GABON VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,924	2	1,128	+ 1,796
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,598	4	966	+ 632
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,330	3	1,019	+ 311
Stroke	4	1,247	5	896	+ 350
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,226	6	643	+ 584
Tuberculosis	6	892	1	1,819	- 927
Violence	7	853	17	184	+ 669
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	644	14	318	+ 325
Kidney Disease	9	622	12	384	+ 238
Suicide	10	559	18	183	+ 377
Road Traffic Accidents	11	529	8	518	+ 10
Hypertension	12	519	11	412	+ 107
Lung Disease	13	483	16	215	+ 268
Liver Disease	14	366	10	416	- 50
Lung Cancers	15	313	29	87	+ 226
Low Birth Weight	16	254	9	494	- 241
Other Injuries	17	244	22	140	+ 105
Asthma	18	242	28	90	+ 152
Endocrine Disorders	19	239	25	98	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	20	226	26	96	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	21	220	24	101	+ 118
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	190	19	152	+ 38
Breast Cancer	23	184	27	92	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	24	178	32	80	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	25	177	15	285	- 109
Meningitis	26	149	23	113	+ 36
Fires	27	147	39	39	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	146	37	43	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	29	142	44	35	+ 107
Birth Trauma	30	122	13	362	- 240
Lymphomas	31	114	49	32	+ 83
Drownings	32	98	38	42	+ 56
Liver Cancer	33	97	35	53	+ 44
Malnutrition	34	97	33	78	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	35	82	53	21	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	77	41	36	+ 41
Epilepsy	37	76	40	37	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	38	69	21	145	- 76
Stomach Cancer	39	62	48	32	+ 30
Leukemia	40	59	57	17	+ 43
Oral Cancer	41	57	34	69	- 12
Falls	42	57	30	84	- 28
Pertussis	43	46	31	81	- 35
Syphilis	44	46	47	33	+ 13
Skin Disease	45	45	52	22	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	46	44	36	47	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	41	54	20	+ 21
Skin Cancers	48	40	46	34	+ 7
Alcohol	49	40	56	19	+ 21
Poisonings	50	40	50	28	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	51	39	51	27	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	52	34	43	35	- 1
Drug Use	53	31	45	34	- 3
Uterin Cancer	54	21	55	19	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	15	63	6	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	11	61	7	+ 5
Measles	57	11	20	146	- 135
Other Neoplasms	58	11	64	5	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	10	60	7	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	9	66	3	+ 6
Hepatitis B	61	6	62	7	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	67	2	+ 3
Malaria	63	3	7	540	- 536
War	64	3	65	3	- 0
Tetanus	65	2	59	8	- 7
Schistosomiasis	66	1	58	14	- 12
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

South Africa

Gabon

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.