GABON VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,848	3	1,019	+ 1,829
Stroke	2	1,221	5	896	+ 325
Road Traffic Accidents	3	470	8	518	- 49
Hypertension	4	437	11	412	+ 25
Kidney Disease	5	393	12	384	+ 9
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	381	4	966	- 585
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	294	19	152	+ 143
Low Birth Weight	8	284	9	494	- 210
Diabetes Mellitus	9	244	6	643	- 398
Lung Disease	10	244	16	215	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	11	228	15	285	- 58
Lung Cancers	12	205	29	87	+ 118
Birth Trauma	13	198	13	362	- 164
Breast Cancer	14	181	27	92	+ 89
Liver Disease	15	181	10	416	- 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	164	37	43	+ 121
Tuberculosis	17	148	1	1,819	- 1,671
Asthma	18	107	28	90	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	19	106	48	32	+ 74
Lymphomas	20	96	49	32	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	21	74	43	35	+ 39
Other Injuries	22	73	22	140	- 66
Falls	23	69	30	84	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	24	65	36	47	+ 18
Leukemia	25	60	57	17	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	58	14	318	- 260
Cervical Cancer	27	57	26	96	- 39
Suicide	28	56	18	183	- 127
Prostate Cancer	29	56	32	80	- 24
Drug Use	30	51	45	34	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	31	51	53	21	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	32	48	25	98	- 50
Maternal Conditions	33	48	21	145	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	34	43	24	101	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	38	41	36	+ 1
Violence	36	37	17	184	- 146
Skin Cancers	37	37	46	34	+ 3
Oral Cancer	38	36	34	69	- 33
Fires	39	33	39	39	- 5
Ovary Cancer	40	32	51	27	+ 5
Liver Cancer	41	29	35	53	- 24
Drownings	42	24	38	42	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	19	54	20	- 1
Epilepsy	44	19	40	37	- 19
Meningitis	45	17	23	113	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	46	16	44	35	- 18
Poisonings	47	15	50	28	- 13
HIV/AIDS	48	10	2	1,128	- 1,118
Pertussis	49	9	31	81	- 72
Hepatitis B	50	9	62	7	+ 2
Encephalitis	51	8	60	7	+ 0
Skin Disease	52	6	52	22	- 16
Malnutrition	53	4	33	78	- 73
Alcohol	54	4	56	19	- 15
Appendicitis	55	4	61	7	- 2
Uterin Cancer	56	4	55	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	67	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	3	64	5	- 2
Measles	59	3	20	146	- 143
Tetanus	60	3	59	8	- 6
Syphilis	61	2	47	33	- 31
War	62	2	65	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	63	1	58	14	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	63	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Algeria

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.