GABON VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,095	4	966	+ 3,129
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,897	14	318	+ 2,579
Measles	3	2,183	20	146	+ 2,037
Tuberculosis	4	1,935	1	1,819	+ 116
Birth Trauma	5	1,806	13	362	+ 1,443
Stroke	6	1,621	5	896	+ 725
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,364	3	1,019	+ 345
Low Birth Weight	8	1,179	9	494	+ 684
Meningitis	9	1,015	23	113	+ 902
Malnutrition	10	910	33	78	+ 832
Road Traffic Accidents	11	798	8	518	+ 280
Maternal Conditions	12	778	21	145	+ 633
Liver Disease	13	739	10	416	+ 322
Other Injuries	14	679	22	140	+ 540
Congenital Anomalies	15	643	15	285	+ 358
Diabetes Mellitus	16	545	6	643	- 98
Tetanus	17	499	59	8	+ 491
Hypertension	18	499	11	412	+ 86
Lung Disease	19	461	16	215	+ 246
Pertussis	20	387	31	81	+ 306
Kidney Disease	21	387	12	384	+ 3
Malaria	22	366	7	540	- 174
Asthma	23	354	28	90	+ 264
War	24	249	65	3	+ 246
Drownings	25	240	38	42	+ 198
Breast Cancer	26	232	27	92	+ 140
Suicide	27	230	18	183	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	28	167	26	96	+ 70
Violence	29	156	17	184	- 27
Fires	30	153	39	39	+ 114
Poisonings	31	143	50	28	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	122	19	152	- 29
HIV/AIDS	33	115	2	1,128	- 1,013
Lymphomas	34	114	49	32	+ 82
Leukemia	35	106	57	17	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	105	41	36	+ 69
Falls	37	103	30	84	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	103	37	43	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	39	98	24	101	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	40	97	44	35	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	84	54	20	+ 64
Schistosomiasis	42	82	58	14	+ 68
Epilepsy	43	79	40	37	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	44	77	25	98	- 21
Syphilis	45	71	47	33	+ 38
Oral Cancer	46	62	34	69	- 7
Upper Respiratory	47	61	66	3	+ 59
Hepatitis B	48	59	62	7	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	49	58	48	32	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	50	56	51	27	+ 29
Leishmaniasis	51	55	76	0	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	52	54	32	80	- 26
Liver Cancer	53	48	35	53	- 4
Lung Cancers	54	44	29	87	- 43
Appendicitis	55	35	61	7	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	56	35	36	47	- 13
Skin Cancers	57	31	46	34	- 3
Skin Disease	58	29	52	22	+ 7
Alcohol	59	28	56	19	+ 9
Diphtheria	60	28	69	0	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	61	28	43	35	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	62	20	53	21	- 0
Encephalitis	63	17	60	7	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	64	15	55	19	- 5
Drug Use	65	10	45	34	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	7	63	6	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	6	68	1	+ 5
Otitis Media	68	6	72	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	69	6	70	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	70	2	64	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	67	2	- 0
Chlamydia	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.