EQU. GUINEA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,331	10	321	+ 1,010
HIV/AIDS	2	825	1	1,838	- 1,013
Coronary Heart Disease	3	745	7	419	+ 326
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	706	2	913	- 206
Stroke	5	656	6	437	+ 219
Diabetes Mellitus	6	470	11	299	+ 171
Malaria	7	395	3	668	- 273
Road Traffic Accidents	8	379	8	368	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	9	362	4	457	- 95
Liver Disease	10	305	13	199	+ 105
Hypertension	11	302	16	165	+ 136
Kidney Disease	12	281	14	198	+ 82
Birth Trauma	13	265	5	441	- 176
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	233	9	349	- 116
Congenital Anomalies	15	209	12	249	- 41
Lung Disease	16	157	20	120	+ 37
Violence	17	134	33	45	+ 90
Suicide	18	134	22	107	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	111	29	55	+ 55
Measles	20	107	15	181	- 74
Maternal Conditions	21	106	17	139	- 32
Other Injuries	22	102	23	105	- 3
Meningitis	23	83	19	127	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	24	74	27	63	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	25	72	25	73	- 1
Cervical Cancer	26	70	28	56	+ 14
Breast Cancer	27	67	24	84	- 17
Asthma	28	66	26	65	+ 1
Lung Cancers	29	64	41	27	+ 37
Falls	30	62	32	46	+ 16
Pertussis	31	59	21	109	- 50
Prostate Cancer	32	58	35	43	+ 15
Malnutrition	33	57	31	48	+ 9
Oral Cancer	34	51	37	35	+ 16
Liver Cancer	35	39	34	43	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	36	35	46	18	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	31	40	29	+ 3
Drownings	38	31	36	39	- 9
Fires	39	28	39	30	- 2
Epilepsy	40	27	38	32	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	27	43	22	+ 5
Trypanosomiasis	42	26	47	16	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	43	25	56	9	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	54	12	+ 13
Drug Use	45	25	30	50	- 26
Skin Cancers	46	25	48	16	+ 9
Syphilis	47	24	18	134	- 110
Stomach Cancer	48	24	49	16	+ 8
Lymphomas	49	23	45	19	+ 4
Poisonings	50	20	44	21	- 1
Ovary Cancer	51	19	52	13	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	16	51	13	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	15	55	11	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	15	50	14	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	55	14	58	8	+ 6
Alcohol	56	14	53	12	+ 2
Leukemia	57	12	61	4	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	58	10	60	4	+ 6
Tetanus	59	6	42	23	- 17
Encephalitis	60	5	57	8	- 2
Appendicitis	61	5	59	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	5	65	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	62	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	4	63	3	+ 1
War	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Gabon

Equ. Guinea

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.