GABON VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,402	3	1,019	+ 2,383
Stroke	2	1,789	5	896	+ 893
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,575	8	518	+ 1,056
Diabetes Mellitus	4	627	6	643	- 16
Liver Disease	5	608	10	416	+ 192
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	512	4	966	- 454
Kidney Disease	7	481	12	384	+ 98
HIV/AIDS	8	438	2	1,128	- 690
Violence	9	435	17	184	+ 251
Hypertension	10	430	11	412	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	410	19	152	+ 259
Prostate Cancer	12	376	32	80	+ 296
Low Birth Weight	13	348	9	494	- 147
Breast Cancer	14	331	27	92	+ 239
Lung Disease	15	309	16	215	+ 94
Lung Cancers	16	282	29	87	+ 195
Congenital Anomalies	17	236	15	285	- 50
Birth Trauma	18	208	13	362	- 155
Other Injuries	19	202	22	140	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	193	37	43	+ 150
Liver Cancer	21	151	35	53	+ 98
Endocrine Disorders	22	137	25	98	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	23	127	26	96	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	24	124	48	32	+ 92
Suicide	25	120	18	183	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	114	14	318	- 204
Pancreas Cancer	27	103	53	21	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	28	101	36	47	+ 54
Asthma	29	100	28	90	+ 10
Falls	30	99	30	84	+ 14
Oral Cancer	31	98	34	69	+ 29
Leukemia	32	93	57	17	+ 76
Lymphomas	33	85	49	32	+ 53
Malnutrition	34	84	33	78	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	35	71	24	101	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	67	41	36	+ 31
Drownings	37	56	38	42	+ 14
Tuberculosis	38	55	1	1,819	- 1,764
Maternal Conditions	39	46	21	145	- 99
Oesophagus Cancer	40	46	44	35	+ 11
Skin Cancers	41	39	46	34	+ 5
Epilepsy	42	36	40	37	- 1
Drug Use	43	35	45	34	+ 2
Fires	44	32	39	39	- 7
Meningitis	45	30	23	113	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	28	54	20	+ 8
Pertussis	47	27	31	81	- 54
Alcohol	48	27	56	19	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	49	21	43	35	- 14
Ovary Cancer	50	20	51	27	- 6
Syphilis	51	16	47	33	- 17
Appendicitis	52	15	61	7	+ 9
Skin Disease	53	11	52	22	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	11	63	6	+ 5
Poisonings	55	11	50	28	- 17
Encephalitis	56	10	60	7	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	57	10	55	19	- 10
Other Neoplasms	58	8	64	5	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	5	58	14	- 9
Hepatitis C	60	4	68	1	+ 3
Tetanus	61	4	59	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	7	- 4
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	7	540	- 539
Chlamydia	66	0	71	0	+ 0
War	67	0	65	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	20	146	- 146
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Dominican Rep.

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.