FINLAND VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,169	46	32	+ 4,137
HIV/AIDS	2	2,585	59	6	+ 2,579
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,335	2	9,831	- 7,496
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,213	21	436	+ 1,777
Stroke	5	2,054	3	4,115	- 2,061
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,473	22	418	+ 1,055
Malaria	7	1,237	74	0	+ 1,237
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,188	33	215	+ 973
Low Birth Weight	9	1,133	48	26	+ 1,107
Liver Disease	10	954	10	1,068	- 114
Hypertension	11	945	5	2,030	- 1,085
Kidney Disease	12	879	26	342	+ 537
Birth Trauma	13	831	56	8	+ 823
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	729	52	15	+ 714
Congenital Anomalies	15	654	35	192	+ 462
Lung Disease	16	493	8	1,289	- 796
Violence	17	421	43	64	+ 357
Suicide	18	419	15	846	- 428
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	347	1	11,120	- 10,773
Measles	20	335	72	0	+ 335
Maternal Conditions	21	333	64	2	+ 331
Other Injuries	22	320	20	437	- 117
Meningitis	23	259	55	9	+ 250
Inflammatory/Heart	24	232	17	518	- 286
Endocrine Disorders	25	225	31	257	- 32
Cervical Cancer	26	220	44	62	+ 158
Breast Cancer	27	211	12	948	- 737
Asthma	28	207	40	85	+ 123
Lung Cancers	29	200	4	2,312	- 2,112
Falls	30	194	7	1,325	- 1,132
Pertussis	31	186	69	0	+ 186
Prostate Cancer	32	182	11	970	- 788
Malnutrition	33	178	57	7	+ 171
Oral Cancer	34	159	34	207	- 48
Liver Cancer	35	121	16	545	- 424
Parkinson's Disease	36	108	13	853	- 745
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	99	6	1,433	- 1,335
Drownings	38	96	37	106	- 10
Fires	39	88	45	62	+ 27
Epilepsy	40	85	38	104	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	83	36	151	- 68
Trypanosomiasis	42	81	78	0	+ 81
Bladder Cancer	43	80	28	308	- 229
Oesophagus Cancer	44	79	27	320	- 241
Drug Use	45	78	30	269	- 192
Skin Cancers	46	77	29	297	- 220
Syphilis	47	75	67	0	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	48	74	19	447	- 373
Lymphomas	49	73	14	851	- 778
Poisonings	50	64	49	25	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	51	61	25	344	- 284
Skin Disease	52	49	47	27	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	53	47	9	1,247	- 1,200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	46	50	19	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	55	44	32	225	- 181
Alcohol	56	44	18	464	- 420
Leukemia	57	39	24	371	- 333
Schistosomiasis	58	32	77	0	+ 32
Tetanus	59	19	70	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	60	17	66	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	15	54	10	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	15	63	2	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	14	41	83	- 69
Other Neoplasms	64	12	23	377	- 365
War	65	6	65	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	6	62	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	42	80	- 76
Hepatitis C	68	2	60	5	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	82	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Gabon

Finland

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.