GUINEA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	10,362	13	2,369	+ 7,994
HIV/AIDS	2	6,426	10	3,020	+ 3,406
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,804	6	5,665	+ 139
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,502	1	12,790	- 7,288
Stroke	5	5,106	5	5,777	- 671
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,661	15	2,138	+ 1,523
Malaria	7	3,075	2	8,180	- 5,105
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,953	9	3,788	- 835
Low Birth Weight	9	2,817	8	4,319	- 1,502
Liver Disease	10	2,373	12	2,550	- 177
Hypertension	11	2,348	21	1,348	+ 1,000
Kidney Disease	12	2,185	16	1,939	+ 246
Birth Trauma	13	2,065	7	4,797	- 2,732
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,813	3	6,788	- 4,975
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,625	14	2,181	- 555
Lung Disease	16	1,225	20	1,373	- 147
Violence	17	1,047	26	1,128	- 82
Suicide	18	1,040	29	892	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	863	30	579	+ 284
Measles	20	832	4	6,025	- 5,193
Maternal Conditions	21	827	17	1,793	- 966
Other Injuries	22	795	18	1,504	- 709
Meningitis	23	644	11	2,633	- 1,989
Inflammatory/Heart	24	577	35	439	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	25	559	25	1,140	- 581
Cervical Cancer	26	548	19	1,491	- 943
Breast Cancer	27	526	38	345	+ 181
Asthma	28	515	22	1,179	- 664
Lung Cancers	29	497	50	128	+ 369
Falls	30	481	33	480	+ 2
Pertussis	31	462	24	1,165	- 703
Prostate Cancer	32	454	32	525	- 72
Malnutrition	33	443	28	1,032	- 590
Oral Cancer	34	394	52	122	+ 273
Liver Cancer	35	300	23	1,167	- 867
Parkinson's Disease	36	269	44	212	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	245	53	100	+ 145
Drownings	38	238	31	528	- 291
Fires	39	220	36	410	- 190
Epilepsy	40	211	37	350	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	207	34	448	- 241
Trypanosomiasis	42	201	27	1,072	- 871
Bladder Cancer	43	198	60	32	+ 166
Oesophagus Cancer	44	197	63	20	+ 177
Drug Use	45	193	46	169	+ 24
Skin Cancers	46	192	49	152	+ 40
Syphilis	47	187	39	328	- 141
Stomach Cancer	48	185	41	245	- 61
Lymphomas	49	181	48	158	+ 23
Poisonings	50	159	40	295	- 136
Ovary Cancer	51	151	54	93	+ 59
Skin Disease	52	123	51	127	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	117	65	19	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	113	42	238	- 125
Uterin Cancer	55	110	59	38	+ 73
Alcohol	56	110	55	83	+ 27
Leukemia	57	96	67	17	+ 79
Schistosomiasis	58	79	43	232	- 153
Tetanus	59	48	45	170	- 121
Encephalitis	60	41	56	81	- 40
Appendicitis	61	38	57	41	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	38	47	162	- 124
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	36	70	13	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	64	30	68	16	+ 14
War	65	16	64	20	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	15	69	15	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	9	66	18	- 9
Hepatitis C	68	6	61	22	- 16
Diphtheria	69	2	58	40	- 38
Ascariasis	70	2	62	22	- 20
Chlamydia	71	2	71	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	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 GUINEA

Gabon

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.