GABON VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,241	4	966	+ 275
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	919	14	318	+ 600
Stroke	3	815	5	896	- 81
Coronary Heart Disease	4	757	3	1,019	- 262
Road Traffic Accidents	5	654	8	518	+ 135
Birth Trauma	6	644	13	362	+ 282
Low Birth Weight	7	580	9	494	+ 86
Liver Disease	8	565	10	416	+ 148
Tuberculosis	9	444	1	1,819	- 1,375
Diabetes Mellitus	10	337	6	643	- 306
Congenital Anomalies	11	324	15	285	+ 39
Hypertension	12	279	11	412	- 133
Kidney Disease	13	251	12	384	- 133
Meningitis	14	249	23	113	+ 136
Lung Disease	15	246	16	215	+ 31
Other Injuries	16	243	22	140	+ 103
HIV/AIDS	17	238	2	1,128	- 890
Maternal Conditions	18	184	21	145	+ 39
Malnutrition	19	179	33	78	+ 101
Breast Cancer	20	176	27	92	+ 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	171	19	152	+ 20
Violence	22	167	17	184	- 16
Pertussis	23	143	31	81	+ 62
Measles	24	131	20	146	- 15
Suicide	25	125	18	183	- 58
Malaria	26	117	7	540	- 423
Cervical Cancer	27	104	26	96	+ 8
Falls	28	93	30	84	+ 9
Asthma	29	93	28	90	+ 2
Leukemia	30	87	57	17	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	78	37	43	+ 35
Poisonings	32	76	50	28	+ 48
Lymphomas	33	74	49	32	+ 43
Fires	34	67	39	39	+ 29
Drownings	35	65	38	42	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	36	50	51	27	+ 24
Tetanus	37	46	59	8	+ 37
Lung Cancers	38	46	29	87	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	39	45	24	101	- 56
Oesophagus Cancer	40	38	44	35	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	36	41	36	+ 0
Liver Cancer	42	36	35	53	- 17
Syphilis	43	35	47	33	+ 2
Epilepsy	44	34	40	37	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	45	34	25	98	- 64
Parkinson's Disease	46	33	36	47	- 15
Stomach Cancer	47	31	48	32	- 1
Oral Cancer	48	31	34	69	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	28	54	20	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	50	26	32	80	- 54
Bladder Cancer	51	22	43	35	- 12
Skin Cancers	52	21	46	34	- 13
Skin Disease	53	19	52	22	- 3
Schistosomiasis	54	17	58	14	+ 4
Alcohol	55	16	56	19	- 4
Hepatitis B	56	15	62	7	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	57	15	66	3	+ 12
Appendicitis	58	14	61	7	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	59	12	76	0	+ 12
Drug Use	60	11	45	34	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	61	10	53	21	- 11
Uterin Cancer	62	9	55	19	- 11
Encephalitis	63	8	60	7	+ 1
War	64	6	65	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	63	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	66	3	64	5	- 2
Diphtheria	67	3	69	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	3	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	68	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	67	2	- 0
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Ethiopia

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.