GABON VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,104	5	896	+ 2,207
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,888	3	1,019	+ 1,869
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,099	6	643	+ 1,456
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,786	4	966	+ 820
Prostate Cancer	5	1,332	32	80	+ 1,253
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	928	37	43	+ 885
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	921	19	152	+ 769
Breast Cancer	8	767	27	92	+ 675
Endocrine Disorders	9	753	25	98	+ 655
Kidney Disease	10	745	12	384	+ 361
Other Injuries	11	634	22	140	+ 494
Lung Disease	12	596	16	215	+ 381
Hypertension	13	581	11	412	+ 169
Skin Disease	14	504	52	22	+ 482
Lymphomas	15	410	49	32	+ 378
Lung Cancers	16	344	29	87	+ 257
Inflammatory/Heart	17	315	24	101	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	18	313	53	21	+ 292
Violence	19	261	17	184	+ 77
Leukemia	20	235	57	17	+ 218
HIV/AIDS	21	227	2	1,128	- 901
Stomach Cancer	22	224	48	32	+ 191
Cervical Cancer	23	222	26	96	+ 126
Other Neoplasms	24	208	64	5	+ 203
Road Traffic Accidents	25	189	8	518	- 329
Liver Disease	26	184	10	416	- 232
Uterin Cancer	27	171	55	19	+ 152
Oral Cancer	28	144	34	69	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	29	144	15	285	- 141
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	140	85	0	+ 140
Parkinson's Disease	31	132	36	47	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	32	125	51	27	+ 99
Liver Cancer	33	116	35	53	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	114	41	36	+ 78
Asthma	35	105	28	90	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	36	93	44	35	+ 58
Anemia	37	90	82	0	+ 90
Epilepsy	38	76	40	37	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	39	76	43	35	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	55	14	318	- 263
Falls	41	53	30	84	- 31
Low Birth Weight	42	43	9	494	- 452
Birth Trauma	43	42	13	362	- 321
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	38	63	6	+ 31
Meningitis	45	35	23	113	- 78
Alcohol	46	33	56	19	+ 13
Skin Cancers	47	32	46	34	- 2
Poisonings	48	17	50	28	- 11
Malnutrition	49	16	33	78	- 62
Osteoarthritis	50	16	86	0	+ 16
Suicide	51	14	18	183	- 168
Hepatitis B	52	13	62	7	+ 6
Drug Use	53	12	45	34	- 22
Dengue	54	11	73	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	9	54	20	- 10
Maternal Conditions	56	9	21	145	- 136
Drownings	57	9	38	42	- 33
Upper Respiratory	58	8	66	3	+ 6
Schizophrenia	59	8	81	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	60	8	1	1,819	- 1,811
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	67	2	+ 4
Fires	62	5	39	39	- 34
Oral conditions	63	5	84	0	+ 5
Syphilis	64	3	47	33	- 30
Appendicitis	65	3	61	7	- 4
War	66	0	65	3	- 3
Pertussis	67	0	31	81	- 81
Measles	68	0	20	146	- 146
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	59	8	- 8
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	60	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	83	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Barbados

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.