GABON VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,154	4	966	+ 188
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,037	3	1,019	+ 18
Stroke	3	582	5	896	- 315
Kidney Disease	4	545	12	384	+ 161
Liver Disease	5	480	10	416	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	438	19	152	+ 286
Stomach Cancer	7	382	48	32	+ 350
Diabetes Mellitus	8	334	6	643	- 309
Road Traffic Accidents	9	332	8	518	- 186
Lung Cancers	10	239	29	87	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	11	239	32	80	+ 159
Violence	12	227	17	184	+ 43
Other Injuries	13	217	22	140	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	199	37	43	+ 156
Lung Disease	15	190	16	215	- 25
Liver Cancer	16	186	35	53	+ 134
Tuberculosis	17	179	1	1,819	- 1,640
Lymphomas	18	170	49	32	+ 138
Congenital Anomalies	19	150	15	285	- 135
Breast Cancer	20	148	27	92	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	21	145	26	96	+ 49
Leukemia	22	139	57	17	+ 122
Pancreas Cancer	23	121	53	21	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	24	111	9	494	- 383
Falls	25	97	30	84	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	26	96	36	47	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	83	14	318	- 235
Hypertension	28	80	11	412	- 332
Malnutrition	29	76	33	78	- 2
Suicide	30	68	18	183	- 115
HIV/AIDS	31	64	2	1,128	- 1,064
Skin Cancers	32	59	46	34	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	33	54	51	27	+ 27
Drug Use	34	48	45	34	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	46	41	36	+ 9
Drownings	36	44	38	42	+ 2
Birth Trauma	37	40	13	362	- 322
Oral Cancer	38	39	34	69	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	39	37	24	101	- 64
Endocrine Disorders	40	36	25	98	- 62
Bladder Cancer	41	35	43	35	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	42	30	44	35	- 5
Maternal Conditions	43	26	21	145	- 119
Alcohol	44	24	56	19	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	45	23	55	19	+ 4
Encephalitis	46	21	60	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	47	20	40	37	- 17
Pertussis	48	20	31	81	- 62
Fires	49	18	39	39	- 21
Asthma	50	16	28	90	- 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	15	54	20	- 5
Syphilis	52	14	47	33	- 19
Appendicitis	53	13	61	7	+ 6
Skin Disease	54	12	52	22	- 10
Poisonings	55	9	50	28	- 18
Meningitis	56	9	23	113	- 104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	8	63	6	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	4	64	5	- 1
Chagas disease	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	59	8	- 5
Malaria	61	3	7	540	- 537
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	64	1	62	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	66	0	73	0	+ 0
War	67	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	20	146	- 146
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	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.