GABON VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,810	3	1,019	+ 8,792
Stroke	2	5,704	5	896	+ 4,808
Lung Cancers	3	948	29	87	+ 861
Inflammatory/Heart	4	942	24	101	+ 841
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	846	19	152	+ 694
Liver Disease	6	793	10	416	+ 376
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	743	37	43	+ 700
Suicide	8	639	18	183	+ 456
Lung Disease	9	638	16	215	+ 423
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	565	4	966	- 401
Stomach Cancer	11	512	48	32	+ 480
Alcohol	12	488	56	19	+ 469
Breast Cancer	13	405	27	92	+ 313
Other Injuries	14	393	22	140	+ 253
HIV/AIDS	15	371	2	1,128	- 757
Pancreas Cancer	16	354	53	21	+ 333
Hypertension	17	320	11	412	- 92
Diabetes Mellitus	18	320	6	643	- 323
Road Traffic Accidents	19	305	8	518	- 213
Prostate Cancer	20	246	32	80	+ 166
Falls	21	204	30	84	+ 120
Kidney Disease	22	202	12	384	- 182
Violence	23	200	17	184	+ 16
Liver Cancer	24	195	35	53	+ 142
Oral Cancer	25	190	34	69	+ 120
Parkinson's Disease	26	163	36	47	+ 116
Drug Use	27	159	45	34	+ 125
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	156	41	36	+ 119
Lymphomas	29	156	49	32	+ 124
Tuberculosis	30	147	1	1,819	- 1,672
Leukemia	31	144	57	17	+ 127
Ovary Cancer	32	142	51	27	+ 115
Oesophagus Cancer	33	130	44	35	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	34	129	26	96	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	35	120	55	19	+ 100
Drownings	36	116	38	42	+ 74
Fires	37	111	39	39	+ 73
Bladder Cancer	38	110	43	35	+ 75
Skin Cancers	39	98	46	34	+ 64
Poisonings	40	97	50	28	+ 69
Congenital Anomalies	41	73	15	285	- 212
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	48	54	20	+ 28
Skin Disease	43	48	52	22	+ 26
Low Birth Weight	44	38	9	494	- 457
Endocrine Disorders	45	35	25	98	- 63
Asthma	46	31	28	90	- 60
Encephalitis	47	19	60	7	+ 12
Meningitis	48	18	23	113	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	49	14	67	2	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	13	63	6	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	51	13	64	5	+ 7
Epilepsy	52	13	40	37	- 25
Birth Trauma	53	12	13	362	- 350
Appendicitis	54	7	61	7	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	7	14	318	- 311
Maternal Conditions	56	5	21	145	- 141
Malnutrition	57	4	33	78	- 73
Upper Respiratory	58	3	66	3	+ 0
War	59	2	65	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	62	7	- 6
Chlamydia	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	47	33	- 32
Tetanus	63	0	59	8	- 8
Otitis Media	64	0	72	0	- 0
Pertussis	65	0	31	81	- 81
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	58	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	7	540	- 540
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	73	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	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.