KUWAIT VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,325	34	31	+ 2,294
HIV/AIDS	2	1,442	48	7	+ 1,435
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,302	1	2,325	- 1,022
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,235	4	340	+ 895
Stroke	5	1,146	3	599	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	6	822	6	242	+ 579
Malaria	7	690	78	0	+ 690
Road Traffic Accidents	8	663	2	649	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	9	632	13	158	+ 475
Liver Disease	10	532	11	192	+ 341
Hypertension	11	527	5	256	+ 271
Kidney Disease	12	490	8	204	+ 286
Birth Trauma	13	463	47	7	+ 456
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	407	49	6	+ 401
Congenital Anomalies	15	365	9	202	+ 163
Lung Disease	16	275	21	84	+ 191
Violence	17	235	23	75	+ 160
Suicide	18	233	18	122	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	194	14	139	+ 54
Measles	20	187	61	0	+ 187
Maternal Conditions	21	186	54	4	+ 182
Other Injuries	22	178	22	83	+ 96
Meningitis	23	144	45	9	+ 135
Inflammatory/Heart	24	129	31	36	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	25	125	28	44	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	26	123	33	32	+ 91
Breast Cancer	27	118	7	230	- 112
Asthma	28	116	40	21	+ 94
Lung Cancers	29	111	12	161	- 50
Falls	30	108	19	102	+ 6
Pertussis	31	104	63	0	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	32	102	26	58	+ 43
Malnutrition	33	99	60	0	+ 99
Oral Cancer	34	89	24	74	+ 15
Liver Cancer	35	67	16	129	- 62
Parkinson's Disease	36	60	36	29	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	55	10	198	- 143
Drownings	38	53	41	19	+ 34
Fires	39	49	38	28	+ 22
Epilepsy	40	47	39	22	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	47	43	14	+ 33
Trypanosomiasis	42	45	75	0	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	43	45	27	52	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	44	44	32	35	+ 9
Drug Use	45	43	30	38	+ 5
Skin Cancers	46	43	37	28	+ 15
Syphilis	47	42	64	0	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	48	41	25	72	- 30
Lymphomas	49	41	15	132	- 91
Poisonings	50	36	42	16	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	51	34	29	41	- 8
Skin Disease	52	28	53	4	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	53	26	20	89	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	25	46	8	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	55	25	35	31	- 6
Alcohol	56	25	44	12	+ 13
Leukemia	57	22	17	123	- 101
Schistosomiasis	58	18	77	0	+ 18
Tetanus	59	11	66	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	60	9	52	4	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	8	55	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	8	58	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	56	1	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	64	7	51	4	+ 3
War	65	4	57	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	50	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	59	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	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	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Gabon

Kuwait

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.