GABON VS SEYCHELLES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SEYCHELLES		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,598	3	1,019	+ 1,579
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,872	4	966	+ 906
Stroke	3	1,663	5	896	+ 766
Kidney Disease	4	1,067	12	384	+ 683
Hypertension	5	1,049	11	412	+ 636
Liver Disease	6	782	10	416	+ 365
Diabetes Mellitus	7	639	6	643	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	617	37	43	+ 574
Lung Disease	9	561	16	215	+ 346
Prostate Cancer	10	501	32	80	+ 421
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	468	19	152	+ 317
Lung Cancers	12	455	29	87	+ 368
Breast Cancer	13	362	27	92	+ 270
Violence	14	362	17	184	+ 178
Oral Cancer	15	333	34	69	+ 264
Drownings	16	292	38	42	+ 250
Road Traffic Accidents	17	275	8	518	- 243
Inflammatory/Heart	18	249	24	101	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	19	227	26	96	+ 131
Lymphomas	20	211	49	32	+ 180
Suicide	21	198	18	183	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	22	187	53	21	+ 167
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	175	41	36	+ 139
Congenital Anomalies	24	174	15	285	- 111
Stomach Cancer	25	171	48	32	+ 139
Leukemia	26	156	57	17	+ 140
Asthma	27	154	28	90	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	28	150	36	47	+ 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	148	14	318	- 170
Endocrine Disorders	30	148	25	98	+ 50
Liver Cancer	31	147	35	53	+ 94
Oesophagus Cancer	32	145	44	35	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	33	140	9	494	- 354
Falls	34	139	30	84	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	35	126	51	27	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	36	111	43	35	+ 76
Other Injuries	37	107	22	140	- 33
Meningitis	38	59	23	113	- 54
Birth Trauma	39	45	13	362	- 317
Skin Disease	40	45	52	22	+ 24
Fires	41	44	39	39	+ 6
Malnutrition	42	42	33	78	- 35
Uterin Cancer	43	42	55	19	+ 23
Skin Cancers	44	30	46	34	- 4
Maternal Conditions	45	24	21	145	- 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	21	54	20	+ 1
Drug Use	47	21	45	34	- 13
Encephalitis	48	20	60	7	+ 13
Alcohol	49	16	56	19	- 3
Epilepsy	50	14	40	37	- 23
Poisonings	51	13	50	28	- 15
Appendicitis	52	12	61	7	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	53	11	64	5	+ 5
Pertussis	54	10	31	81	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	55	6	67	2	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	6	62	7	- 1
Syphilis	57	5	47	33	- 27
Dengue	58	4	73	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	63	6	- 4
Tetanus	60	2	59	8	- 6
War	61	2	65	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	68	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	70	0	- 0
Tuberculosis	66	0	1	1,819	- 1,819
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	79	0	7	540	- 540
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Seychelles

Gabon

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.