COMOROS VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	667	19	79	+ 588
HIV/AIDS	2	414	76	0	+ 414
Coronary Heart Disease	3	374	4	349	+ 25
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	354	1	594	- 240
Stroke	5	329	3	356	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	6	236	9	136	+ 99
Malaria	7	198	29	29	+ 169
Road Traffic Accidents	8	190	6	226	- 36
Low Birth Weight	9	181	5	328	- 147
Liver Disease	10	153	8	160	- 7
Hypertension	11	151	12	115	+ 36
Kidney Disease	12	141	14	101	+ 39
Birth Trauma	13	133	7	211	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	117	2	363	- 247
Congenital Anomalies	15	105	10	131	- 26
Lung Disease	16	79	17	83	- 5
Violence	17	67	20	63	+ 4
Suicide	18	67	24	46	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	56	23	46	+ 9
Measles	20	54	78	0	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	21	53	22	47	+ 6
Other Injuries	22	51	16	90	- 39
Meningitis	23	41	11	115	- 74
Inflammatory/Heart	24	37	31	26	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	25	36	36	19	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	26	35	13	104	- 69
Breast Cancer	27	34	33	23	+ 11
Asthma	28	33	21	49	- 16
Lung Cancers	29	32	60	1	+ 31
Falls	30	31	32	26	+ 5
Pertussis	31	30	18	80	- 50
Prostate Cancer	32	29	27	33	- 4
Malnutrition	33	28	15	96	- 67
Oral Cancer	34	25	41	15	+ 10
Liver Cancer	35	19	28	29	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	36	17	44	11	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	16	39	19	- 3
Drownings	38	15	25	35	- 19
Fires	39	14	30	27	- 13
Epilepsy	40	14	40	17	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	13	34	21	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	42	13	73	0	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	43	13	46	10	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	13	26	34	- 21
Drug Use	45	12	49	7	+ 6
Skin Cancers	46	12	42	12	- 0
Syphilis	47	12	38	19	- 7
Stomach Cancer	48	12	45	11	+ 1
Lymphomas	49	12	37	19	- 8
Poisonings	50	10	35	20	- 10
Ovary Cancer	51	10	56	3	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	8	48	9	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	82	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	47	10	- 3
Uterin Cancer	55	7	55	3	+ 4
Alcohol	56	7	51	6	+ 1
Leukemia	57	6	57	3	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	58	5	75	0	+ 5
Tetanus	59	3	43	12	- 9
Encephalitis	60	3	54	4	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	50	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	2	52	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	58	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	59	1	+ 1
War	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	53	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	62	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	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 COMOROS

Gabon

Comoros

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.