CUBA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	8,125	60	45	+ 8,080
HIV/AIDS	2	5,038	34	471	+ 4,567
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,551	1	22,079	- 17,528
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,314	3	8,564	- 4,250
Stroke	5	4,004	2	10,725	- 6,722
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,871	13	1,791	+ 1,080
Malaria	7	2,411	82	0	+ 2,411
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,315	19	1,007	+ 1,308
Low Birth Weight	9	2,208	48	98	+ 2,110
Liver Disease	10	1,860	11	1,873	- 13
Hypertension	11	1,841	7	3,469	- 1,628
Kidney Disease	12	1,713	14	1,700	+ 13
Birth Trauma	13	1,619	59	49	+ 1,570
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,421	43	206	+ 1,215
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,274	37	368	+ 907
Lung Disease	16	961	6	5,492	- 4,532
Violence	17	821	32	584	+ 237
Suicide	18	816	16	1,638	- 822
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	677	5	5,841	- 5,165
Measles	20	652	76	0	+ 652
Maternal Conditions	21	649	61	43	+ 605
Other Injuries	22	624	12	1,869	- 1,246
Meningitis	23	505	50	83	+ 422
Inflammatory/Heart	24	452	17	1,156	- 704
Endocrine Disorders	25	438	36	412	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	26	430	29	666	- 236
Breast Cancer	27	412	15	1,673	- 1,261
Asthma	28	404	40	301	+ 103
Lung Cancers	29	389	4	5,985	- 5,595
Falls	30	377	10	2,810	- 2,433
Pertussis	31	363	73	0	+ 363
Prostate Cancer	32	356	8	3,365	- 3,010
Malnutrition	33	347	55	64	+ 283
Oral Cancer	34	309	23	876	- 567
Liver Cancer	35	235	24	815	- 580
Parkinson's Disease	36	211	27	691	- 480
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	192	9	2,958	- 2,765
Drownings	38	186	42	231	- 44
Fires	39	172	58	55	+ 117
Epilepsy	40	166	46	108	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	163	35	420	- 257
Trypanosomiasis	42	158	80	0	+ 158
Bladder Cancer	43	155	26	734	- 579
Oesophagus Cancer	44	154	22	879	- 725
Drug Use	45	151	51	82	+ 69
Skin Cancers	46	151	33	514	- 363
Syphilis	47	146	69	1	+ 145
Stomach Cancer	48	145	20	991	- 846
Lymphomas	49	142	18	1,089	- 948
Poisonings	50	125	62	17	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	51	119	39	323	- 204
Skin Disease	52	96	41	258	- 162
Pancreas Cancer	53	92	21	905	- 813
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	89	44	162	- 73
Uterin Cancer	55	87	31	602	- 516
Alcohol	56	86	28	675	- 589
Leukemia	57	75	30	633	- 558
Schistosomiasis	58	62	81	0	+ 62
Tetanus	59	38	71	1	+ 37
Encephalitis	60	32	66	6	+ 27
Appendicitis	61	30	47	104	- 74
Hepatitis B	62	29	56	59	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	28	49	87	- 59
Other Neoplasms	64	24	25	769	- 745
War	65	12	68	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	66	12	65	6	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	57	55	- 48
Hepatitis C	68	5	45	112	- 107
Diphtheria	69	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	63	11	- 10
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	68	- 68
Anemia	82	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	64	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	86	0	38	326	- 326
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Gabon

Cuba

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.