DR CONGO VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	85,500	2	43,759	+ 41,741
HIV/AIDS	2	53,022	15	13,286	+ 39,736
Coronary Heart Disease	3	47,893	7	34,713	+ 13,179
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	45,398	1	73,546	- 28,147
Stroke	5	42,133	6	36,596	+ 5,536
Diabetes Mellitus	6	30,209	16	12,902	+ 17,307
Malaria	7	25,375	4	41,813	- 16,438
Road Traffic Accidents	8	24,365	10	30,256	- 5,891
Low Birth Weight	9	23,241	8	34,668	- 11,427
Liver Disease	10	19,578	13	15,044	+ 4,533
Hypertension	11	19,376	12	15,743	+ 3,633
Kidney Disease	12	18,032	20	9,077	+ 8,955
Birth Trauma	13	17,038	9	33,075	- 16,037
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	14,956	5	41,301	- 26,345
Congenital Anomalies	15	13,411	11	16,256	- 2,845
Lung Disease	16	10,110	14	13,527	- 3,416
Violence	17	8,635	18	11,120	- 2,485
Suicide	18	8,585	26	5,812	+ 2,773
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	7,121	28	4,548	+ 2,574
Measles	20	6,865	3	42,254	- 35,389
Maternal Conditions	21	6,827	19	10,513	- 3,685
Other Injuries	22	6,563	22	8,272	- 1,709
Meningitis	23	5,313	17	11,568	- 6,255
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,761	29	4,045	+ 716
Endocrine Disorders	25	4,610	25	7,380	- 2,770
Cervical Cancer	26	4,522	27	4,823	- 301
Breast Cancer	27	4,337	35	3,416	+ 922
Asthma	28	4,251	24	7,733	- 3,483
Lung Cancers	29	4,098	47	1,158	+ 2,940
Falls	30	3,969	33	3,483	+ 487
Pertussis	31	3,816	23	7,921	- 4,105
Prostate Cancer	32	3,742	30	3,948	- 206
Malnutrition	33	3,651	21	8,910	- 5,259
Oral Cancer	34	3,255	51	1,003	+ 2,252
Liver Cancer	35	2,475	31	3,840	- 1,365
Parkinson's Disease	36	2,218	49	1,035	+ 1,184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	2,024	36	2,966	- 942
Drownings	38	1,963	34	3,454	- 1,491
Fires	39	1,813	39	2,007	- 195
Epilepsy	40	1,744	44	1,727	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	1,710	40	1,923	- 213
Trypanosomiasis	42	1,659	64	347	+ 1,312
Bladder Cancer	43	1,636	65	270	+ 1,366
Oesophagus Cancer	44	1,625	53	790	+ 835
Drug Use	45	1,590	59	638	+ 952
Skin Cancers	46	1,588	55	765	+ 822
Syphilis	47	1,539	32	3,751	- 2,212
Stomach Cancer	48	1,523	37	2,579	- 1,056
Lymphomas	49	1,493	38	2,061	- 568
Poisonings	50	1,313	42	1,729	- 416
Ovary Cancer	51	1,247	58	656	+ 591
Skin Disease	52	1,015	54	781	+ 234
Pancreas Cancer	53	969	50	1,017	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	935	43	1,728	- 793
Uterin Cancer	55	911	63	352	+ 559
Alcohol	56	909	60	635	+ 274
Leukemia	57	793	41	1,871	- 1,078
Schistosomiasis	58	651	48	1,071	- 419
Tetanus	59	397	46	1,166	- 769
Encephalitis	60	339	57	680	- 341
Appendicitis	61	311	56	703	- 392
Hepatitis B	62	310	61	456	- 146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	293	66	217	+ 76
Other Neoplasms	64	250	67	88	+ 163
War	65	130	45	1,658	- 1,528
Upper Respiratory	66	121	62	370	- 249
Multiple Sclerosis	67	76	71	44	+ 32
Hepatitis C	68	49	69	69	- 20
Diphtheria	69	17	70	47	- 30
Ascariasis	70	16	68	80	- 63
Chlamydia	71	13	73	15	- 1
Otitis Media	72	8	72	38	- 30
Dengue	73	1	74	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	52	869	- 869
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	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	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Gabon

DR Congo

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.