GABON VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,219	4	966	+ 253
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,183	3	1,019	+ 164
Stroke	3	1,009	5	896	+ 113
Road Traffic Accidents	4	659	8	518	+ 141
Kidney Disease	5	481	12	384	+ 98
Tuberculosis	6	453	1	1,819	- 1,366
Lung Disease	7	450	16	215	+ 235
Liver Disease	8	444	10	416	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	9	335	9	494	- 159
Birth Trauma	10	307	13	362	- 56
Congenital Anomalies	11	297	15	285	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	262	14	318	- 56
Asthma	13	244	28	90	+ 153
Falls	14	169	30	84	+ 84
Lung Cancers	15	160	29	87	+ 73
Stomach Cancer	16	149	48	32	+ 117
Diabetes Mellitus	17	144	6	643	- 499
Other Injuries	18	142	22	140	+ 3
Violence	19	133	17	184	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	132	19	152	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	21	105	25	98	+ 7
Liver Cancer	22	104	35	53	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	23	98	26	96	+ 2
Malnutrition	24	98	33	78	+ 20
Hypertension	25	76	11	412	- 336
Breast Cancer	26	66	27	92	- 27
Pertussis	27	64	31	81	- 17
Prostate Cancer	28	64	32	80	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	29	61	24	101	- 40
Maternal Conditions	30	58	21	145	- 87
Meningitis	31	55	23	113	- 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	47	37	43	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	46	54	20	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	34	44	36	47	- 3
Drownings	35	44	38	42	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	36	43	43	35	+ 8
Syphilis	37	37	47	33	+ 5
Epilepsy	38	36	40	37	- 1
Suicide	39	35	18	183	- 148
Encephalitis	40	34	60	7	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	41	32	51	27	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	28	41	36	- 8
Drug Use	43	19	45	34	- 15
Skin Disease	44	18	52	22	- 4
Tetanus	45	17	59	8	+ 9
Alcohol	46	16	56	19	- 3
Poisonings	47	16	50	28	- 12
Hepatitis B	48	15	62	7	+ 9
Leukemia	49	15	57	17	- 2
Measles	50	15	20	146	- 131
Oesophagus Cancer	51	12	44	35	- 22
Fires	52	8	39	39	- 31
Malaria	53	5	7	540	- 535
Other Neoplasms	54	4	64	5	- 1
Appendicitis	55	3	61	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	67	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	2	63	6	- 4
Lymphomas	58	2	49	32	- 30
Schistosomiasis	59	1	58	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	60	1	68	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	3	- 2
Ascariasis	62	1	70	0	+ 0
War	63	0	65	3	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	53	21	- 20
Oral Cancer	65	0	34	69	- 69
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	46	34	- 34
Uterin Cancer	70	0	55	19	- 19
Anemia	71	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	86	0	76	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.