GABON VS TUNISIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TUNISIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,209	3	1,019	+ 3,190
Stroke	2	1,734	5	896	+ 838
Hypertension	3	575	11	412	+ 163
Kidney Disease	4	525	12	384	+ 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	511	19	152	+ 359
Road Traffic Accidents	6	393	8	518	- 125
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	390	4	966	- 576
Lung Cancers	8	377	29	87	+ 290
Diabetes Mellitus	9	361	6	643	- 281
Lung Disease	10	357	16	215	+ 142
Liver Disease	11	268	10	416	- 149
Congenital Anomalies	12	200	15	285	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	198	37	43	+ 155
Low Birth Weight	14	188	9	494	- 306
Breast Cancer	15	159	27	92	+ 67
Asthma	16	136	28	90	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	17	133	43	35	+ 98
Lymphomas	18	126	49	32	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	19	119	48	32	+ 86
Parkinson's Disease	20	96	36	47	+ 48
Falls	21	91	30	84	+ 6
Birth Trauma	22	89	13	362	- 274
Prostate Cancer	23	85	32	80	+ 5
Violence	24	83	17	184	- 100
Leukemia	25	79	57	17	+ 62
Suicide	26	78	18	183	- 105
Other Injuries	27	76	22	140	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	28	74	53	21	+ 53
Liver Cancer	29	73	35	53	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	30	61	24	101	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	31	58	25	98	- 40
HIV/AIDS	32	53	2	1,128	- 1,075
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	48	41	36	+ 12
Drug Use	34	48	45	34	+ 14
Oral Cancer	35	47	34	69	- 22
Skin Cancers	36	44	46	34	+ 10
Fires	37	41	39	39	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	38	41	26	96	- 55
Ovary Cancer	39	39	51	27	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	38	14	318	- 281
Tuberculosis	41	28	1	1,819	- 1,791
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	25	54	20	+ 5
Drownings	43	25	38	42	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	44	22	44	35	- 12
Epilepsy	45	21	40	37	- 17
Meningitis	46	17	23	113	- 96
Maternal Conditions	47	17	21	145	- 128
Poisonings	48	16	50	28	- 11
Hepatitis B	49	14	62	7	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	9	55	19	- 10
Skin Disease	51	8	52	22	- 13
Pertussis	52	8	31	81	- 73
Encephalitis	53	8	60	7	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	67	2	+ 5
Alcohol	55	6	56	19	- 13
Tetanus	56	5	59	8	- 3
War	57	5	65	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	5	61	7	- 2
Other Neoplasms	59	5	64	5	- 0
Malnutrition	60	5	33	78	- 73
Syphilis	61	4	47	33	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	63	6	- 4
Schistosomiasis	63	2	58	14	- 12
Leishmaniasis	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
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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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.