JAMAICA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,092	54	8	+ 2,084
HIV/AIDS	2	1,297	7	757	+ 540
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,172	3	1,726	- 554
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,111	15	393	+ 718
Stroke	5	1,031	1	2,415	- 1,384
Diabetes Mellitus	6	739	2	2,077	- 1,338
Malaria	7	621	72	0	+ 621
Road Traffic Accidents	8	596	12	444	+ 152
Low Birth Weight	9	569	18	241	+ 328
Liver Disease	10	479	21	155	+ 324
Hypertension	11	474	8	651	- 177
Kidney Disease	12	441	6	793	- 352
Birth Trauma	13	417	37	65	+ 352
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	366	42	35	+ 331
Congenital Anomalies	15	328	23	139	+ 189
Lung Disease	16	247	11	452	- 205
Violence	17	211	4	1,484	- 1,273
Suicide	18	210	35	70	+ 140
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	174	9	587	- 413
Measles	20	168	77	0	+ 168
Maternal Conditions	21	167	43	35	+ 132
Other Injuries	22	161	31	91	+ 70
Meningitis	23	130	47	16	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	24	116	24	133	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	25	113	20	176	- 64
Cervical Cancer	26	111	16	358	- 247
Breast Cancer	27	106	14	413	- 307
Asthma	28	104	36	65	+ 39
Lung Cancers	29	100	10	472	- 372
Falls	30	97	33	82	+ 15
Pertussis	31	93	67	0	+ 93
Prostate Cancer	32	92	5	883	- 792
Malnutrition	33	89	40	48	+ 42
Oral Cancer	34	80	39	59	+ 21
Liver Cancer	35	61	29	101	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	36	54	25	132	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	50	13	436	- 387
Drownings	38	48	51	10	+ 38
Fires	39	44	46	16	+ 29
Epilepsy	40	43	41	46	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	32	82	- 41
Trypanosomiasis	42	41	75	0	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	43	40	38	60	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	44	40	34	74	- 34
Drug Use	45	39	48	13	+ 26
Skin Cancers	46	39	52	10	+ 29
Syphilis	47	38	60	1	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	48	37	19	231	- 193
Lymphomas	49	37	17	251	- 214
Poisonings	50	32	57	2	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	51	31	30	97	- 66
Skin Disease	52	25	22	145	- 120
Pancreas Cancer	53	24	27	119	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	23	44	27	- 4
Uterin Cancer	55	22	28	106	- 84
Alcohol	56	22	55	7	+ 15
Leukemia	57	19	26	129	- 109
Schistosomiasis	58	16	74	0	+ 16
Tetanus	59	10	63	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	60	8	49	13	- 5
Appendicitis	61	8	53	9	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	8	59	1	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	50	11	- 4
Other Neoplasms	64	6	45	19	- 12
War	65	3	61	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Gabon

Jamaica

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.