GABON VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	951	4	966	- 14
HIV/AIDS	2	880	2	1,128	- 248
Tuberculosis	3	828	1	1,819	- 990
Stroke	4	670	5	896	- 226
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	650	14	318	+ 332
Road Traffic Accidents	6	627	8	518	+ 109
Liver Disease	7	565	10	416	+ 149
Malaria	8	533	7	540	- 7
Coronary Heart Disease	9	505	3	1,019	- 514
Birth Trauma	10	420	13	362	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	11	403	9	494	- 91
Congenital Anomalies	12	258	15	285	- 28
Maternal Conditions	13	238	21	145	+ 93
Diabetes Mellitus	14	238	6	643	- 404
Meningitis	15	226	23	113	+ 113
Kidney Disease	16	188	12	384	- 195
Hypertension	17	186	11	412	- 226
Oesophagus Cancer	18	184	44	35	+ 150
Other Injuries	19	183	22	140	+ 43
Lung Disease	20	180	16	215	- 35
Malnutrition	21	178	33	78	+ 100
Cervical Cancer	22	143	26	96	+ 47
Suicide	23	135	18	183	- 47
Violence	24	124	17	184	- 60
Breast Cancer	25	112	27	92	+ 20
Asthma	26	97	28	90	+ 7
Tetanus	27	90	59	8	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	28	85	48	32	+ 52
Lymphomas	29	81	49	32	+ 50
Oral Cancer	30	78	34	69	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	77	19	152	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	62	37	43	+ 19
Falls	33	62	30	84	- 23
Liver Cancer	34	57	35	53	+ 4
Leukemia	35	56	57	17	+ 39
Fires	36	55	39	39	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	37	54	32	80	- 25
Poisonings	38	53	50	28	+ 26
Drownings	39	51	38	42	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	40	47	24	101	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	46	41	36	+ 10
Pertussis	42	43	31	81	- 38
Epilepsy	43	35	40	37	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	44	35	25	98	- 63
Ovary Cancer	45	33	51	27	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	46	30	53	21	+ 10
Lung Cancers	47	28	29	87	- 59
Skin Cancers	48	27	46	34	- 7
Hepatitis B	49	22	62	7	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	50	20	36	47	- 27
Skin Disease	51	19	52	22	- 2
Syphilis	52	19	47	33	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	17	54	20	- 3
Schistosomiasis	54	16	58	14	+ 2
Alcohol	55	15	56	19	- 4
Uterin Cancer	56	14	55	19	- 6
Bladder Cancer	57	13	43	35	- 21
Appendicitis	58	10	61	7	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	59	8	76	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	60	8	60	7	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	6	68	1	+ 5
Drug Use	62	5	45	34	- 29
Measles	63	4	20	146	- 142
Upper Respiratory	64	4	66	3	+ 1
War	65	4	65	3	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	63	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	67	3	64	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	67	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	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.