GABON VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,460	3	1,019	+ 1,441
War	2	1,568	65	3	+ 1,565
Stroke	3	1,166	5	896	+ 270
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	896	4	966	- 69
Low Birth Weight	5	773	9	494	+ 278
Birth Trauma	6	656	13	362	+ 294
Tuberculosis	7	602	1	1,819	- 1,217
Hypertension	8	489	11	412	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	9	478	21	145	+ 332
Kidney Disease	10	403	12	384	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	11	369	8	518	- 149
Diabetes Mellitus	12	352	6	643	- 291
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	340	14	318	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	14	306	15	285	+ 21
Lung Disease	15	285	16	215	+ 69
Liver Disease	16	281	10	416	- 135
Asthma	17	208	28	90	+ 118
Other Injuries	18	198	22	140	+ 59
Violence	19	197	17	184	+ 13
Meningitis	20	161	23	113	+ 48
Pertussis	21	129	31	81	+ 48
Breast Cancer	22	111	27	92	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	108	19	152	- 44
Suicide	24	96	18	183	- 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	92	41	36	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	26	92	48	32	+ 59
Oral Cancer	27	90	34	69	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	28	83	25	98	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	29	80	44	35	+ 46
Tetanus	30	77	59	8	+ 68
Encephalitis	31	73	60	7	+ 66
Lung Cancers	32	66	29	87	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	64	54	20	+ 44
Drownings	34	61	38	42	+ 19
Epilepsy	35	61	40	37	+ 24
Lymphomas	36	58	49	32	+ 26
Falls	37	55	30	84	- 29
Hepatitis B	38	53	62	7	+ 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	45	37	43	+ 2
Liver Cancer	40	40	35	53	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	41	38	36	47	- 9
Leukemia	42	37	57	17	+ 20
Malnutrition	43	36	33	78	- 42
Cervical Cancer	44	33	26	96	- 63
Inflammatory/Heart	45	32	24	101	- 69
HIV/AIDS	46	28	2	1,128	- 1,100
Poisonings	47	23	50	28	- 4
Ovary Cancer	48	23	51	27	- 4
Measles	49	21	20	146	- 125
Fires	50	21	39	39	- 17
Drug Use	51	20	45	34	- 14
Appendicitis	52	18	61	7	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	53	18	55	19	- 2
Bladder Cancer	54	17	43	35	- 18
Prostate Cancer	55	16	32	80	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	56	14	53	21	- 7
Malaria	57	11	7	540	- 528
Alcohol	58	9	56	19	- 10
Skin Cancers	59	9	46	34	- 25
Syphilis	60	6	47	33	- 27
Skin Disease	61	6	52	22	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	67	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	2	64	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	2	68	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	63	6	- 5
Ascariasis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	14	- 14
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Afghanistan

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.