GHANA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	25,627	6	10,214	+ 15,412
HIV/AIDS	2	15,892	4	13,565	+ 2,327
Coronary Heart Disease	3	14,355	3	14,103	+ 252
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,607	1	16,262	- 2,655
Stroke	5	12,628	2	15,163	- 2,535
Diabetes Mellitus	6	9,054	12	5,929	+ 3,125
Malaria	7	7,605	5	11,162	- 3,557
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,303	7	7,808	- 505
Low Birth Weight	9	6,966	8	6,662	+ 304
Liver Disease	10	5,868	11	6,053	- 186
Hypertension	11	5,807	19	2,231	+ 3,577
Kidney Disease	12	5,405	13	4,161	+ 1,243
Birth Trauma	13	5,107	10	6,194	- 1,087
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	4,483	9	6,538	- 2,055
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,020	14	3,935	+ 84
Lung Disease	16	3,030	15	3,120	- 89
Violence	17	2,588	27	1,857	+ 731
Suicide	18	2,573	21	1,993	+ 580
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,134	29	1,294	+ 841
Measles	20	2,058	60	135	+ 1,922
Maternal Conditions	21	2,046	22	1,991	+ 55
Other Injuries	22	1,967	18	2,433	- 466
Meningitis	23	1,592	16	2,983	- 1,391
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,427	28	1,615	- 188
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,382	24	1,965	- 583
Cervical Cancer	26	1,355	20	2,161	- 806
Breast Cancer	27	1,300	25	1,937	- 637
Asthma	28	1,274	23	1,979	- 705
Lung Cancers	29	1,228	55	237	+ 991
Falls	30	1,190	30	1,168	+ 22
Pertussis	31	1,144	35	744	+ 399
Prostate Cancer	32	1,122	31	1,031	+ 91
Malnutrition	33	1,094	26	1,868	- 774
Oral Cancer	34	975	42	483	+ 493
Liver Cancer	35	742	17	2,851	- 2,109
Parkinson's Disease	36	665	43	387	+ 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	607	34	803	- 196
Drownings	38	588	36	740	- 152
Fires	39	543	37	729	- 186
Epilepsy	40	523	47	329	+ 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	513	48	321	+ 192
Trypanosomiasis	42	497	78	0	+ 497
Bladder Cancer	43	490	53	245	+ 245
Oesophagus Cancer	44	487	49	285	+ 202
Drug Use	45	477	39	630	- 153
Skin Cancers	46	476	58	214	+ 261
Syphilis	47	461	41	483	- 22
Stomach Cancer	48	457	33	870	- 414
Lymphomas	49	447	32	875	- 428
Poisonings	50	393	40	522	- 128
Ovary Cancer	51	374	38	698	- 325
Skin Disease	52	304	50	264	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	53	291	46	334	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	280	52	256	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	55	273	57	219	+ 54
Alcohol	56	272	54	244	+ 28
Leukemia	57	238	45	340	- 102
Schistosomiasis	58	195	51	257	- 61
Tetanus	59	119	56	220	- 101
Encephalitis	60	102	44	357	- 256
Appendicitis	61	93	59	146	- 53
Hepatitis B	62	93	62	101	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	88	67	16	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	64	75	63	48	+ 27
War	65	39	64	29	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	66	36	66	16	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	67	23	61	113	- 90
Hepatitis C	68	15	65	28	- 13
Diphtheria	69	5	69	4	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	5	68	12	- 7
Chlamydia	71	4	70	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	2	72	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	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	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Gabon

Ghana

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.