CENTRAL AFRICA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,187	2	4,704	- 517
HIV/AIDS	2	2,596	4	3,753	- 1,156
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,345	7	2,900	- 555
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,223	1	5,231	- 3,008
Stroke	5	2,063	5	3,284	- 1,221
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,479	15	1,141	+ 338
Malaria	7	1,243	6	3,279	- 2,037
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,193	10	1,790	- 597
Low Birth Weight	9	1,138	8	2,228	- 1,090
Liver Disease	10	959	14	1,153	- 195
Hypertension	11	949	12	1,252	- 303
Kidney Disease	12	883	21	710	+ 173
Birth Trauma	13	834	9	2,192	- 1,357
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	732	3	4,684	- 3,951
Congenital Anomalies	15	657	19	776	- 119
Lung Disease	16	495	18	956	- 461
Violence	17	423	17	1,009	- 586
Suicide	18	420	24	585	- 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	349	33	204	+ 145
Measles	20	336	11	1,625	- 1,289
Maternal Conditions	21	334	13	1,174	- 840
Other Injuries	22	321	23	621	- 299
Meningitis	23	260	16	1,015	- 755
Inflammatory/Heart	24	233	30	270	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	25	226	25	423	- 197
Cervical Cancer	26	221	32	230	- 9
Breast Cancer	27	212	26	344	- 132
Asthma	28	208	20	761	- 553
Lung Cancers	29	201	55	47	+ 154
Falls	30	194	36	181	+ 13
Pertussis	31	187	31	265	- 78
Prostate Cancer	32	183	38	156	+ 27
Malnutrition	33	179	22	691	- 512
Oral Cancer	34	159	46	91	+ 68
Liver Cancer	35	121	44	117	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	36	109	48	67	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	99	45	116	- 17
Drownings	38	96	34	202	- 106
Fires	39	89	39	142	- 53
Epilepsy	40	85	43	119	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	84	27	317	- 233
Trypanosomiasis	42	81	59	40	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	43	80	64	23	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	44	80	53	48	+ 31
Drug Use	45	78	57	44	+ 34
Skin Cancers	46	78	58	43	+ 35
Syphilis	47	75	41	120	- 45
Stomach Cancer	48	75	49	65	+ 9
Lymphomas	49	73	42	119	- 46
Poisonings	50	64	40	134	- 70
Ovary Cancer	51	61	50	64	- 3
Skin Disease	52	50	54	48	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	47	60	37	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	46	35	194	- 148
Uterin Cancer	55	45	65	20	+ 25
Alcohol	56	44	52	62	- 17
Leukemia	57	39	47	88	- 49
Schistosomiasis	58	32	37	169	- 137
Tetanus	59	19	29	280	- 261
Encephalitis	60	17	62	28	- 11
Appendicitis	61	15	51	62	- 47
Hepatitis B	62	15	61	33	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	14	66	15	- 1
Other Neoplasms	64	12	70	5	+ 7
War	65	6	28	314	- 307
Upper Respiratory	66	6	63	24	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	72	4	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	2	69	6	- 3
Diphtheria	69	1	67	11	- 10
Ascariasis	70	1	71	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	6	- 6
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	56	46	- 46
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	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 CENTRAL AFRICA

Gabon

Central Africa

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.