GABON VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,911	3	1,019	+ 2,892
Stroke	2	2,522	5	896	+ 1,626
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,669	19	152	+ 1,518
Lung Cancers	4	1,375	29	87	+ 1,288
Lung Disease	5	1,304	16	215	+ 1,089
Hypertension	6	1,205	11	412	+ 793
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	856	37	43	+ 813
Diabetes Mellitus	8	799	6	643	+ 156
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	658	4	966	- 308
Breast Cancer	10	558	27	92	+ 466
Kidney Disease	11	512	12	384	+ 129
Other Injuries	12	488	22	140	+ 348
Pancreas Cancer	13	487	53	21	+ 466
Stomach Cancer	14	413	48	32	+ 380
Other Neoplasms	15	402	64	5	+ 397
Lymphomas	16	389	49	32	+ 358
Liver Cancer	17	387	35	53	+ 335
Endocrine Disorders	18	340	25	98	+ 241
Parkinson's Disease	19	339	36	47	+ 292
Prostate Cancer	20	339	32	80	+ 259
Leukemia	21	271	57	17	+ 254
Bladder Cancer	22	270	43	35	+ 235
Liver Disease	23	224	10	416	- 193
Inflammatory/Heart	24	223	24	101	+ 121
Falls	25	170	30	84	+ 86
Suicide	26	163	18	183	- 20
Oral Cancer	27	135	34	69	+ 65
Ovary Cancer	28	132	51	27	+ 106
Skin Cancers	29	130	46	34	+ 97
Road Traffic Accidents	30	130	8	518	- 389
Hepatitis C	31	99	68	1	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	89	54	20	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	33	89	55	19	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	34	82	44	35	+ 48
Anemia	35	67	82	0	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	65	14	318	- 253
Congenital Anomalies	37	58	15	285	- 227
Skin Disease	38	58	52	22	+ 36
Epilepsy	39	54	40	37	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	40	46	26	96	- 50
Malnutrition	41	31	33	78	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	28	63	6	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	28	41	36	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	44	27	67	2	+ 26
Drug Use	45	26	45	34	- 7
HIV/AIDS	46	21	2	1,128	- 1,107
Asthma	47	20	28	90	- 71
Osteoarthritis	48	19	86	0	+ 19
Schizophrenia	49	17	81	0	+ 17
Violence	50	16	17	184	- 167
Low Birth Weight	51	14	9	494	- 480
Drownings	52	14	38	42	- 28
Tuberculosis	53	14	1	1,819	- 1,805
Hepatitis B	54	13	62	7	+ 7
Alcohol	55	11	56	19	- 8
Fires	56	11	39	39	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	85	0	+ 10
Poisonings	58	6	50	28	- 22
Birth Trauma	59	6	13	362	- 357
Meningitis	60	5	23	113	- 108
Appendicitis	61	2	61	7	- 5
Oral conditions	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	59	8	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	65	3	- 3
Maternal Conditions	67	0	21	145	- 145
Encephalitis	68	0	60	7	- 7
Syphilis	69	0	47	33	- 33
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	20	146	- 146
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	31	81	- 81
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	78	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	79	0	7	540	- 540
Ascariasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	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.