GABON VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,132	3	1,019	+ 2,113
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,930	19	152	+ 1,779
Stroke	3	1,518	5	896	+ 622
Lung Cancers	4	1,389	29	87	+ 1,302
Lung Disease	5	1,320	16	215	+ 1,105
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,164	4	966	+ 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	682	37	43	+ 639
Kidney Disease	8	605	12	384	+ 221
Breast Cancer	9	530	27	92	+ 438
Suicide	10	433	18	183	+ 250
Other Injuries	11	411	22	140	+ 272
Other Neoplasms	12	375	64	5	+ 369
Prostate Cancer	13	374	32	80	+ 294
Pancreas Cancer	14	371	53	21	+ 350
Falls	15	360	30	84	+ 275
Lymphomas	16	318	49	32	+ 286
Liver Disease	17	294	10	416	- 123
Endocrine Disorders	18	293	25	98	+ 195
Parkinson's Disease	19	282	36	47	+ 235
Diabetes Mellitus	20	260	6	643	- 382
Leukemia	21	246	57	17	+ 229
Bladder Cancer	22	221	43	35	+ 186
Inflammatory/Heart	23	217	24	101	+ 116
Liver Cancer	24	200	35	53	+ 147
Oesophagus Cancer	25	184	44	35	+ 150
Stomach Cancer	26	177	48	32	+ 145
Hypertension	27	152	11	412	- 261
Oral Cancer	28	138	34	69	+ 69
Road Traffic Accidents	29	137	8	518	- 382
Ovary Cancer	30	134	51	27	+ 107
Skin Cancers	31	107	46	34	+ 73
Alcohol	32	102	56	19	+ 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	86	14	318	- 233
Uterin Cancer	34	79	55	19	+ 59
Skin Disease	35	78	52	22	+ 56
Epilepsy	36	71	40	37	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	60	54	20	+ 40
Malnutrition	38	60	33	78	- 18
Drug Use	39	59	45	34	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	40	58	15	285	- 228
Cervical Cancer	41	50	26	96	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	44	41	36	+ 7
Anemia	43	41	82	0	+ 41
Violence	44	31	17	184	- 153
Multiple Sclerosis	45	30	67	2	+ 28
Asthma	46	26	28	90	- 64
Drownings	47	16	38	42	- 26
Fires	48	15	39	39	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	15	63	6	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	50	14	9	494	- 480
Osteoarthritis	51	12	86	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	52	11	68	1	+ 10
Birth Trauma	53	10	13	362	- 353
Tuberculosis	54	9	1	1,819	- 1,810
Poisonings	55	8	50	28	- 19
Schizophrenia	56	8	81	0	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	57	7	2	1,128	- 1,121
Meningitis	58	6	23	113	- 107
Upper Respiratory	59	5	66	3	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	85	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	84	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	3	61	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	3	62	7	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	145	- 144
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	60	7	- 7
War	67	0	65	3	- 3
Pertussis	68	0	31	81	- 81
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	47	33	- 33
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	75	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	59	8	- 8
Measles	79	0	20	146	- 146
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
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

Belgium

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.