BOTSWANA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,816	6	649	+ 1,167
HIV/AIDS	2	1,126	1	4,950	- 3,824
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,017	3	1,632	- 615
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	964	2	1,674	- 709
Stroke	5	895	4	1,588	- 693
Diabetes Mellitus	6	642	5	1,273	- 631
Malaria	7	539	64	1	+ 538
Road Traffic Accidents	8	517	7	608	- 91
Low Birth Weight	9	494	13	447	+ 47
Liver Disease	10	416	12	459	- 43
Hypertension	11	411	11	471	- 59
Kidney Disease	12	383	9	506	- 123
Birth Trauma	13	362	17	261	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	318	8	527	- 210
Congenital Anomalies	15	285	16	287	- 2
Lung Disease	16	215	10	482	- 267
Violence	17	183	14	389	- 206
Suicide	18	182	15	370	- 188
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	151	23	164	- 12
Measles	20	146	68	0	+ 145
Maternal Conditions	21	145	24	118	+ 27
Other Injuries	22	139	19	216	- 77
Meningitis	23	113	25	108	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	24	101	20	177	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	25	98	27	103	- 5
Cervical Cancer	26	96	22	164	- 68
Breast Cancer	27	92	33	68	+ 24
Asthma	28	90	18	232	- 142
Lung Cancers	29	87	39	45	+ 42
Falls	30	84	34	62	+ 23
Pertussis	31	81	40	45	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	32	79	41	45	+ 35
Malnutrition	33	78	21	171	- 93
Oral Cancer	34	69	32	70	- 1
Liver Cancer	35	53	35	57	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	36	47	38	47	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	43	47	28	+ 15
Drownings	38	42	30	83	- 41
Fires	39	38	26	108	- 70
Epilepsy	40	37	36	56	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	36	29	90	- 54
Trypanosomiasis	42	35	78	0	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	43	35	60	6	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	44	35	28	103	- 68
Drug Use	45	34	48	26	+ 8
Skin Cancers	46	34	37	52	- 18
Syphilis	47	33	44	36	- 4
Stomach Cancer	48	32	53	10	+ 22
Lymphomas	49	32	31	77	- 45
Poisonings	50	28	42	42	- 14
Ovary Cancer	51	26	49	19	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	22	46	30	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	53	21	50	16	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	20	43	37	- 17
Uterin Cancer	55	19	56	9	+ 10
Alcohol	56	19	45	31	- 11
Leukemia	57	17	51	13	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	58	14	54	10	+ 4
Tetanus	59	8	61	6	+ 2
Encephalitis	60	7	59	7	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	7	57	8	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	7	62	6	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	52	11	- 4
Other Neoplasms	64	5	55	9	- 4
War	65	3	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	58	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	63	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Gabon

Botswana

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.