BELARUS VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	7,039	37	269	+ 6,771
HIV/AIDS	2	4,365	42	167	+ 4,198
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,943	1	53,186	- 49,243
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,738	15	1,086	+ 2,651
Stroke	5	3,469	2	16,393	- 12,924
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,487	30	373	+ 2,115
Malaria	7	2,089	76	0	+ 2,089
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,006	19	722	+ 1,284
Low Birth Weight	9	1,914	47	64	+ 1,849
Liver Disease	10	1,612	8	2,078	- 466
Hypertension	11	1,595	31	367	+ 1,228
Kidney Disease	12	1,485	26	480	+ 1,005
Birth Trauma	13	1,403	52	25	+ 1,378
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,231	57	13	+ 1,219
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,104	41	202	+ 902
Lung Disease	16	832	7	2,208	- 1,376
Violence	17	711	38	255	+ 456
Suicide	18	707	9	2,004	- 1,297
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	586	3	3,530	- 2,944
Measles	20	565	68	0	+ 565
Maternal Conditions	21	562	60	2	+ 560
Other Injuries	22	540	14	1,099	- 558
Meningitis	23	437	50	36	+ 401
Inflammatory/Heart	24	392	11	1,361	- 969
Endocrine Disorders	25	380	43	141	+ 239
Cervical Cancer	26	372	34	303	+ 69
Breast Cancer	27	357	12	1,230	- 873
Asthma	28	350	44	122	+ 228
Lung Cancers	29	337	4	2,950	- 2,612
Falls	30	327	16	952	- 625
Pertussis	31	314	65	0	+ 314
Prostate Cancer	32	308	17	936	- 628
Malnutrition	33	301	53	22	+ 279
Oral Cancer	34	268	18	901	- 633
Liver Cancer	35	204	32	363	- 159
Parkinson's Disease	36	183	21	621	- 439
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	167	5	2,886	- 2,720
Drownings	38	162	24	543	- 382
Fires	39	149	22	620	- 471
Epilepsy	40	144	45	116	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	141	40	235	- 94
Trypanosomiasis	42	137	77	0	+ 137
Bladder Cancer	43	135	35	295	- 161
Oesophagus Cancer	44	134	25	493	- 359
Drug Use	45	131	29	389	- 258
Skin Cancers	46	131	36	272	- 141
Syphilis	47	127	63	1	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	48	125	10	1,690	- 1,564
Lymphomas	49	123	20	672	- 549
Poisonings	50	108	33	311	- 203
Ovary Cancer	51	103	27	429	- 326
Skin Disease	52	84	51	31	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	53	80	13	1,171	- 1,091
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	77	39	239	- 162
Uterin Cancer	55	75	28	391	- 316
Alcohol	56	75	6	2,761	- 2,686
Leukemia	57	65	23	554	- 489
Schistosomiasis	58	54	74	0	+ 54
Tetanus	59	33	64	0	+ 33
Encephalitis	60	28	46	93	- 65
Appendicitis	61	26	54	20	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	26	56	14	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	24	55	15	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	64	21	48	52	- 32
War	65	11	59	3	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	10	58	5	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	49	42	- 36
Hepatitis C	68	4	62	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	1	66	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Gabon

Belarus

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.