GABON VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,648	3	1,019	+ 1,629
Lung Disease	2	1,533	16	215	+ 1,318
Stroke	3	1,214	5	896	+ 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,168	14	318	+ 850
Tuberculosis	5	759	1	1,819	- 1,060
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	684	4	966	- 282
Diabetes Mellitus	7	473	6	643	- 170
Liver Disease	8	468	10	416	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	9	416	9	494	- 78
Falls	10	393	30	84	+ 309
Kidney Disease	11	388	12	384	+ 5
Road Traffic Accidents	12	370	8	518	- 148
Asthma	13	342	28	90	+ 251
Suicide	14	302	18	183	+ 119
Other Injuries	15	261	22	140	+ 121
Oral Cancer	16	234	34	69	+ 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	221	19	152	+ 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	220	54	20	+ 200
Hypertension	19	188	11	412	- 224
Birth Trauma	20	179	13	362	- 183
Lung Cancers	21	154	29	87	+ 67
Breast Cancer	22	144	27	92	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	23	144	15	285	- 141
Stomach Cancer	24	141	48	32	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	135	37	43	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	119	41	36	+ 82
Violence	27	90	17	184	- 94
Drownings	28	85	38	42	+ 43
Encephalitis	29	84	60	7	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	30	79	26	96	- 17
HIV/AIDS	31	77	2	1,128	- 1,051
Parkinson's Disease	32	76	36	47	+ 28
Lymphomas	33	70	49	32	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	34	68	44	35	+ 33
Leukemia	35	58	57	17	+ 41
Meningitis	36	58	23	113	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	37	57	53	21	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	38	54	32	80	- 26
Liver Cancer	39	53	35	53	+ 0
Epilepsy	40	53	40	37	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	41	45	21	145	- 100
Fires	42	41	39	39	+ 2
Alcohol	43	40	56	19	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	44	38	51	27	+ 12
Skin Disease	45	31	52	22	+ 10
Dengue	46	31	73	0	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	47	27	25	98	- 71
Bladder Cancer	48	25	43	35	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	49	22	24	101	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	63	6	+ 15
Measles	51	21	20	146	- 125
Drug Use	52	20	45	34	- 13
Appendicitis	53	20	61	7	+ 13
Pertussis	54	18	31	81	- 64
Malnutrition	55	15	33	78	- 63
Hepatitis B	56	14	62	7	+ 8
Malaria	57	13	7	540	- 526
Tetanus	58	12	59	8	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	12	55	19	- 7
Skin Cancers	60	9	46	34	- 25
Poisonings	61	6	50	28	- 22
Other Neoplasms	62	5	64	5	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	67	2	+ 2
Syphilis	64	3	47	33	- 29
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	2	76	0	+ 2
War	67	2	65	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.