GABON VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,100	3	1,019	+ 5,081
Stroke	2	821	5	896	- 75
Lung Cancers	3	686	29	87	+ 599
Hypertension	4	653	11	412	+ 240
Kidney Disease	5	569	12	384	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	555	19	152	+ 404
Road Traffic Accidents	7	516	8	518	- 2
Breast Cancer	8	451	27	92	+ 359
Diabetes Mellitus	9	427	6	643	- 215
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	426	4	966	- 540
Lung Disease	11	407	16	215	+ 192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	385	37	43	+ 342
Bladder Cancer	13	322	43	35	+ 287
Liver Disease	14	303	10	416	- 113
Lymphomas	15	295	49	32	+ 264
Stomach Cancer	16	219	48	32	+ 187
Prostate Cancer	17	202	32	80	+ 123
Leukemia	18	153	57	17	+ 136
Asthma	19	136	28	90	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	20	136	15	285	- 149
Skin Cancers	21	136	46	34	+ 102
Violence	22	130	17	184	- 53
Drug Use	23	128	45	34	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	24	125	53	21	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	25	103	36	47	+ 56
Ovary Cancer	26	103	51	27	+ 76
Liver Cancer	27	100	35	53	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	28	87	9	494	- 407
Suicide	29	87	18	183	- 96
Other Injuries	30	77	22	140	- 63
Oral Cancer	31	74	34	69	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	32	70	24	101	- 31
Falls	33	68	30	84	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	34	66	25	98	- 32
Cervical Cancer	35	62	26	96	- 35
Hepatitis B	36	56	62	7	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	52	41	36	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	38	45	55	19	+ 26
Fires	39	45	39	39	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	37	14	318	- 281
Tuberculosis	41	32	1	1,819	- 1,787
Birth Trauma	42	31	13	362	- 332
Drownings	43	28	38	42	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	44	24	44	35	- 11
HIV/AIDS	45	23	2	1,128	- 1,105
Epilepsy	46	22	40	37	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	54	20	+ 2
Poisonings	48	18	50	28	- 10
Meningitis	49	16	23	113	- 97
Maternal Conditions	50	14	21	145	- 131
War	51	12	65	3	+ 9
Tetanus	52	11	59	8	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	9	52	22	- 13
Alcohol	54	8	56	19	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	55	7	67	2	+ 6
Encephalitis	56	7	60	7	- 0
Pertussis	57	7	31	81	- 74
Other Neoplasms	58	7	64	5	+ 1
Measles	59	6	20	146	- 140
Malnutrition	60	5	33	78	- 73
Appendicitis	61	5	61	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	63	6	- 4
Syphilis	63	2	47	33	- 30
Hepatitis C	64	2	68	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	58	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	78	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	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.