DOMINICAN REP. VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	8,013	38	242	+ 7,771
HIV/AIDS	2	4,969	8	1,931	+ 3,038
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,489	1	14,986	- 10,497
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,255	6	2,254	+ 2,000
Stroke	5	3,949	2	7,882	- 3,934
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,831	4	2,762	+ 69
Malaria	7	2,378	65	4	+ 2,374
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,284	3	6,937	- 4,653
Low Birth Weight	9	2,178	13	1,532	+ 646
Liver Disease	10	1,835	5	2,680	- 845
Hypertension	11	1,816	10	1,894	- 78
Kidney Disease	12	1,690	7	2,121	- 431
Birth Trauma	13	1,597	18	915	+ 682
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,402	26	504	+ 897
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,257	17	1,038	+ 219
Lung Disease	16	948	15	1,360	- 413
Violence	17	809	9	1,917	- 1,107
Suicide	18	805	25	530	+ 275
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	667	11	1,808	- 1,140
Measles	20	643	79	0	+ 643
Maternal Conditions	21	640	39	202	+ 437
Other Injuries	22	615	19	890	- 275
Meningitis	23	498	45	134	+ 364
Inflammatory/Heart	24	446	35	312	+ 135
Endocrine Disorders	25	432	22	602	- 170
Cervical Cancer	26	424	23	560	- 137
Breast Cancer	27	406	14	1,460	- 1,054
Asthma	28	398	29	441	- 43
Lung Cancers	29	384	16	1,244	- 860
Falls	30	372	30	435	- 63
Pertussis	31	358	47	121	+ 237
Prostate Cancer	32	351	12	1,655	- 1,304
Malnutrition	33	342	34	372	- 29
Oral Cancer	34	305	31	434	- 129
Liver Cancer	35	232	21	664	- 432
Parkinson's Disease	36	208	28	446	- 238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	190	20	851	- 661
Drownings	38	184	37	248	- 64
Fires	39	170	44	139	+ 31
Epilepsy	40	163	42	158	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	160	36	295	- 135
Trypanosomiasis	42	156	75	0	+ 156
Bladder Cancer	43	153	49	92	+ 61
Oesophagus Cancer	44	152	40	200	- 48
Drug Use	45	149	43	156	- 7
Skin Cancers	46	149	41	172	- 23
Syphilis	47	144	51	70	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	48	143	24	547	- 405
Lymphomas	49	140	33	374	- 234
Poisonings	50	123	55	47	+ 76
Ovary Cancer	51	117	50	89	+ 28
Skin Disease	52	95	53	50	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	53	91	27	456	- 365
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	88	46	123	- 35
Uterin Cancer	55	85	57	43	+ 42
Alcohol	56	85	48	120	- 35
Leukemia	57	74	32	409	- 334
Schistosomiasis	58	61	59	22	+ 39
Tetanus	59	37	61	17	+ 20
Encephalitis	60	32	56	44	- 13
Appendicitis	61	29	52	67	- 37
Hepatitis B	62	29	63	11	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	27	54	48	- 21
Other Neoplasms	64	23	58	35	- 12
War	65	12	67	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	66	11	68	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	62	13	- 6
Hepatitis C	68	5	60	17	- 13
Diphtheria	69	2	69	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	2	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	66	2	- 0
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	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 DOMINICAN REP.

Gabon

Dominican Rep.

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.