GABON VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,304	4	966	+ 338
HIV/AIDS	2	1,094	2	1,128	- 34
Coronary Heart Disease	3	979	3	1,019	- 39
Stroke	4	781	5	896	- 116
Birth Trauma	5	734	13	362	+ 371
Road Traffic Accidents	6	677	8	518	+ 158
Malaria	7	656	7	540	+ 116
Low Birth Weight	8	644	9	494	+ 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	609	14	318	+ 291
Tuberculosis	10	433	1	1,819	- 1,386
Congenital Anomalies	11	373	15	285	+ 87
Liver Cancer	12	367	35	53	+ 314
Maternal Conditions	13	336	21	145	+ 191
Liver Disease	14	315	10	416	- 102
Diabetes Mellitus	15	282	6	643	- 361
Kidney Disease	16	258	12	384	- 125
Endocrine Disorders	17	224	25	98	+ 126
Meningitis	18	223	23	113	+ 110
Lung Disease	19	200	16	215	- 15
Violence	20	190	17	184	+ 6
Other Injuries	21	189	22	140	+ 49
Hypertension	22	167	11	412	- 245
Cervical Cancer	23	141	26	96	+ 45
Asthma	24	130	28	90	+ 40
Suicide	25	110	18	183	- 73
Malnutrition	26	107	33	78	+ 29
Pertussis	27	96	31	81	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	87	19	152	- 65
Falls	29	81	30	84	- 4
Drownings	30	67	38	42	+ 25
Fires	31	65	39	39	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	32	58	24	101	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	55	41	36	+ 18
Syphilis	34	53	47	33	+ 20
Epilepsy	35	42	40	37	+ 5
Poisonings	36	41	50	28	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	37	33	36	47	- 14
Lung Cancers	38	33	29	87	- 55
Drug Use	39	27	45	34	- 7
Breast Cancer	40	26	27	92	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	54	20	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	42	22	58	14	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	43	20	32	80	- 60
Skin Disease	44	18	52	22	- 4
Tetanus	45	18	59	8	+ 9
Hepatitis B	46	13	62	7	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	13	48	32	- 19
Encephalitis	48	13	60	7	+ 6
Measles	49	13	20	146	- 133
Alcohol	50	12	56	19	- 8
Lymphomas	51	11	49	32	- 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	10	37	43	- 33
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	53	21	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	54	5	44	35	- 29
Appendicitis	55	5	61	7	- 2
Bladder Cancer	56	4	43	35	- 31
Other Neoplasms	57	3	64	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	67	2	+ 1
Leukemia	59	2	57	17	- 15
Leishmaniasis	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	51	27	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	63	6	- 4
Ascariasis	63	2	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	1	- 0
Uterin Cancer	66	1	55	19	- 18
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	34	- 33
War	69	0	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	34	69	- 69
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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Gabon

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.