GABON VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,132	3	1,019	+ 1,113
Violence	2	954	17	184	+ 770
Stroke	3	821	5	896	- 76
Lung Disease	4	789	16	215	+ 574
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	533	4	966	- 432
Road Traffic Accidents	6	384	8	518	- 134
Kidney Disease	7	338	12	384	- 45
Hypertension	8	317	11	412	- 95
Stomach Cancer	9	303	48	32	+ 270
Lung Cancers	10	260	29	87	+ 173
Diabetes Mellitus	11	249	6	643	- 394
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	216	37	43	+ 173
Breast Cancer	13	182	27	92	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	14	177	32	80	+ 98
Other Neoplasms	15	159	64	5	+ 153
Congenital Anomalies	16	147	15	285	- 139
HIV/AIDS	17	133	2	1,128	- 995
Lymphomas	18	129	49	32	+ 97
Liver Disease	19	120	10	416	- 296
Cervical Cancer	20	112	26	96	+ 16
Leukemia	21	109	57	17	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	107	19	152	- 45
Low Birth Weight	23	104	9	494	- 391
Liver Cancer	24	102	35	53	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	25	100	53	21	+ 80
Suicide	26	97	18	183	- 85
Malnutrition	27	93	33	78	+ 15
Other Injuries	28	79	22	140	- 61
Falls	29	75	30	84	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	30	68	25	98	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	31	66	24	101	- 35
Tuberculosis	32	63	1	1,819	- 1,756
Ovary Cancer	33	56	51	27	+ 29
Skin Disease	34	55	52	22	+ 33
Skin Cancers	35	51	46	34	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	36	41	44	35	+ 7
Oral Cancer	37	40	34	69	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	37	14	318	- 281
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	35	41	36	- 2
Drownings	40	34	38	42	- 8
Birth Trauma	41	32	13	362	- 330
Bladder Cancer	42	30	43	35	- 5
Epilepsy	43	30	40	37	- 8
Drug Use	44	24	45	34	- 9
Uterin Cancer	45	21	55	19	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	46	20	21	145	- 126
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	36	47	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	16	85	0	+ 16
War	49	13	65	3	+ 10
Meningitis	50	12	23	113	- 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	63	6	+ 6
Appendicitis	52	11	61	7	+ 4
Chagas disease	53	10	77	0	+ 10
Asthma	54	9	28	90	- 81
Dengue	55	7	73	0	+ 7
Fires	56	6	39	39	- 32
Anemia	57	5	82	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	3	86	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	68	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	67	2	+ 1
Poisonings	61	3	50	28	- 25
Hepatitis B	62	2	62	7	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	54	20	- 18
Encephalitis	64	2	60	7	- 5
Syphilis	65	1	47	33	- 31
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	3	- 1
Malaria	67	1	7	540	- 539
Alcohol	68	1	56	19	- 18
Pertussis	69	1	31	81	- 80
Schizophrenia	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	59	8	- 8
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	14	- 14
Measles	78	0	20	146	- 146
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	42	35	- 35
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Colombia

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.