GABON VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,469	3	1,019	+ 1,450
Stroke	2	2,336	5	896	+ 1,439
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,087	6	643	+ 444
Kidney Disease	4	1,067	12	384	+ 684
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	647	4	966	- 318
Suicide	6	560	18	183	+ 377
HIV/AIDS	7	524	2	1,128	- 604
Liver Disease	8	509	10	416	+ 92
Hypertension	9	507	11	412	+ 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	445	19	152	+ 294
Lung Cancers	11	388	29	87	+ 301
Lung Disease	12	352	16	215	+ 137
Road Traffic Accidents	13	338	8	518	- 180
Prostate Cancer	14	298	32	80	+ 218
Other Injuries	15	275	22	140	+ 136
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	275	37	43	+ 232
Breast Cancer	17	208	27	92	+ 116
Skin Disease	18	203	52	22	+ 181
Low Birth Weight	19	195	9	494	- 299
Cervical Cancer	20	182	26	96	+ 86
Liver Cancer	21	170	35	53	+ 118
Congenital Anomalies	22	151	15	285	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	23	141	24	101	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	24	141	25	98	+ 42
Falls	25	130	30	84	+ 46
Violence	26	128	17	184	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	119	14	318	- 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	109	41	36	+ 72
Drownings	29	106	38	42	+ 64
Birth Trauma	30	105	13	362	- 257
Parkinson's Disease	31	105	36	47	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	32	100	53	21	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	33	94	48	32	+ 62
Lymphomas	34	86	49	32	+ 54
Leukemia	35	75	57	17	+ 58
Epilepsy	36	69	40	37	+ 32
Tuberculosis	37	63	1	1,819	- 1,756
Alcohol	38	62	56	19	+ 42
Asthma	39	59	28	90	- 31
Oral Cancer	40	59	34	69	- 10
Maternal Conditions	41	53	21	145	- 92
Ovary Cancer	42	52	51	27	+ 25
Malnutrition	43	50	33	78	- 28
Fires	44	48	39	39	+ 10
Drug Use	45	28	45	34	- 6
Dengue	46	25	73	0	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	25	54	20	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	48	20	43	35	- 15
Uterin Cancer	49	20	55	19	+ 0
Meningitis	50	20	23	113	- 93
Encephalitis	51	16	60	7	+ 9
Syphilis	52	12	47	33	- 20
Appendicitis	53	12	61	7	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	54	10	64	5	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	55	9	58	14	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	56	8	44	35	- 27
Poisonings	57	7	50	28	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	63	6	- 2
Pertussis	59	4	31	81	- 77
Skin Cancers	60	4	46	34	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	67	2	+ 2
Tetanus	62	4	59	8	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	7	- 4
Chagas disease	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	76	0	+ 0
War	66	0	65	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	20	146	- 146
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	78	0	7	540	- 540
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	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.