GABON VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	2,132	16	215	+ 1,917
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,552	3	1,019	+ 533
Tuberculosis	3	1,304	1	1,819	- 515
Stroke	4	1,018	5	896	+ 122
Liver Disease	5	504	10	416	+ 87
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	492	4	966	- 474
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	479	14	318	+ 161
Asthma	8	468	28	90	+ 377
Road Traffic Accidents	9	367	8	518	- 151
Kidney Disease	10	338	12	384	- 46
Low Birth Weight	11	302	9	494	- 193
Lung Cancers	12	283	29	87	+ 196
Falls	13	262	30	84	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	14	231	6	643	- 412
Birth Trauma	15	211	13	362	- 151
Suicide	16	203	18	183	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	183	54	20	+ 163
Hypertension	18	165	11	412	- 247
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	160	19	152	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	20	155	26	96	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	21	154	15	285	- 132
Other Injuries	22	131	22	140	- 9
Drownings	23	119	38	42	+ 77
Oral Cancer	24	110	34	69	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	25	109	48	32	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	92	37	43	+ 49
Breast Cancer	27	82	27	92	- 10
Maternal Conditions	28	77	21	145	- 68
Encephalitis	29	70	60	7	+ 62
Epilepsy	30	69	40	37	+ 32
Malnutrition	31	67	33	78	- 11
Lymphomas	32	61	49	32	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	33	60	36	47	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	34	58	2	1,128	- 1,070
Violence	35	56	17	184	- 128
Leukemia	36	53	57	17	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	37	46	51	27	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	38	39	44	35	+ 4
Poisonings	39	37	50	28	+ 9
Pertussis	40	36	31	81	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	41	35	53	21	+ 15
Skin Cancers	42	32	46	34	- 2
Meningitis	43	30	23	113	- 83
Bladder Cancer	44	26	43	35	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	45	20	25	98	- 78
Liver Cancer	46	20	35	53	- 32
Appendicitis	47	17	61	7	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	48	17	24	101	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	15	41	36	- 21
Fires	50	14	39	39	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	63	6	+ 7
Alcohol	52	13	56	19	- 6
Tetanus	53	11	59	8	+ 2
Syphilis	54	11	47	33	- 22
Dengue	55	9	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	9	62	7	+ 3
Drug Use	57	7	45	34	- 26
Prostate Cancer	58	7	32	80	- 73
Measles	59	5	20	146	- 141
Uterin Cancer	60	4	55	19	- 15
Other Neoplasms	61	4	64	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	67	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	68	1	+ 1
War	65	2	65	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	3	- 1
Skin Disease	67	1	52	22	- 20
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	73	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	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.