GABON VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,188	3	1,019	+ 5,169
Hypertension	2	5,553	11	412	+ 5,141
Stroke	3	2,295	5	896	+ 1,399
Lung Cancers	4	1,352	29	87	+ 1,264
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,084	37	43	+ 1,041
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	717	4	966	- 249
Liver Disease	7	676	10	416	+ 259
Prostate Cancer	8	614	32	80	+ 534
Stomach Cancer	9	596	48	32	+ 564
Pancreas Cancer	10	552	53	21	+ 531
Breast Cancer	11	535	27	92	+ 442
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	472	19	152	+ 320
Lung Disease	13	470	16	215	+ 255
Inflammatory/Heart	14	446	24	101	+ 345
Lymphomas	15	438	49	32	+ 406
Suicide	16	406	18	183	+ 223
Kidney Disease	17	363	12	384	- 21
Alcohol	18	305	56	19	+ 286
Diabetes Mellitus	19	300	6	643	- 342
Other Injuries	20	290	22	140	+ 151
Bladder Cancer	21	259	43	35	+ 224
Leukemia	22	258	57	17	+ 241
Other Neoplasms	23	254	64	5	+ 248
Falls	24	244	30	84	+ 159
Oral Cancer	25	227	34	69	+ 158
Liver Cancer	26	220	35	53	+ 168
Oesophagus Cancer	27	203	44	35	+ 168
Ovary Cancer	28	179	51	27	+ 153
Parkinson's Disease	29	169	36	47	+ 121
Skin Cancers	30	162	46	34	+ 128
Drug Use	31	154	45	34	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	32	139	26	96	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	33	136	25	98	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	34	124	55	19	+ 104
Road Traffic Accidents	35	122	8	518	- 397
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	113	41	36	+ 77
Epilepsy	37	92	40	37	+ 54
Fires	38	84	39	39	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	39	83	2	1,128	- 1,045
Drownings	40	62	38	42	+ 20
Skin Disease	41	59	52	22	+ 37
Violence	42	59	17	184	- 125
Congenital Anomalies	43	51	15	285	- 234
Asthma	44	50	28	90	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	44	54	20	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	35	63	6	+ 29
Tuberculosis	47	34	1	1,819	- 1,785
Multiple Sclerosis	48	33	67	2	+ 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	25	85	0	+ 25
Osteoarthritis	50	21	86	0	+ 21
Anemia	51	19	82	0	+ 19
Poisonings	52	17	50	28	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	17	14	318	- 301
Meningitis	54	15	23	113	- 98
Low Birth Weight	55	14	9	494	- 481
Schizophrenia	56	13	81	0	+ 13
Birth Trauma	57	10	13	362	- 352
Hepatitis C	58	8	68	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	4	61	7	- 2
Oral conditions	60	4	84	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	2	21	145	- 143
Syphilis	62	2	47	33	- 31
Encephalitis	63	0	60	7	- 7
War	64	0	65	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	65	0	62	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	3	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	73	0	7	540	- 540
Ascariasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	33	78	- 78
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	59	8	- 8
Diphtheria	82	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	31	81	- 81
Measles	84	0	20	146	- 146
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Estonia

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.