GABON VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,315	3	1,019	+ 296
Kidney Disease	2	829	12	384	+ 446
Stroke	3	728	5	896	- 168
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	682	4	966	- 284
Diabetes Mellitus	5	579	6	643	- 63
Road Traffic Accidents	6	468	8	518	- 50
Liver Disease	7	447	10	416	+ 30
Lung Disease	8	345	16	215	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	344	19	152	+ 192
Hypertension	10	336	11	412	- 76
Stomach Cancer	11	280	48	32	+ 248
Prostate Cancer	12	183	32	80	+ 103
Congenital Anomalies	13	179	15	285	- 106
Suicide	14	178	18	183	- 5
Violence	15	162	17	184	- 22
Low Birth Weight	16	157	9	494	- 337
Other Injuries	17	156	22	140	+ 16
Falls	18	149	30	84	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	149	37	43	+ 106
Lung Cancers	20	144	29	87	+ 57
Liver Cancer	21	128	35	53	+ 75
Lymphomas	22	118	49	32	+ 87
Leukemia	23	118	57	17	+ 101
Cervical Cancer	24	113	26	96	+ 16
Breast Cancer	25	111	27	92	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	26	88	36	47	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	27	82	2	1,128	- 1,046
Malnutrition	28	78	33	78	- 0
Tuberculosis	29	77	1	1,819	- 1,742
Pancreas Cancer	30	75	53	21	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	31	68	25	98	- 30
Drownings	32	63	38	42	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	56	41	36	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	55	14	318	- 263
Ovary Cancer	35	43	51	27	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	36	41	24	101	- 60
Skin Cancers	37	41	46	34	+ 7
Birth Trauma	38	41	13	362	- 322
Alcohol	39	38	56	19	+ 18
Epilepsy	40	37	40	37	- 1
Drug Use	41	29	45	34	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	42	24	44	35	- 10
Fires	43	23	39	39	- 15
Bladder Cancer	44	23	43	35	- 12
Oral Cancer	45	22	34	69	- 47
Maternal Conditions	46	22	21	145	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	54	20	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	48	17	55	19	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	63	6	+ 10
Appendicitis	50	15	61	7	+ 8
Skin Disease	51	14	52	22	- 8
Meningitis	52	12	23	113	- 101
Asthma	53	11	28	90	- 79
Syphilis	54	11	47	33	- 21
Encephalitis	55	11	60	7	+ 4
Pertussis	56	11	31	81	- 71
Other Neoplasms	57	9	64	5	+ 3
Poisonings	58	8	50	28	- 20
Chagas disease	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	67	2	+ 1
Dengue	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	59	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	1	66	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	62	7	- 6
Ascariasis	65	0	70	0	- 0
War	66	0	65	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	77	0	7	540	- 540
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Ecuador

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.