GABON GLOBAL HEALTH COMPARISON INDEX

Gabon

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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	GABON
				World Rank						World Rank
	Male	Female	All	M	F	All	Male	Female	All	M	F	All
1960	38.3	41.5	39.9	150	143	148	68.2	74.2	71.1	9	4	9
1970	45.5	48.7	47.0	134	133	135	68.9	75.2	72.0	13	9	9
1980	53.5	56.7	55.1	126	123	126	70.7	76.8	73.7	16	14	17
1990	59.4	62.6	60.9	124	127	126	73.1	78.8	75.9	17	17	16
2000	57.0	59.6	58.2	139	141	139	75.4	80.2	77.7	19	23	22
2010	52.0	53.6	52.8	167	171	169	77.8	82.1	79.9	14	24	16

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	GABON
			World Rank				World Rank
	Male	Female	M	F	Male	Female	M	F
At Birth	52.0	53.6	167	171	77.8	82.1	14	24
Age 6	65.7	68.9	150	153	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 11	66.1	69.3	151	154	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 16	66.4	69.5	151	155	79.5	83.7	21	28
Age 21	66.8	69.8	149	155	79.7	83.8	21	28
Age 26	67.5	70.4	149	155	79.9	83.8	21	28
Age 31	68.3	71.5	148	154	80.1	83.9	21	28
Age 36	69.3	72.9	147	147	80.3	84.0	21	29
Age 41	70.6	74.3	144	142	80.6	84.2	20	27
Age 46	71.9	75.5	140	137	81.0	84.4	20	28
Age 51	73.3	76.5	137	134	81.4	84.8	20	27
Age 56	74.7	77.6	135	134	82.0	85.2	20	27
Age 61	76.4	78.8	131	136	82.8	85.8	20	26
Age 66	78.4	80.3	132	137	83.8	86.5	23	25
Age 71	80.6	82.0	138	137	85.2	87.5	26	31
Age 76	83.3	84.3	144	140	86.9	88.8	26	32
Age 81	86.5	87.1	142	141	89.0	90.5	31	32
Age 86	90.0	90.4	153	147	91.8	92.8	38	33
Age 91	94.0	94.2	139	143	95.0	95.7	44	35
Age 96	98.2	98.3	159	179	98.8	99.2	46	37
Age 101	102.7	102.8	180	149	103.0	103.2	58	48

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		GABON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	HIV/AIDS	192.39	17	0.40	137
2	Stroke	121.27	64	36.89	160
3	Influenza & Pneumonia	119.54	39	23.69	125
4	Coronary Heart Disease	104.78	106	68.80	155
5	Tuberculosis	50.22	38	0.41	170
6	Diarrhoeal diseases	49.17	44	1.95	119
7	Diabetes Mellitus	44.99	68	5.04	185
8	Lung Disease	36.79	61	21.47	98
9	Road Traffic Accidents	25.59	46	4.77	180
10	Malaria	23.24	36	0.01	104
11	Hypertension	21.85	120	3.67	183
12	Asthma	21.31	17	1.09	153
13	Kidney Disease	20.22	73	3.23	185
14	Low Birth Weight	20.21	34	3.39	144
15	Other Injuries	17.10	62	5.54	170
16	Violence	15.21	55	1.14	160
17	Endocrine Disorders	13.88	56	3.13	147
18	Breast Cancer	12.99	140	23.62	20
19	Inflammatory/Heart	11.58	58	2.97	152
20	Birth Trauma	11.07	56	0.64	166
21	Liver Cancer	9.51	57	3.07	164
22	Pertussis	8.20	16	0.02	106
23	Cervical Cancer	8.15	61	1.38	161
24	Alzheimers/Dementia	7.69	72	17.08	14
25	Prostate Cancer	7.64	69	8.21	58
26	Maternal Conditions	7.56	51	0.15	151
27	Lymphomas	7.19	40	7.35	36
28	Suicide	7.06	98	6.90	101
29	Meningitis	6.96	49	0.41	149
30	Epilepsy	6.60	38	1.57	104
31	Congenital Anomalies	6.57	82	3.68	164
32	Liver Disease	6.44	137	9.48	96
33	Peptic Ulcer Disease	6.03	54	2.54	123
34	Trypanosomiasis	5.46	18	0.00	192
35	Schistosomiasis	5.23	32	0.00	64
36	Falls	5.05	63	3.51	109
37	Anaemia	4.99	57	0.15	171
38	Poisonings	4.63	48	2.81	89
39	Oral Cancer	4.30	57	2.39	113
40	Fires	4.29	57	0.45	158
41	Skin Disease	3.80	67	1.50	104
42	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3.53	167	15.49	33
43	Other Neoplasms	3.30	81	2.95	92
44	Malnutrition	3.28	81	0.07	172
45	Lung Cancers	3.20	155	30.98	18
46	Drownings	3.13	105	0.35	187
47	Leukemia	2.53	150	4.39	63
48	Ovary Cancer	2.13	97	3.96	20
49	Stomach Cancer	2.02	184	4.81	130
50	Parkinson Disease	1.68	100	3.48	8

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		GABON
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1	HIV/AIDS	2,475	20.72	266	0.06
2	Influenza & Pneumonia	1,248	10.45	37,348	8.00
3	Stroke	985	8.25	55,919	11.98
4	Coronary Heart Disease	847	7.09	92,299	19.77
5	Tuberculosis	601	5.03	443	0.09
6	Diarrhoeal diseases	574	4.81	3,081	0.66
7	Malaria	443	3.71	5	0.00
8	Low Birth Weight	419	3.51	1,386	0.30
9	Diabetes Mellitus	366	3.06	6,682	1.43
10	Road Traffic Accidents	316	2.65	3,073	0.66
11	Lung Disease	297	2.49	29,069	6.23
12	Birth Trauma	229	1.92	262	0.06
13	Other Injuries	209	1.75	6,029	1.29
14	Violence	200	1.67	703	0.15
15	Asthma	182	1.52	1,260	0.27
16	Hypertension	177	1.48	5,191	1.11
17	Kidney Disease	171	1.43	4,804	1.03
18	Pertussis	170	1.42	6	0.00
19	Congenital Anomalies	128	1.07	1,950	0.42
20	Endocrine Disorders	118	0.99	3,056	0.65
21	Maternal Conditions	105	0.88	81	0.02
22	Meningitis	105	0.88	278	0.06
23	Inflammatory/Heart	98	0.82	3,014	0.65
24	Liver Cancer	97	0.81	3,470	0.74
25	Trypanosomiasis	79	0.66	0	0.00
26	Suicide	76	0.64	4,660	1.00
27	Cervical Cancer	75	0.63	1,322	0.28
28	Lymphomas	70	0.59	8,744	1.87
29	Prostate Cancer	67	0.56	11,508	2.46
30	Breast Cancer	63	0.53	14,343	3.07
31	Epilepsy	63	0.53	1,201	0.26
32	Alzheimers/Dementia	61	0.51	29,116	6.24
33	Liver Disease	55	0.46	7,767	1.66
34	Fires	54	0.45	380	0.08
35	Schistosomiasis	53	0.44	1	0.00
36	Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	0.43	3,294	0.71
37	Poisonings	50	0.42	1,805	0.39
38	Falls	47	0.39	4,450	0.95
39	Drownings	46	0.39	233	0.05
40	Malnutrition	41	0.34	85	0.02
41	Anaemia	41	0.34	260	0.06
42	Oral Cancer	39	0.33	2,428	0.52
43	Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	0.28	18,951	4.06
44	Skin Disease	31	0.26	2,188	0.47
45	Lung Cancers	29	0.24	35,845	7.68
46	Other Neoplasms	29	0.24	3,829	0.82
47	Leukemia	28	0.23	5,077	1.09
48	Measles	27	0.23	2	0.00
49	Ovary Cancer	20	0.17	4,366	0.94
50	Stomach Cancer	18	0.15	6,006	1.29

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		GABON
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	Breast Cancer	12.99	140	23.62	20
2	Liver Cancer	9.51	57	3.07	164
3	Cervical Cancer	8.15	61	1.38	161
4	Prostate Cancer	7.64	69	8.21	58
5	Lymphomas	7.19	40	7.35	36
6	Oral Cancer	4.30	57	2.39	113
7	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3.53	167	15.49	33
8	Other Neoplasms	3.30	81	2.95	92
9	Lung Cancers	3.20	155	30.98	18
10	Leukemia	2.53	150	4.39	63
11	Ovary Cancer	2.13	97	3.96	20
12	Stomach Cancer	2.02	184	4.81	130
13	Skin Cancers	1.15	100	2.74	32
14	Oesophagus Cancer	1.11	159	7.62	30
15	Pancreas Cancer	0.53	183	6.81	39
16	Bladder Cancer	0.53	182	4.27	28
17	Uterin Cancer	0.24	179	1.53	64

DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY

	GABON
	Value	World Rank	Value	World Rank
Population Total	1,514,993	144	61,113,205	22
Sex Ratio M / F	0.99	102	0.98	125
Population 0-14	42.1 %	33	16.7 %	158
Population 15-64	53.9 %	166	67.1 %	64
Population 65 +	3.9 %	130	16.2 %	23
Birth Rate / 1000	35.57	31	10.65	155
Death Rate / 1000	12.76	32	10.02	61
Fertulity Rate	4.65	33	1.66	153
Infant Mortality	51.78	45	4.85	167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F	1.03	185	1.05	130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F	1.01	182	1.05	77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F	1.00	107	1.03	46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F	0.72	131	0.76	105
Net Migrattion	-3.48	133	2.16	29
Population Growth	1.93	56	0.28	152
Literacy Total	63.2	154	99.0	41
Literacy Male	73.7	148	99.0	50
Literacy Female	53.3	147	99.0	41
Unemployment	21.0	29	5.5	113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH	52.8	169	79.9	16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY	52.0	150	72.0	27
GDP PER CAPITA USD	$14,400	60	$36,600	23