GABON VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,953	5	896	+ 1,056
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,579	3	1,019	+ 561
Lung Disease	3	665	16	215	+ 450
Tuberculosis	4	541	1	1,819	- 1,278
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	526	14	318	+ 207
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	431	4	966	- 535
Diabetes Mellitus	7	422	6	643	- 221
Road Traffic Accidents	8	364	8	518	- 154
Liver Disease	9	306	10	416	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	10	284	44	35	+ 250
Low Birth Weight	11	254	9	494	- 240
Oral Cancer	12	226	34	69	+ 156
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	218	19	152	+ 67
Hypertension	14	215	11	412	- 197
Birth Trauma	15	195	13	362	- 168
Lung Cancers	16	177	29	87	+ 90
Kidney Disease	17	158	12	384	- 226
Congenital Anomalies	18	147	15	285	- 138
Measles	19	131	20	146	- 15
Asthma	20	129	28	90	+ 39
Other Injuries	21	111	22	140	- 29
Drownings	22	103	38	42	+ 61
Breast Cancer	23	99	27	92	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	24	99	48	32	+ 67
Suicide	25	87	18	183	- 95
Cervical Cancer	26	75	26	96	- 22
Violence	27	67	17	184	- 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	66	37	43	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	29	57	21	145	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	30	55	36	47	+ 8
Falls	31	48	30	84	- 36
Drug Use	32	43	45	34	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	43	54	20	+ 23
Liver Cancer	34	42	35	53	- 11
Lymphomas	35	39	49	32	+ 7
Malnutrition	36	35	33	78	- 42
Ovary Cancer	37	32	51	27	+ 6
Meningitis	38	31	23	113	- 82
Pertussis	39	29	31	81	- 52
Leukemia	40	28	57	17	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	41	24	32	80	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	42	22	24	101	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	43	21	53	21	- 0
Epilepsy	44	20	40	37	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	45	19	25	98	- 79
Fires	46	18	39	39	- 20
Appendicitis	47	18	61	7	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	18	41	36	- 18
Syphilis	49	18	47	33	- 15
Skin Disease	50	16	52	22	- 5
Hepatitis B	51	16	62	7	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	52	14	43	35	- 20
Skin Cancers	53	12	46	34	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	12	63	6	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	55	8	2	1,128	- 1,120
Poisonings	56	8	50	28	- 20
Tetanus	57	7	59	8	- 2
Uterin Cancer	58	6	55	19	- 13
Encephalitis	59	5	60	7	- 2
Alcohol	60	4	56	19	- 16
Other Neoplasms	61	4	64	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	62	3	68	1	+ 2
War	63	3	65	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	67	2	+ 1
Dengue	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Malaria	68	1	7	540	- 539
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Bangladesh

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.