GABON VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,828	3	1,019	+ 1,809
Stroke	2	1,740	5	896	+ 844
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,266	6	643	+ 624
Lung Disease	4	669	16	215	+ 454
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	624	4	966	- 342
Kidney Disease	6	617	12	384	+ 233
Hypertension	7	351	11	412	- 62
Liver Disease	8	322	10	416	- 95
Lung Cancers	9	311	29	87	+ 224
Road Traffic Accidents	10	302	8	518	- 216
Suicide	11	291	18	183	+ 108
Asthma	12	244	28	90	+ 154
Breast Cancer	13	225	27	92	+ 133
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	223	19	152	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	15	207	15	285	- 79
Low Birth Weight	16	192	9	494	- 302
Stomach Cancer	17	188	48	32	+ 156
Measles	18	183	20	146	+ 36
Drownings	19	155	38	42	+ 113
Other Injuries	20	151	22	140	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	140	14	318	- 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	139	37	43	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	133	54	20	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	24	125	32	80	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	25	117	51	27	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	103	41	36	+ 66
Falls	27	93	30	84	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	28	86	36	47	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	29	84	24	101	- 17
Liver Cancer	30	79	35	53	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	31	71	25	98	- 27
Cervical Cancer	32	69	26	96	- 27
Lymphomas	33	66	49	32	+ 34
Violence	34	65	17	184	- 118
Birth Trauma	35	64	13	362	- 299
Uterin Cancer	36	62	55	19	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	37	62	21	145	- 84
Bladder Cancer	38	56	43	35	+ 21
Oral Cancer	39	51	34	69	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	40	44	53	21	+ 23
Skin Disease	41	40	52	22	+ 19
Leukemia	42	37	57	17	+ 20
Malnutrition	43	33	33	78	- 45
Meningitis	44	28	23	113	- 85
Epilepsy	45	27	40	37	- 10
Alcohol	46	25	56	19	+ 6
Skin Cancers	47	23	46	34	- 11
Fires	48	21	39	39	- 18
Syphilis	49	21	47	33	- 12
Tuberculosis	50	20	1	1,819	- 1,799
Oesophagus Cancer	51	11	44	35	- 23
Poisonings	52	10	50	28	- 18
Other Neoplasms	53	8	64	5	+ 2
Encephalitis	54	7	60	7	- 0
Drug Use	55	6	45	34	- 27
Appendicitis	56	5	61	7	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	4	62	7	- 3
Pertussis	58	3	31	81	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	63	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	67	2	+ 0
Dengue	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	59	8	- 8
Diphtheria	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
War	65	0	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
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
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	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.