LITHUANIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,947	38	119	+ 1,828
HIV/AIDS	2	1,208	51	22	+ 1,185
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,091	1	15,329	- 14,239
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,034	7	654	+ 380
Stroke	5	960	2	5,643	- 4,684
Diabetes Mellitus	6	688	14	525	+ 163
Malaria	7	578	81	0	+ 578
Road Traffic Accidents	8	555	27	225	+ 330
Low Birth Weight	9	529	55	9	+ 520
Liver Disease	10	446	9	644	- 198
Hypertension	11	441	4	1,289	- 848
Kidney Disease	12	411	19	372	+ 39
Birth Trauma	13	388	53	10	+ 378
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	341	42	59	+ 281
Congenital Anomalies	15	305	41	62	+ 244
Lung Disease	16	230	16	513	- 283
Violence	17	197	36	132	+ 65
Suicide	18	196	6	721	- 526
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	162	8	649	- 487
Measles	20	156	83	0	+ 156
Maternal Conditions	21	155	63	2	+ 153
Other Injuries	22	149	18	416	- 266
Meningitis	23	121	52	19	+ 102
Inflammatory/Heart	24	108	17	484	- 376
Endocrine Disorders	25	105	39	72	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	26	103	28	224	- 121
Breast Cancer	27	99	11	629	- 530
Asthma	28	97	46	45	+ 51
Lung Cancers	29	93	3	1,329	- 1,235
Falls	30	90	15	518	- 428
Pertussis	31	87	69	0	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	32	85	12	598	- 513
Malnutrition	33	83	58	7	+ 76
Oral Cancer	34	74	20	338	- 264
Liver Cancer	35	56	25	239	- 183
Parkinson's Disease	36	51	29	222	- 172
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	46	5	1,074	- 1,028
Drownings	38	45	35	150	- 105
Fires	39	41	43	51	- 10
Epilepsy	40	40	40	62	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	39	22	313	- 274
Trypanosomiasis	42	38	80	0	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	43	37	23	292	- 255
Oesophagus Cancer	44	37	30	219	- 182
Drug Use	45	36	37	122	- 86
Skin Cancers	46	36	32	197	- 160
Syphilis	47	35	70	0	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	48	35	10	639	- 604
Lymphomas	49	34	21	321	- 287
Poisonings	50	30	45	46	- 16
Ovary Cancer	51	28	26	233	- 205
Skin Disease	52	23	44	48	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	53	22	13	578	- 556
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	21	48	29	- 8
Uterin Cancer	55	21	34	159	- 139
Alcohol	56	21	33	192	- 171
Leukemia	57	18	24	284	- 266
Schistosomiasis	58	15	78	0	+ 15
Tetanus	59	9	62	2	+ 7
Encephalitis	60	8	65	2	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	7	54	10	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	7	61	5	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	47	41	- 34
Other Neoplasms	64	6	31	212	- 206
War	65	3	67	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	68	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	49	29	- 27
Hepatitis C	68	1	50	23	- 22
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	64	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	86	0	59	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Gabon

Lithuania

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.