LESOTHO VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,650	8	1,208	+ 442
HIV/AIDS	2	1,023	1	4,767	- 3,744
Coronary Heart Disease	3	924	5	2,101	- 1,176
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	876	2	3,214	- 2,338
Stroke	5	813	3	2,817	- 2,004
Diabetes Mellitus	6	583	6	2,000	- 1,416
Malaria	7	490	79	0	+ 490
Road Traffic Accidents	8	470	16	678	- 208
Low Birth Weight	9	449	12	957	- 508
Liver Disease	10	378	14	792	- 414
Hypertension	11	374	11	990	- 616
Kidney Disease	12	348	10	1,015	- 666
Birth Trauma	13	329	15	717	- 388
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	289	4	2,354	- 2,065
Congenital Anomalies	15	259	19	389	- 130
Lung Disease	16	195	9	1,102	- 907
Violence	17	167	13	924	- 757
Suicide	18	166	7	1,539	- 1,374
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	137	29	194	- 57
Measles	20	133	59	12	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	21	132	24	292	- 160
Other Injuries	22	127	18	533	- 406
Meningitis	23	103	22	318	- 215
Inflammatory/Heart	24	92	23	305	- 213
Endocrine Disorders	25	89	27	235	- 146
Cervical Cancer	26	87	20	372	- 285
Breast Cancer	27	84	34	97	- 13
Asthma	28	82	17	678	- 596
Lung Cancers	29	79	43	51	+ 28
Falls	30	77	31	128	- 51
Pertussis	31	74	44	51	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	32	72	35	81	- 8
Malnutrition	33	70	21	357	- 287
Oral Cancer	34	63	42	52	+ 11
Liver Cancer	35	48	39	71	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	36	43	41	55	- 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	39	48	40	- 1
Drownings	38	38	28	200	- 162
Fires	39	35	26	269	- 234
Epilepsy	40	34	30	143	- 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	33	25	279	- 246
Trypanosomiasis	42	32	77	0	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	43	32	61	10	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	44	31	37	73	- 42
Drug Use	45	31	50	32	- 1
Skin Cancers	46	31	46	46	- 16
Syphilis	47	30	45	50	- 21
Stomach Cancer	48	29	60	11	+ 19
Lymphomas	49	29	36	78	- 49
Poisonings	50	25	33	111	- 86
Ovary Cancer	51	24	53	24	- 0
Skin Disease	52	20	40	70	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	53	19	58	12	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	32	126	- 108
Uterin Cancer	55	18	54	23	- 6
Alcohol	56	18	38	71	- 53
Leukemia	57	15	49	39	- 24
Schistosomiasis	58	13	76	0	+ 13
Tetanus	59	8	47	45	- 37
Encephalitis	60	7	57	14	- 7
Appendicitis	61	6	52	25	- 19
Hepatitis B	62	6	51	27	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	56	18	- 12
Other Neoplasms	64	5	62	9	- 4
War	65	3	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	55	18	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	6	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Gabon

Lesotho

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.