BENIN VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	10,889	23	919	+ 9,970
HIV/AIDS	2	6,753	11	2,263	+ 4,490
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,099	5	5,397	+ 702
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,782	1	10,205	- 4,423
Stroke	5	5,366	4	5,855	- 489
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,847	14	1,912	+ 1,935
Malaria	7	3,232	2	7,037	- 3,805
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,103	8	3,162	- 59
Low Birth Weight	9	2,960	6	4,908	- 1,948
Liver Disease	10	2,493	9	2,447	+ 47
Hypertension	11	2,468	19	1,088	+ 1,379
Kidney Disease	12	2,296	13	1,929	+ 368
Birth Trauma	13	2,170	7	3,950	- 1,780
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,905	3	6,830	- 4,926
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,708	10	2,265	- 557
Lung Disease	16	1,288	17	1,220	+ 68
Violence	17	1,100	28	726	+ 374
Suicide	18	1,093	22	922	+ 172
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	907	29	715	+ 192
Measles	20	874	26	788	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	21	870	20	1,039	- 169
Other Injuries	22	836	15	1,532	- 696
Meningitis	23	677	12	1,967	- 1,290
Inflammatory/Heart	24	606	33	457	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	25	587	16	1,454	- 867
Cervical Cancer	26	576	30	669	- 93
Breast Cancer	27	552	27	784	- 232
Asthma	28	541	24	891	- 349
Lung Cancers	29	522	59	66	+ 455
Falls	30	506	32	543	- 37
Pertussis	31	486	18	1,168	- 682
Prostate Cancer	32	477	25	867	- 390
Malnutrition	33	465	21	928	- 463
Oral Cancer	34	414	49	156	+ 258
Liver Cancer	35	315	40	322	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	36	283	43	212	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	258	41	311	- 53
Drownings	38	250	31	570	- 320
Fires	39	231	35	431	- 200
Epilepsy	40	222	37	369	- 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	218	34	442	- 225
Trypanosomiasis	42	211	78	0	+ 211
Bladder Cancer	43	208	61	43	+ 165
Oesophagus Cancer	44	207	39	326	- 119
Drug Use	45	203	44	197	+ 5
Skin Cancers	46	202	54	102	+ 101
Syphilis	47	196	51	150	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	48	194	38	361	- 167
Lymphomas	49	190	36	387	- 197
Poisonings	50	167	42	307	- 140
Ovary Cancer	51	159	56	86	+ 73
Skin Disease	52	129	52	144	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	53	123	48	177	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	119	45	197	- 78
Uterin Cancer	55	116	55	99	+ 17
Alcohol	56	116	58	85	+ 31
Leukemia	57	101	46	196	- 95
Schistosomiasis	58	83	47	183	- 100
Tetanus	59	51	50	156	- 106
Encephalitis	60	43	57	85	- 42
Appendicitis	61	40	60	45	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	39	53	143	- 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	37	67	11	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	64	32	63	20	+ 12
War	65	17	69	2	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	66	15	64	17	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	10	66	16	- 6
Hepatitis C	68	6	65	17	- 11
Diphtheria	69	2	68	10	- 8
Ascariasis	70	2	62	40	- 38
Chlamydia	71	2	70	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Gabon

Benin

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.