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Gabon Population Pyramid
 


Gabon
GABON LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
1970
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
1980
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
1990
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
2000
57.0
59.6
58.2
139
141
139
2010
52.0
53.6
52.8
167
171
169
 
 
Gabon
GABON LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
52.0
53.6
167
171
Age 5
64.7
67.9
150
153
Age 10
65.1
68.3
151
154
Age 15
65.4
68.5
151
155
Age 20
65.8
68.8
149
155
Age 25
66.5
69.4
149
155
Age 30
67.3
70.5
148
154
Age 35
68.3
71.9
147
147
Age 40
69.6
73.3
144
142
Age 45
70.9
74.5
140
137
Age 50
72.3
75.5
137
134
Age 55
73.7
76.6
135
134
Age 60
75.4
77.8
131
136
Age 65
77.4
79.3
132
137
Age 70
79.6
81.0
138
137
Age 75
82.3
83.3
144
140
Age 80
85.5
86.1
142
141
Age 85
89.0
89.4
153
147
Age 90
93.0
93.2
139
143
Age 95
97.2
97.3
159
179
Age 100
101.7
101.8
180
149
 
 
Gabon
GABON TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
2,475
20.72
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,248
10.45
3 Stroke
985
8.25
4 Coronary Heart Disease
847
7.09
5 Tuberculosis
601
5.03
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
574
4.81
7 Malaria
443
3.71
8 Low Birth Weight
419
3.51
9 Diabetes Mellitus
366
3.06
10 Road Traffic Accidents
316
2.65
11 Lung Disease
297
2.49
12 Birth Trauma
229
1.92
13 Other Injuries
209
1.75
14 Violence
200
1.67
15 Asthma
182
1.52
16 Hypertension
177
1.48
17 Kidney Disease
171
1.43
18 Pertussis
170
1.42
19 Congenital Anomalies
128
1.07
20 Endocrine Disorders
118
0.99
21 Maternal Conditions
105
0.88
22 Meningitis
105
0.88
23 Inflammatory/Heart
98
0.82
24 Liver Cancer
97
0.81
25 Trypanosomiasis
79
0.66
  Deaths %
26 Suicide
76
0.64
27 Cervical Cancer
75
0.63
28 Lymphomas
70
0.59
29 Prostate Cancer
67
0.56
30 Breast Cancer
63
0.53
31 Epilepsy
63
0.53
32 Alzheimers/Dementia
61
0.51
33 Liver Disease
55
0.46
34 Fires
54
0.45
35 Schistosomiasis
53
0.44
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
51
0.43
37 Poisonings
50
0.42
38 Falls
47
0.39
39 Drownings
46
0.39
40 Malnutrition
41
0.34
41 Anaemia
41
0.34
42 Oral Cancer
39
0.33
43 Colon-Rectum Cancers
33
0.28
44 Skin Disease
31
0.26
45 Lung Cancers
29
0.24
46 Other Neoplasms
29
0.24
47 Leukemia
28
0.23
48 Measles
27
0.23
49 Ovary Cancer
20
0.17
50 Stomach Cancer
18
0.15
 
 
Gabon
GABON TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
192.39
17
2 Stroke
121.27
64
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
119.54
39
4 Coronary Heart Disease
104.78
106
5 Tuberculosis
50.22
38
6 Diarrhoeal diseases
49.17
44
7 Diabetes Mellitus
44.99
68
8 Lung Disease
36.79
61
9 Road Traffic Accidents
25.59
46
10 Malaria
23.24
36
11 Hypertension
21.85
120
12 Asthma
21.31
17
13 Kidney Disease
20.22
73
14 Low Birth Weight
20.21
34
15 Other Injuries
17.10
62
16 Violence
15.21
55
17 Endocrine Disorders
13.88
56
18 Breast Cancer
12.99
140
19 Inflammatory/Heart
11.58
58
20 Birth Trauma
11.07
56
21 Liver Cancer
9.51
57
22 Pertussis
8.20
16
23 Cervical Cancer
8.15
61
24 Alzheimers/Dementia
7.69
72
25 Prostate Cancer
7.64
69
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Maternal Conditions
7.56
51
27 Lymphomas
7.19
40
28 Suicide
7.06
98
29 Meningitis
6.96
49
30 Epilepsy
6.60
38
31 Congenital Anomalies
6.57
82
32 Liver Disease
6.44
137
33 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.03
54
34 Trypanosomiasis
5.46
18
35 Schistosomiasis
5.23
32
36 Falls
5.05
63
37 Anaemia
4.99
57
38 Poisonings
4.63
48
39 Oral Cancer
4.30
57
40 Fires
4.29
57
41 Skin Disease
3.80
67
42 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.53
167
43 Other Neoplasms
3.30
81
44 Malnutrition
3.28
81
45 Lung Cancers
3.20
155
46 Drownings
3.13
105
47 Leukemia
2.53
150
48 Ovary Cancer
2.13
97
49 Stomach Cancer
2.02
184
50 Parkinson Disease
1.68
100
 
 
Gabon
GABON CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
12.99
140
2 Liver Cancer
9.51
57
3 Cervical Cancer
8.15
61
4 Prostate Cancer
7.64
69
5 Lymphomas
7.19
40
6 Oral Cancer
4.30
57
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.53
167
8 Other Neoplasms
3.30
81
9 Lung Cancers
3.20
155
  Rate World Rank
10 Leukemia
2.53
150
11 Ovary Cancer
2.13
97
12 Stomach Cancer
2.02
184
13 Skin Cancers
1.15
100
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.11
159
15 Pancreas Cancer
0.53
183
16 Bladder Cancer
0.53
182
17 Uterin Cancer
0.24
179
 
 
Gabon
GABON HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
12.2
25
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
29.3
2.9
85
105
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
3.1
20.7
141
105
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
207
89

 
Gabon
GABON DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
1,514,993
144
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
102
Population 0-14
42.1 %
33
Population 15-64
53.9 %
166
Population 65 +
3.9 %
130
Birth Rate / 1000
35.57
31
Death Rate / 1000
12.76
32
Fertulity Rate
4.65
33
Infant Mortality
51.78
45
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.72
131
Net Migrattion
-3.48
133
Population Growth
1.93
56
Literacy Total
63.2
154
Literacy Male
73.7
148
Literacy Female
53.3
147
Unemployment
21.0
29
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
52.8
169
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
52.0
150
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$14,400
60
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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