GABON VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,304	3	1,019	+ 1,285
Stroke	2	1,037	5	896	+ 140
War	3	987	65	3	+ 984
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	915	4	966	- 51
Low Birth Weight	5	673	9	494	+ 179
Road Traffic Accidents	6	654	8	518	+ 136
Birth Trauma	7	454	13	362	+ 91
Hypertension	8	404	11	412	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	334	14	318	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	10	328	15	285	+ 42
Lung Disease	11	244	16	215	+ 29
Measles	12	231	20	146	+ 85
Liver Disease	13	221	10	416	- 196
Violence	14	217	17	184	+ 33
Kidney Disease	15	205	12	384	- 179
Other Injuries	16	170	22	140	+ 30
Asthma	17	161	28	90	+ 70
Tuberculosis	18	145	1	1,819	- 1,674
Diabetes Mellitus	19	137	6	643	- 506
Malaria	20	131	7	540	- 409
Suicide	21	130	18	183	- 53
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	107	19	152	- 44
Pertussis	23	95	31	81	+ 13
Falls	24	89	30	84	+ 5
Drownings	25	87	38	42	+ 45
Breast Cancer	26	87	27	92	- 6
Malnutrition	27	81	33	78	+ 3
Meningitis	28	78	23	113	- 35
Fires	29	76	39	39	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	70	37	43	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	31	69	48	32	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	32	68	21	145	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	64	41	36	+ 27
Leukemia	34	59	57	17	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	35	58	44	35	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	36	56	25	98	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	54	54	20	+ 34
Drug Use	38	47	45	34	+ 13
Liver Cancer	39	47	35	53	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	40	45	24	101	- 57
Lung Cancers	41	43	29	87	- 44
Oral Cancer	42	42	34	69	- 27
Epilepsy	43	41	40	37	+ 4
Poisonings	44	41	50	28	+ 13
Lymphomas	45	33	49	32	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	46	30	2	1,128	- 1,098
Tetanus	47	30	59	8	+ 22
Encephalitis	48	28	60	7	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	49	28	36	47	- 20
Hepatitis B	50	23	62	7	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	51	22	53	21	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	52	14	51	27	- 12
Syphilis	53	13	47	33	- 19
Appendicitis	54	12	61	7	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	55	12	43	35	- 23
Schistosomiasis	56	9	58	14	- 4
Cervical Cancer	57	9	26	96	- 87
Skin Cancers	58	8	46	34	- 26
Alcohol	59	6	56	19	- 13
Dengue	60	5	73	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	52	22	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	2	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	63	3	32	80	- 77
Other Neoplasms	64	2	64	5	- 4
Ascariasis	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	63	6	- 5
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	68	1	- 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	55	19	- 19
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
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
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.