ERITREA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,700	14	543	+ 4,157
HIV/AIDS	2	2,915	25	308	+ 2,607
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,633	4	2,154	+ 479
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,496	1	3,277	- 781
Stroke	5	2,316	2	2,564	- 248
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,661	7	944	+ 716
Malaria	7	1,395	17	437	+ 958
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,339	5	1,326	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	9	1,278	16	531	+ 747
Liver Disease	10	1,076	6	1,215	- 139
Hypertension	11	1,065	8	926	+ 139
Kidney Disease	12	991	12	578	+ 414
Birth Trauma	13	937	11	616	+ 320
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	822	3	2,292	- 1,470
Congenital Anomalies	15	737	18	432	+ 305
Lung Disease	16	556	9	662	- 106
Violence	17	475	20	384	+ 90
Suicide	18	472	21	382	+ 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	391	24	310	+ 82
Measles	20	377	63	13	+ 365
Maternal Conditions	21	375	13	544	- 168
Other Injuries	22	361	15	540	- 179
Meningitis	23	292	19	404	- 112
Inflammatory/Heart	24	262	32	123	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	25	253	43	71	+ 182
Cervical Cancer	26	249	30	132	+ 116
Breast Cancer	27	238	23	311	- 73
Asthma	28	234	22	326	- 92
Lung Cancers	29	225	46	62	+ 164
Falls	30	218	26	168	+ 50
Pertussis	31	210	36	90	+ 120
Prostate Cancer	32	206	47	54	+ 152
Malnutrition	33	201	10	660	- 459
Oral Cancer	34	179	44	71	+ 108
Liver Cancer	35	136	45	69	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	36	122	37	85	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	111	35	113	- 2
Drownings	38	108	33	118	- 10
Fires	39	100	31	132	- 32
Epilepsy	40	96	38	81	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	94	27	147	- 53
Trypanosomiasis	42	91	76	0	+ 91
Bladder Cancer	43	90	51	42	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	44	89	39	81	+ 8
Drug Use	45	87	53	36	+ 51
Skin Cancers	46	87	56	30	+ 57
Syphilis	47	85	54	35	+ 50
Stomach Cancer	48	84	48	48	+ 35
Lymphomas	49	82	28	147	- 65
Poisonings	50	72	34	114	- 42
Ovary Cancer	51	69	40	79	- 11
Skin Disease	52	56	50	45	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	53	53	58	20	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	51	41	77	- 25
Uterin Cancer	55	50	61	18	+ 33
Alcohol	56	50	49	45	+ 4
Leukemia	57	44	29	144	- 100
Schistosomiasis	58	36	42	73	- 37
Tetanus	59	22	52	37	- 16
Encephalitis	60	19	62	16	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	17	55	31	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	17	57	28	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	16	64	12	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	64	14	66	6	+ 8
War	65	7	71	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	7	60	18	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	67	4	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	3	65	6	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Gabon

Eritrea

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.