GABON VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,371	3	1,019	+ 1,352
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,989	19	152	+ 1,838
Lung Disease	3	1,213	16	215	+ 998
Stroke	4	1,103	5	896	+ 207
Lung Cancers	5	1,034	29	87	+ 947
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	801	4	966	- 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	796	37	43	+ 753
Prostate Cancer	8	522	32	80	+ 443
Falls	9	346	30	84	+ 262
Pancreas Cancer	10	343	53	21	+ 323
Breast Cancer	11	311	27	92	+ 219
Lymphomas	12	288	49	32	+ 256
Suicide	13	282	18	183	+ 100
Kidney Disease	14	272	12	384	- 111
Other Injuries	15	260	22	140	+ 120
Diabetes Mellitus	16	249	6	643	- 393
Parkinson's Disease	17	247	36	47	+ 200
Skin Cancers	18	182	46	34	+ 148
Endocrine Disorders	19	160	25	98	+ 62
Bladder Cancer	20	159	43	35	+ 124
Leukemia	21	158	57	17	+ 141
Stomach Cancer	22	153	48	32	+ 121
Other Neoplasms	23	145	64	5	+ 139
Ovary Cancer	24	138	51	27	+ 111
Drug Use	25	117	45	34	+ 84
Liver Cancer	26	115	35	53	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	27	110	44	35	+ 76
Hypertension	28	102	11	412	- 310
Inflammatory/Heart	29	98	24	101	- 3
Liver Disease	30	95	10	416	- 321
Alcohol	31	91	56	19	+ 72
Oral Cancer	32	75	34	69	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	71	41	36	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	34	61	15	285	- 225
Malnutrition	35	60	33	78	- 17
Uterin Cancer	36	60	55	19	+ 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	57	14	318	- 261
Skin Disease	38	57	52	22	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	39	56	26	96	- 41
Epilepsy	40	53	40	37	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	41	53	67	2	+ 51
Road Traffic Accidents	42	51	8	518	- 467
Asthma	43	38	28	90	- 53
Anemia	44	33	82	0	+ 33
Drownings	45	29	38	42	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	27	54	20	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	27	63	6	+ 21
Fires	48	20	39	39	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	14	85	0	+ 14
Violence	50	14	17	184	- 169
Osteoarthritis	51	12	86	0	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	52	10	9	494	- 484
Schizophrenia	53	10	81	0	+ 10
Birth Trauma	54	8	13	362	- 355
Hepatitis C	55	8	68	1	+ 6
Tuberculosis	56	7	1	1,819	- 1,812
Poisonings	57	6	50	28	- 22
Meningitis	58	6	23	113	- 107
Appendicitis	59	5	61	7	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	5	66	3	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	61	5	2	1,128	- 1,123
Oral conditions	62	4	84	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	7	- 5
Pertussis	64	1	31	81	- 81
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	1	21	145	- 145
Syphilis	67	0	47	33	- 32
War	68	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	69	0	59	8	- 8
Encephalitis	70	0	60	7	- 7
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	20	146	- 146
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	83	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	84	0	7	540	- 540
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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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.