GAMBIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,869	10	445	+ 1,424
HIV/AIDS	2	1,159	2	1,125	+ 35
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,047	3	1,007	+ 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	993	1	1,340	- 348
Stroke	5	921	4	802	+ 119
Diabetes Mellitus	6	661	15	290	+ 371
Malaria	7	555	7	674	- 119
Road Traffic Accidents	8	533	6	695	- 163
Low Birth Weight	9	508	8	662	- 154
Liver Disease	10	428	14	323	+ 105
Hypertension	11	424	22	172	+ 252
Kidney Disease	12	394	16	266	+ 129
Birth Trauma	13	373	5	754	- 382
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	327	9	626	- 299
Congenital Anomalies	15	293	11	383	- 90
Lung Disease	16	221	19	206	+ 15
Violence	17	189	20	195	- 6
Suicide	18	188	25	113	+ 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	156	28	89	+ 67
Measles	20	150	49	13	+ 137
Maternal Conditions	21	149	13	345	- 196
Other Injuries	22	144	21	194	- 51
Meningitis	23	116	18	229	- 113
Inflammatory/Heart	24	104	32	59	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	25	101	17	230	- 129
Cervical Cancer	26	99	23	145	- 46
Breast Cancer	27	95	40	26	+ 69
Asthma	28	93	24	134	- 41
Lung Cancers	29	90	38	34	+ 56
Falls	30	87	29	83	+ 4
Pertussis	31	83	27	99	- 15
Prostate Cancer	32	82	43	21	+ 61
Malnutrition	33	80	26	110	- 30
Oral Cancer	34	71	71	0	+ 71
Liver Cancer	35	54	12	377	- 323
Parkinson's Disease	36	49	37	34	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	44	52	11	+ 34
Drownings	38	43	30	69	- 26
Fires	39	40	31	67	- 27
Epilepsy	40	38	35	43	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	37	33	56	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	42	36	78	0	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	43	36	56	4	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	44	36	54	5	+ 30
Drug Use	45	35	39	28	+ 7
Skin Cancers	46	35	68	0	+ 34
Syphilis	47	34	34	55	- 21
Stomach Cancer	48	33	47	14	+ 20
Lymphomas	49	33	51	12	+ 21
Poisonings	50	29	36	42	- 13
Ovary Cancer	51	27	61	2	+ 25
Skin Disease	52	22	44	19	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	21	53	6	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	20	41	24	- 3
Uterin Cancer	55	20	66	1	+ 19
Alcohol	56	20	50	12	+ 8
Leukemia	57	17	59	2	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	58	14	42	23	- 8
Tetanus	59	9	45	18	- 10
Encephalitis	60	7	48	14	- 6
Appendicitis	61	7	55	5	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	7	46	14	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	62	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	64	5	57	3	+ 3
War	65	3	69	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	58	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Gabon

Gambia

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.