LATVIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,335	40	71	+ 1,263
HIV/AIDS	2	828	39	74	+ 753
Coronary Heart Disease	3	748	1	8,099	- 7,352
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	709	9	501	+ 207
Stroke	5	658	2	5,893	- 5,235
Diabetes Mellitus	6	472	8	529	- 58
Malaria	7	396	79	0	+ 396
Road Traffic Accidents	8	380	27	154	+ 227
Low Birth Weight	9	363	56	11	+ 351
Liver Disease	10	306	15	365	- 59
Hypertension	11	302	3	1,194	- 891
Kidney Disease	12	281	17	356	- 75
Birth Trauma	13	266	55	12	+ 254
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	233	54	14	+ 220
Congenital Anomalies	15	209	43	46	+ 163
Lung Disease	16	158	18	346	- 189
Violence	17	135	37	94	+ 40
Suicide	18	134	14	384	- 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	111	7	664	- 552
Measles	20	107	72	0	+ 107
Maternal Conditions	21	107	60	5	+ 102
Other Injuries	22	102	16	362	- 260
Meningitis	23	83	52	15	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	24	74	5	921	- 847
Endocrine Disorders	25	72	41	59	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	26	71	33	128	- 57
Breast Cancer	27	68	10	472	- 405
Asthma	28	66	46	42	+ 25
Lung Cancers	29	64	4	956	- 892
Falls	30	62	23	201	- 139
Pertussis	31	60	70	0	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	32	58	12	464	- 406
Malnutrition	33	57	64	2	+ 55
Oral Cancer	34	51	22	214	- 163
Liver Cancer	35	39	26	157	- 118
Parkinson's Disease	36	35	35	125	- 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	32	6	722	- 690
Drownings	38	31	34	127	- 96
Fires	39	28	36	103	- 75
Epilepsy	40	27	45	44	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	27	31	142	- 115
Trypanosomiasis	42	26	76	0	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	43	26	20	228	- 202
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	32	131	- 106
Drug Use	45	25	48	41	- 16
Skin Cancers	46	25	30	144	- 120
Syphilis	47	24	65	1	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	48	24	11	470	- 446
Lymphomas	49	23	19	245	- 222
Poisonings	50	20	49	23	- 3
Ovary Cancer	51	19	24	196	- 177
Skin Disease	52	16	38	76	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	53	15	13	436	- 421
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	15	47	41	- 26
Uterin Cancer	55	14	29	148	- 133
Alcohol	56	14	21	227	- 213
Leukemia	57	12	25	186	- 174
Schistosomiasis	58	10	78	0	+ 10
Tetanus	59	6	71	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	60	5	69	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	5	59	5	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	5	63	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	51	20	- 15
Other Neoplasms	64	4	28	153	- 149
War	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	50	20	- 19
Hepatitis C	68	1	42	53	- 52
Diphtheria	69	0	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	82	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Gabon

Latvia

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.