GABON VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,268	4	966	+ 302
Stroke	2	992	5	896	+ 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	887	14	318	+ 569
Coronary Heart Disease	4	833	3	1,019	- 185
Road Traffic Accidents	5	513	8	518	- 5
Liver Disease	6	470	10	416	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	7	365	6	643	- 277
Hypertension	8	358	11	412	- 54
Lung Disease	9	256	16	215	+ 41
Malnutrition	10	255	33	78	+ 178
Birth Trauma	11	239	13	362	- 124
Kidney Disease	12	224	12	384	- 160
Maternal Conditions	13	210	21	145	+ 65
Tuberculosis	14	210	1	1,819	- 1,609
Other Injuries	15	209	22	140	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	16	206	9	494	- 289
Malaria	17	169	7	540	- 371
Congenital Anomalies	18	167	15	285	- 118
Meningitis	19	157	23	113	+ 43
Violence	20	149	17	184	- 35
Suicide	21	148	18	183	- 35
Asthma	22	126	28	90	+ 36
Breast Cancer	23	121	27	92	+ 28
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	120	19	152	- 32
HIV/AIDS	25	119	2	1,128	- 1,009
Falls	26	65	30	84	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	57	41	36	+ 21
Lymphomas	28	57	49	32	+ 25
Leukemia	29	56	57	17	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	30	51	26	96	- 45
Fires	31	51	39	39	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	32	48	24	101	- 54
Drownings	33	46	38	42	+ 4
Poisonings	34	44	50	28	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	44	37	43	+ 1
Pertussis	36	35	31	81	- 47
Parkinson's Disease	37	33	36	47	- 14
Epilepsy	38	32	40	37	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	39	31	44	35	- 3
Ovary Cancer	40	31	51	27	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	30	54	20	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	42	28	58	14	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	43	28	25	98	- 70
Oral Cancer	44	27	34	69	- 42
Liver Cancer	45	27	35	53	- 26
Lung Cancers	46	24	29	87	- 63
Prostate Cancer	47	21	32	80	- 59
Stomach Cancer	48	19	48	32	- 14
Alcohol	49	18	56	19	- 2
Skin Disease	50	17	52	22	- 4
Bladder Cancer	51	16	43	35	- 19
Tetanus	52	15	59	8	+ 6
Drug Use	53	14	45	34	- 20
Syphilis	54	13	47	33	- 19
Appendicitis	55	12	61	7	+ 6
Skin Cancers	56	12	46	34	- 22
Hepatitis B	57	11	62	7	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	53	21	- 13
Leishmaniasis	59	7	76	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	7	66	3	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	61	7	55	19	- 13
Encephalitis	62	6	60	7	- 1
Measles	63	5	20	146	- 141
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	63	6	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	2	64	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	67	2	- 0
Ascariasis	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
War	71	0	65	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Eritrea

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.