BURKINA FASO VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	17,072	20	1,968	+ 15,104
HIV/AIDS	2	10,587	12	3,100	+ 7,487
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,563	4	8,117	+ 1,446
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,065	1	16,807	- 7,743
Stroke	5	8,413	7	6,324	+ 2,088
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,032	16	2,609	+ 3,423
Malaria	7	5,066	2	14,602	- 9,536
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,865	8	6,303	- 1,438
Low Birth Weight	9	4,640	5	6,809	- 2,169
Liver Disease	10	3,909	14	2,722	+ 1,187
Hypertension	11	3,869	19	2,020	+ 1,849
Kidney Disease	12	3,600	17	2,398	+ 1,203
Birth Trauma	13	3,402	6	6,426	- 3,024
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	2,986	3	11,887	- 8,901
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,678	10	3,515	- 837
Lung Disease	16	2,019	26	1,161	+ 858
Violence	17	1,724	21	1,943	- 219
Suicide	18	1,714	22	1,521	+ 193
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,422	33	767	+ 655
Measles	20	1,371	25	1,196	+ 175
Maternal Conditions	21	1,363	23	1,379	- 16
Other Injuries	22	1,310	15	2,637	- 1,326
Meningitis	23	1,061	11	3,375	- 2,314
Inflammatory/Heart	24	951	35	743	+ 208
Endocrine Disorders	25	920	9	4,794	- 3,873
Cervical Cancer	26	903	18	2,122	- 1,219
Breast Cancer	27	866	30	862	+ 4
Asthma	28	849	27	941	- 92
Lung Cancers	29	818	48	242	+ 576
Falls	30	793	31	828	- 36
Pertussis	31	762	34	746	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	32	747	38	514	+ 233
Malnutrition	33	729	13	2,868	- 2,139
Oral Cancer	34	650	49	227	+ 423
Liver Cancer	35	494	24	1,309	- 815
Parkinson's Disease	36	443	46	252	+ 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	404	39	478	- 74
Drownings	38	392	28	910	- 518
Fires	39	362	36	704	- 342
Epilepsy	40	348	40	477	- 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	341	41	410	- 69
Trypanosomiasis	42	331	76	0	+ 331
Bladder Cancer	43	327	45	265	+ 62
Oesophagus Cancer	44	324	59	101	+ 224
Drug Use	45	318	54	172	+ 146
Skin Cancers	46	317	50	220	+ 97
Syphilis	47	307	42	294	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	48	304	32	777	- 473
Lymphomas	49	298	43	280	+ 18
Poisonings	50	262	37	620	- 358
Ovary Cancer	51	249	52	174	+ 75
Skin Disease	52	203	53	174	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	53	194	57	148	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	187	44	269	- 82
Uterin Cancer	55	182	62	74	+ 108
Alcohol	56	181	56	152	+ 30
Leukemia	57	158	58	112	+ 46
Schistosomiasis	58	130	47	249	- 119
Tetanus	59	79	51	181	- 102
Encephalitis	60	68	61	83	- 15
Appendicitis	61	62	60	95	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	62	55	164	- 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	59	68	15	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	64	50	67	23	+ 27
War	65	26	29	884	- 858
Upper Respiratory	66	24	65	48	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	67	15	66	24	- 9
Hepatitis C	68	10	64	58	- 48
Diphtheria	69	3	69	7	- 4
Ascariasis	70	3	63	74	- 71
Chlamydia	71	3	70	3	- 0
Otitis Media	72	2	71	1	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Gabon

Burkina Faso

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.