GABON VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,183	3	1,019	+ 1,164
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,617	6	643	+ 974
Kidney Disease	3	838	12	384	+ 454
Stroke	4	747	5	896	- 149
Violence	5	609	17	184	+ 426
Liver Disease	6	560	10	416	+ 144
Lung Disease	7	547	16	215	+ 332
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	466	4	966	- 500
Hypertension	9	334	11	412	- 78
Road Traffic Accidents	10	306	8	518	- 212
Other Injuries	11	229	22	140	+ 89
Endocrine Disorders	12	212	25	98	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	13	196	15	285	- 89
Malnutrition	14	142	33	78	+ 64
Prostate Cancer	15	141	32	80	+ 61
Breast Cancer	16	139	27	92	+ 46
Lung Cancers	17	138	29	87	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	18	135	9	494	- 360
Stomach Cancer	19	130	48	32	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	129	37	43	+ 86
Liver Cancer	21	128	35	53	+ 75
Suicide	22	127	18	183	- 55
Other Neoplasms	23	117	64	5	+ 111
Lymphomas	24	93	49	32	+ 61
Leukemia	25	91	57	17	+ 74
Cervical Cancer	26	90	26	96	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	27	85	53	21	+ 64
HIV/AIDS	28	78	2	1,128	- 1,050
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	65	14	318	- 253
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	65	19	152	- 87
Skin Disease	31	57	52	22	+ 35
Alcohol	32	55	56	19	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	51	41	36	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	34	50	51	27	+ 23
Falls	35	49	30	84	- 35
Birth Trauma	36	48	13	362	- 315
Anemia	37	41	82	0	+ 41
Tuberculosis	38	36	1	1,819	- 1,782
Epilepsy	39	36	40	37	- 1
Skin Cancers	40	36	46	34	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	41	35	24	101	- 66
Drownings	42	34	38	42	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	43	29	36	47	- 18
Drug Use	44	28	45	34	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	27	63	6	+ 20
Oral Cancer	46	25	34	69	- 44
Asthma	47	25	28	90	- 65
Bladder Cancer	48	24	43	35	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	49	24	44	35	- 11
Uterin Cancer	50	17	55	19	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	17	85	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	16	54	20	- 4
Appendicitis	53	15	61	7	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	54	14	21	145	- 131
Hepatitis C	55	12	68	1	+ 11
Fires	56	11	39	39	- 27
Poisonings	57	10	50	28	- 18
Meningitis	58	7	23	113	- 106
Osteoarthritis	59	6	86	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	67	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	61	4	62	7	- 3
Encephalitis	62	3	60	7	- 5
Schizophrenia	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	66	3	- 0
Oral conditions	65	2	84	0	+ 2
War	66	2	65	3	- 1
Dengue	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	31	81	- 81
Tetanus	71	0	59	8	- 8
Ascariasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	73	0	47	33	- 33
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	20	146	- 146
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	83	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	84	0	7	540	- 540
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	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.