IRELAND VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,877	50	23	+ 3,854
HIV/AIDS	2	2,404	57	9	+ 2,396
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,172	1	4,762	- 2,590
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,059	6	1,298	+ 761
Stroke	5	1,911	5	1,770	+ 141
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,370	16	414	+ 956
Malaria	7	1,151	75	0	+ 1,151
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,105	33	153	+ 952
Low Birth Weight	9	1,054	44	56	+ 998
Liver Disease	10	888	19	279	+ 609
Hypertension	11	879	29	175	+ 704
Kidney Disease	12	818	10	566	+ 251
Birth Trauma	13	773	56	10	+ 763
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	678	45	53	+ 626
Congenital Anomalies	15	608	32	153	+ 455
Lung Disease	16	459	4	1,915	- 1,457
Violence	17	392	47	38	+ 353
Suicide	18	389	14	470	- 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	323	2	3,209	- 2,886
Measles	20	311	83	0	+ 311
Maternal Conditions	21	310	61	3	+ 307
Other Injuries	22	298	30	171	+ 127
Meningitis	23	241	58	7	+ 234
Inflammatory/Heart	24	216	26	240	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	25	209	24	249	- 40
Cervical Cancer	26	205	35	103	+ 102
Breast Cancer	27	197	8	760	- 563
Asthma	28	193	41	58	+ 135
Lung Cancers	29	186	3	1,916	- 1,730
Falls	30	180	25	247	- 67
Pertussis	31	173	67	0	+ 173
Prostate Cancer	32	170	9	585	- 415
Malnutrition	33	166	63	2	+ 164
Oral Cancer	34	148	28	183	- 35
Liver Cancer	35	112	18	318	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	36	101	12	530	- 429
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	92	7	1,095	- 1,003
Drownings	38	89	43	57	+ 32
Fires	39	82	48	30	+ 52
Epilepsy	40	79	36	85	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	78	38	67	+ 11
Trypanosomiasis	42	75	74	0	+ 75
Bladder Cancer	43	74	22	256	- 182
Oesophagus Cancer	44	74	15	419	- 345
Drug Use	45	72	31	167	- 95
Skin Cancers	46	72	23	252	- 180
Syphilis	47	70	68	0	+ 70
Stomach Cancer	48	69	17	357	- 288
Lymphomas	49	68	13	513	- 445
Poisonings	50	60	53	14	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	51	57	21	273	- 216
Skin Disease	52	46	42	58	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	53	44	11	530	- 487
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	42	46	50	- 7
Uterin Cancer	55	41	34	126	- 85
Alcohol	56	41	39	64	- 23
Leukemia	57	36	20	274	- 238
Schistosomiasis	58	30	72	0	+ 30
Tetanus	59	18	81	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	60	15	66	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	61	14	60	3	+ 11
Hepatitis B	62	14	59	6	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	13	40	59	- 46
Other Neoplasms	64	11	27	218	- 207
War	65	6	65	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	37	83	- 80
Hepatitis C	68	2	52	19	- 17
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	20	- 20
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Gabon

Ireland

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.