GABON VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,139	3	1,019	+ 1,120
Stroke	2	1,001	5	896	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	3	780	9	494	+ 286
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	614	4	966	- 352
Road Traffic Accidents	5	557	8	518	+ 39
Measles	6	452	20	146	+ 306
Birth Trauma	7	415	13	362	+ 52
Hypertension	8	354	11	412	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	305	14	318	- 13
Malaria	10	273	7	540	- 267
Congenital Anomalies	11	268	15	285	- 17
Kidney Disease	12	248	12	384	- 136
Lung Disease	13	213	16	215	- 2
Liver Disease	14	212	10	416	- 205
Tuberculosis	15	207	1	1,819	- 1,612
Breast Cancer	16	149	27	92	+ 57
Diabetes Mellitus	17	149	6	643	- 493
Other Injuries	18	142	22	140	+ 2
Asthma	19	128	28	90	+ 38
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	126	19	152	- 26
Violence	21	121	17	184	- 63
HIV/AIDS	22	113	2	1,128	- 1,015
Maternal Conditions	23	95	21	145	- 50
Pertussis	24	92	31	81	+ 11
Leukemia	25	89	57	17	+ 72
Drownings	26	82	38	42	+ 40
Suicide	27	80	18	183	- 103
Falls	28	76	30	84	- 9
Lymphomas	29	75	49	32	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	30	71	25	98	- 27
Fires	31	64	39	39	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	32	55	44	35	+ 20
Meningitis	33	53	23	113	- 60
Malnutrition	34	53	33	78	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	51	37	43	+ 8
Drug Use	36	50	45	34	+ 17
Liver Cancer	37	46	35	53	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	38	41	24	101	- 60
Ovary Cancer	39	39	51	27	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	38	41	36	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	41	37	26	96	- 59
Poisonings	42	36	50	28	+ 8
Epilepsy	43	36	40	37	- 1
Hepatitis B	44	36	62	7	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	45	34	36	47	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	33	54	20	+ 13
Syphilis	47	29	47	33	- 3
Lung Cancers	48	27	29	87	- 61
Prostate Cancer	49	25	32	80	- 54
Oral Cancer	50	24	34	69	- 45
Stomach Cancer	51	23	48	32	- 9
Leishmaniasis	52	22	76	0	+ 22
Tetanus	53	18	59	8	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	54	18	43	35	- 17
Skin Cancers	55	17	46	34	- 16
War	56	16	65	3	+ 14
Encephalitis	57	15	60	7	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	53	21	- 7
Appendicitis	59	8	61	7	+ 1
Skin Disease	60	5	52	22	- 16
Alcohol	61	4	56	19	- 15
Uterin Cancer	62	3	55	19	- 16
Schistosomiasis	63	3	58	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	67	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	2	64	5	- 4
Ascariasis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	63	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	68	1	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	42	35	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	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.