GUINEA-BISSAU VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,580	3	1,387	+ 193
HIV/AIDS	2	980	1	1,445	- 466
Coronary Heart Disease	3	885	5	907	- 22
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	839	2	1,390	- 551
Stroke	5	778	6	829	- 51
Diabetes Mellitus	6	558	14	313	+ 245
Malaria	7	469	9	684	- 215
Road Traffic Accidents	8	450	10	619	- 169
Low Birth Weight	9	429	8	705	- 275
Liver Disease	10	362	11	405	- 43
Hypertension	11	358	21	177	+ 181
Kidney Disease	12	333	15	268	+ 65
Birth Trauma	13	315	7	790	- 475
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	276	4	913	- 637
Congenital Anomalies	15	248	12	373	- 125
Lung Disease	16	187	20	191	- 4
Violence	17	160	22	173	- 13
Suicide	18	159	26	134	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	132	34	69	+ 63
Measles	20	127	25	147	- 20
Maternal Conditions	21	126	13	333	- 207
Other Injuries	22	121	17	234	- 113
Meningitis	23	98	16	258	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	24	88	37	53	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	25	85	18	221	- 136
Cervical Cancer	26	84	23	154	- 71
Breast Cancer	27	80	29	93	- 13
Asthma	28	79	24	150	- 71
Lung Cancers	29	76	50	18	+ 57
Falls	30	73	33	71	+ 2
Pertussis	31	71	19	212	- 141
Prostate Cancer	32	69	42	41	+ 28
Malnutrition	33	67	27	121	- 53
Oral Cancer	34	60	56	13	+ 47
Liver Cancer	35	46	28	116	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	36	41	46	27	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	37	38	50	- 12
Drownings	38	36	30	89	- 53
Fires	39	33	35	64	- 30
Epilepsy	40	32	39	48	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	32	32	77	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	42	31	78	0	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	43	30	51	17	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	44	30	49	19	+ 11
Drug Use	45	29	55	13	+ 16
Skin Cancers	46	29	52	17	+ 12
Syphilis	47	28	31	85	- 57
Stomach Cancer	48	28	36	55	- 27
Lymphomas	49	28	45	28	+ 0
Poisonings	50	24	41	45	- 20
Ovary Cancer	51	23	48	19	+ 4
Skin Disease	52	19	53	16	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	53	18	54	14	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	17	43	33	- 16
Uterin Cancer	55	17	59	8	+ 9
Alcohol	56	17	57	12	+ 4
Leukemia	57	15	61	6	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	58	12	44	30	- 18
Tetanus	59	7	40	48	- 41
Encephalitis	60	6	58	10	- 4
Appendicitis	61	6	60	7	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	6	47	20	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	67	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	64	5	65	2	+ 2
War	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Gabon

Guinea-Bissau

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.