GABON VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,039	3	1,019	+ 10,020
Stroke	2	8,032	5	896	+ 7,135
Hypertension	3	1,627	11	412	+ 1,215
Lung Cancers	4	1,304	29	87	+ 1,216
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,255	24	101	+ 1,154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	984	37	43	+ 941
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	904	19	152	+ 753
Diabetes Mellitus	8	722	6	643	+ 79
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	683	4	966	- 283
Breast Cancer	10	644	27	92	+ 552
Stomach Cancer	11	640	48	32	+ 608
Prostate Cancer	12	632	32	80	+ 553
Pancreas Cancer	13	595	53	21	+ 574
Suicide	14	523	18	183	+ 340
Liver Disease	15	497	10	416	+ 81
Other Injuries	16	494	22	140	+ 354
Kidney Disease	17	486	12	384	+ 102
Lung Disease	18	472	16	215	+ 257
Lymphomas	19	334	49	32	+ 303
Bladder Cancer	20	311	43	35	+ 276
Alcohol	21	310	56	19	+ 291
Oral Cancer	22	292	34	69	+ 222
Falls	23	274	30	84	+ 190
Ovary Cancer	24	268	51	27	+ 241
Leukemia	25	254	57	17	+ 237
Liver Cancer	26	214	35	53	+ 161
Road Traffic Accidents	27	209	8	518	- 309
Other Neoplasms	28	208	64	5	+ 203
Uterin Cancer	29	201	55	19	+ 182
Skin Cancers	30	197	46	34	+ 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	193	41	36	+ 157
Oesophagus Cancer	32	179	44	35	+ 144
Cervical Cancer	33	174	26	96	+ 78
Drownings	34	173	38	42	+ 131
Parkinson's Disease	35	171	36	47	+ 124
Fires	36	141	39	39	+ 102
Violence	37	129	17	184	- 55
Skin Disease	38	104	52	22	+ 83
HIV/AIDS	39	101	2	1,128	- 1,027
Tuberculosis	40	97	1	1,819	- 1,722
Endocrine Disorders	41	81	25	98	- 18
Hepatitis C	42	72	68	1	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	43	63	15	285	- 222
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	62	85	0	+ 62
Epilepsy	45	60	40	37	+ 23
Asthma	46	57	28	90	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	54	20	+ 36
Drug Use	48	56	45	34	+ 22
Poisonings	49	32	50	28	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	50	28	67	2	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	27	63	6	+ 21
Meningitis	52	20	23	113	- 93
Anemia	53	19	82	0	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	19	14	318	- 300
Birth Trauma	55	16	13	362	- 347
Low Birth Weight	56	15	9	494	- 479
Schizophrenia	57	10	81	0	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	58	9	86	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	59	6	61	7	- 0
Maternal Conditions	60	6	21	145	- 139
Oral conditions	61	5	84	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	5	66	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	4	62	7	- 2
Malnutrition	64	3	33	78	- 75
Syphilis	65	2	47	33	- 31
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	0	65	3	- 2
Encephalitis	69	0	60	7	- 7
Pertussis	70	0	31	81	- 81
Tetanus	71	0	59	8	- 8
Measles	72	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	79	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	84	0	70	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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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.