338	1	30,158	- 16,819
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,644	4	11,978	+ 665
Stroke	5	11,734	2	13,570	- 1,835
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,413	19	1,794	+ 6,619
Malaria	7	7,067	20	1,719	+ 5,348
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,786	6	8,561	- 1,775
Low Birth Weight	9	6,473	5	8,810	- 2,337
Liver Disease	10	5,452	13	2,891	+ 2,561
Hypertension	11	5,396	8	5,293	+ 103
Kidney Disease	12	5,022	15	2,679	+ 2,343
Birth Trauma	13	4,745	7	5,939	- 1,194
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	4,165	9	4,372	- 206
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,735	10	4,291	- 556
Lung Disease	16	2,816	11	3,196	- 380
Violence	17	2,405	14	2,839	- 434
Suicide	18	2,391	21	1,699	+ 692
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,983	22	1,405	+ 578
Measles	20	1,912	12	3,019	- 1,107
Maternal Conditions	21	1,901	32	890	+ 1,012
Other Injuries	22	1,828	16	2,225	- 397
Meningitis	23	1,480	28	1,018	+ 461
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,326	40	585	+ 741
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,284	36	738	+ 546
Cervical Cancer	26	1,259	57	119	+ 1,140
Breast Cancer	27	1,208	26	1,134	+ 74
Asthma	28	1,184	17	2,106	- 922
Lung Cancers	29	1,141	41	569	+ 572
Falls	30	1,105	24	1,170	- 64
Pertussis	31	1,063	23	1,239	- 176
Prostate Cancer	32	1,042	63	39	+ 1,003
Malnutrition	33	1,017	27	1,058	- 41
Oral Cancer	34	906	42	547	+ 359
Liver Cancer	35	689	39	609	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	36	618	49	362	+ 256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	564	30	913	- 349
Drownings	38	547	25	1,142	- 596
Fires	39	505	29	991	- 486
Epilepsy	40	486	43	539	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	476	33	833	- 357
Trypanosomiasis	42	462	76	0	+ 462
Bladder Cancer	43	456	55	160	+ 295
Oesophagus Cancer	44	452	35	765	- 312
Drug Use	45	443	38	613	- 170
Skin Cancers	46	442	58	100	+ 343
Syphilis	47	429	53	175	+ 253
Stomach Cancer	48	424	31	902	- 478
Lymphomas	49	416	45	433	- 17
Poisonings	50	366	44	532	- 166
Ovary Cancer	51	347	52	188	+ 159
Skin Disease	52	283	61	44	+ 239
Pancreas Cancer	53	270	51	283	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	260	37	707	- 446
Uterin Cancer	55	254	69	5	+ 249
Alcohol	56	253	59	78	+ 175
Leukemia	57	221	34	776	- 556
Schistosomiasis	58	181	56	124	+ 58
Tetanus	59	111	47	395	- 284
Encephalitis	60	94	48	369	- 274
Appendicitis	61	87	54	162	- 75
Hepatitis B	62	86	50	299	- 213
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	82	66	14	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	64	70	64	21	+ 49
War	65	36	3	12,915	- 12,879
Upper Respiratory	66	34	70	5	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	67	21	62	42	- 20
Hepatitis C	68	14	68	8	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	5	67	14	- 9
Ascariasis	70	5	65	17	- 12
Chlamydia	71	4	72	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	72	2	73	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	60	71	- 71
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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 YEMEN

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Yemen

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.