GABON VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,623	3	1,019	+ 1,604
Stroke	2	1,128	5	896	+ 232
Road Traffic Accidents	3	827	8	518	+ 309
Kidney Disease	4	608	12	384	+ 224
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	412	4	966	- 554
Falls	6	359	30	84	+ 274
Liver Disease	7	331	10	416	- 85
Other Injuries	8	269	22	140	+ 129
Diabetes Mellitus	9	261	6	643	- 381
Lung Disease	10	191	16	215	- 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	164	19	152	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	12	155	15	285	- 130
Suicide	13	137	18	183	- 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	110	37	43	+ 66
Endocrine Disorders	15	97	25	98	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	16	90	24	101	- 11
Asthma	17	78	28	90	- 12
Low Birth Weight	18	66	9	494	- 428
Leukemia	19	62	57	17	+ 45
Breast Cancer	20	61	27	92	- 31
Liver Cancer	21	57	35	53	+ 4
Hypertension	22	56	11	412	- 356
Fires	23	55	39	39	+ 17
Drownings	24	55	38	42	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	25	52	36	47	+ 5
Lung Cancers	26	52	29	87	- 35
Tuberculosis	27	51	1	1,819	- 1,768
Lymphomas	28	48	49	32	+ 16
Epilepsy	29	47	40	37	+ 10
Violence	30	43	17	184	- 140
Pancreas Cancer	31	35	53	21	+ 15
Skin Disease	32	35	52	22	+ 13
Drug Use	33	33	45	34	- 1
Oral Cancer	34	31	34	69	- 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	31	14	318	- 288
Stomach Cancer	36	26	48	32	- 6
Birth Trauma	37	23	13	362	- 339
Uterin Cancer	38	22	55	19	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	19	54	20	- 1
Poisonings	40	19	50	28	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	41	36	- 18
Ovary Cancer	42	17	51	27	- 10
Encephalitis	43	16	60	7	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	44	15	44	35	- 19
Meningitis	45	15	23	113	- 98
Bladder Cancer	46	14	43	35	- 20
HIV/AIDS	47	13	2	1,128	- 1,115
Maternal Conditions	48	12	21	145	- 134
Cervical Cancer	49	11	26	96	- 86
Prostate Cancer	50	10	32	80	- 70
Alcohol	51	9	56	19	- 11
Malnutrition	52	5	33	78	- 72
Hepatitis B	53	4	62	7	- 3
Pertussis	54	4	31	81	- 77
Skin Cancers	55	4	46	34	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	57	3	64	5	- 3
Appendicitis	58	2	61	7	- 4
Syphilis	59	2	47	33	- 31
Schistosomiasis	60	2	58	14	- 12
Tetanus	61	1	59	8	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	63	6	- 6
Dengue	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 1
War	65	0	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	20	146	- 146
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	75	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	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.