GABON VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,507	3	1,019	+ 1,488
Stroke	2	1,284	5	896	+ 388
Lung Cancers	3	1,024	29	87	+ 936
Lung Disease	4	732	16	215	+ 517
Diabetes Mellitus	5	522	6	643	- 120
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	505	19	152	+ 354
Kidney Disease	7	497	12	384	+ 113
Hypertension	8	431	11	412	+ 19
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	375	4	966	- 591
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	310	37	43	+ 266
Stomach Cancer	11	302	48	32	+ 269
Pancreas Cancer	12	201	53	21	+ 180
Liver Disease	13	185	10	416	- 231
Breast Cancer	14	165	27	92	+ 72
Prostate Cancer	15	164	32	80	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	16	163	8	518	- 356
Congenital Anomalies	17	145	15	285	- 140
Leukemia	18	142	57	17	+ 125
Lymphomas	19	142	49	32	+ 110
Liver Cancer	20	133	35	53	+ 80
Bladder Cancer	21	131	43	35	+ 96
Falls	22	128	30	84	+ 43
Violence	23	117	17	184	- 67
Low Birth Weight	24	102	9	494	- 393
Parkinson's Disease	25	100	36	47	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	26	76	25	98	- 22
Asthma	27	71	28	90	- 19
Ovary Cancer	28	67	51	27	+ 40
Suicide	29	58	18	183	- 124
Other Injuries	30	49	22	140	- 91
Inflammatory/Heart	31	48	24	101	- 54
Skin Cancers	32	45	46	34	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	33	39	44	35	+ 4
Cervical Cancer	34	38	26	96	- 58
Oral Cancer	35	38	34	69	- 31
Epilepsy	36	33	40	37	- 4
Uterin Cancer	37	32	55	19	+ 12
Drug Use	38	28	45	34	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	23	41	36	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	14	318	- 297
Birth Trauma	41	21	13	362	- 341
Other Neoplasms	42	19	64	5	+ 14
Malnutrition	43	17	33	78	- 61
Drownings	44	16	38	42	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	13	54	20	- 7
Poisonings	46	11	50	28	- 17
Fires	47	10	39	39	- 29
Skin Disease	48	9	52	22	- 12
War	49	9	65	3	+ 7
Tuberculosis	50	9	1	1,819	- 1,810
Meningitis	51	8	23	113	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	63	6	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	53	6	2	1,128	- 1,122
Encephalitis	54	5	60	7	- 2
Alcohol	55	5	56	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	67	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	57	3	21	145	- 142
Pertussis	58	3	31	81	- 78
Appendicitis	59	3	61	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	60	2	62	7	- 4
Syphilis	61	1	47	33	- 31
Schistosomiasis	62	1	58	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	63	1	68	1	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	59	8	- 8
Measles	65	0	20	146	- 146
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	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.