LIBERIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,028	1	2,766	+ 1,262
HIV/AIDS	2	2,498	6	1,919	+ 579
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,256	7	1,885	+ 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,139	2	2,693	- 554
Stroke	5	1,985	11	1,578	+ 407
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,423	15	650	+ 773
Malaria	7	1,196	4	2,428	- 1,232
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,148	5	1,920	- 772
Low Birth Weight	9	1,095	8	1,652	- 557
Liver Disease	10	922	13	858	+ 64
Hypertension	11	913	23	371	+ 542
Kidney Disease	12	850	16	609	+ 241
Birth Trauma	13	803	9	1,601	- 799
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	705	10	1,592	- 887
Congenital Anomalies	15	632	14	833	- 201
Lung Disease	16	476	26	294	+ 183
Violence	17	407	18	477	- 70
Suicide	18	404	30	220	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	336	29	235	+ 101
Measles	20	323	3	2,554	- 2,231
Maternal Conditions	21	322	12	870	- 548
Other Injuries	22	309	22	380	- 71
Meningitis	23	250	17	552	- 302
Inflammatory/Heart	24	224	38	115	+ 109
Endocrine Disorders	25	217	28	245	- 28
Cervical Cancer	26	213	19	474	- 261
Breast Cancer	27	204	27	246	- 41
Asthma	28	200	31	200	+ 1
Lung Cancers	29	193	44	66	+ 127
Falls	30	187	33	155	+ 32
Pertussis	31	180	32	197	- 18
Prostate Cancer	32	176	25	297	- 121
Malnutrition	33	172	24	353	- 181
Oral Cancer	34	153	48	50	+ 103
Liver Cancer	35	117	20	439	- 323
Parkinson's Disease	36	105	43	72	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	95	40	90	+ 6
Drownings	38	92	35	127	- 34
Fires	39	85	34	153	- 68
Epilepsy	40	82	42	81	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	81	36	126	- 46
Trypanosomiasis	42	78	76	0	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	43	77	59	19	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	44	77	60	16	+ 61
Drug Use	45	75	50	42	+ 33
Skin Cancers	46	75	46	51	+ 24
Syphilis	47	73	21	394	- 322
Stomach Cancer	48	72	37	122	- 50
Lymphomas	49	70	39	93	- 23
Poisonings	50	62	41	82	- 20
Ovary Cancer	51	59	47	50	+ 8
Skin Disease	52	48	51	41	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	53	46	53	38	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	44	49	50	- 6
Uterin Cancer	55	43	55	28	+ 14
Alcohol	56	43	57	25	+ 17
Leukemia	57	37	58	23	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	58	31	45	51	- 21
Tetanus	59	19	54	31	- 12
Encephalitis	60	16	56	27	- 12
Appendicitis	61	15	61	12	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	15	52	39	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	14	64	4	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	64	12	62	6	+ 6
War	65	6	70	1	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	6	67	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	63	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	4	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Gabon

Liberia

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.