GABON VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,976	3	1,019	+ 957
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,430	19	152	+ 1,278
Stroke	3	948	5	896	+ 51
Lung Cancers	4	804	29	87	+ 717
Lung Disease	5	778	16	215	+ 563
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	569	37	43	+ 526
Diabetes Mellitus	7	410	6	643	- 233
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	408	4	966	- 558
Prostate Cancer	9	345	32	80	+ 266
Breast Cancer	10	312	27	92	+ 220
Suicide	11	289	18	183	+ 106
Kidney Disease	12	288	12	384	- 96
Pancreas Cancer	13	286	53	21	+ 265
Falls	14	286	30	84	+ 201
Lymphomas	15	279	49	32	+ 247
Endocrine Disorders	16	214	25	98	+ 115
Skin Cancers	17	213	46	34	+ 179
Leukemia	18	195	57	17	+ 178
Parkinson's Disease	19	187	36	47	+ 140
Liver Cancer	20	187	35	53	+ 134
Drug Use	21	164	45	34	+ 130
Other Injuries	22	151	22	140	+ 11
Hypertension	23	150	11	412	- 263
Inflammatory/Heart	24	144	24	101	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	25	137	44	35	+ 102
Liver Disease	26	130	10	416	- 286
Stomach Cancer	27	118	48	32	+ 86
Other Neoplasms	28	115	64	5	+ 110
Road Traffic Accidents	29	114	8	518	- 404
Bladder Cancer	30	109	43	35	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	31	92	51	27	+ 65
Oral Cancer	32	89	34	69	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	33	65	15	285	- 220
Skin Disease	34	55	52	22	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	35	48	55	19	+ 29
Asthma	36	42	28	90	- 49
Alcohol	37	35	56	19	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	35	54	20	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	39	31	26	96	- 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	27	14	318	- 291
Epilepsy	41	26	40	37	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	25	41	36	- 11
Low Birth Weight	43	23	9	494	- 472
Violence	44	22	17	184	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	21	63	6	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	46	17	67	2	+ 16
Drownings	47	16	38	42	- 26
Hepatitis C	48	16	68	1	+ 15
Anemia	49	14	82	0	+ 14
Birth Trauma	50	13	13	362	- 350
Malnutrition	51	11	33	78	- 67
Osteoarthritis	52	10	86	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	85	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	54	6	81	0	+ 6
Fires	55	5	39	39	- 34
Tuberculosis	56	5	1	1,819	- 1,814
HIV/AIDS	57	5	2	1,128	- 1,123
Hepatitis B	58	4	62	7	- 3
Oral conditions	59	4	84	0	+ 4
Meningitis	60	3	23	113	- 110
Poisonings	61	3	50	28	- 25
Appendicitis	62	2	61	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	2	21	145	- 143
Upper Respiratory	64	2	66	3	- 1
War	65	1	65	3	- 2
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	47	33	- 32
Encephalitis	68	0	60	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	31	81	- 81
Tetanus	70	0	59	8	- 8
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	20	146	- 146
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Australia

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.