LUXEMBOURG VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	497	55	2	+ 495
HIV/AIDS	2	308	52	2	+ 306
Coronary Heart Disease	3	279	1	655	- 376
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	264	8	111	+ 153
Stroke	5	245	4	257	- 12
Diabetes Mellitus	6	176	17	61	+ 115
Malaria	7	148	81	0	+ 148
Road Traffic Accidents	8	142	30	25	+ 117
Low Birth Weight	9	135	49	3	+ 132
Liver Disease	10	114	12	75	+ 39
Hypertension	11	113	19	54	+ 59
Kidney Disease	12	105	9	91	+ 14
Birth Trauma	13	99	59	1	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	87	42	6	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	15	78	37	10	+ 68
Lung Disease	16	59	5	242	- 184
Violence	17	50	48	3	+ 47
Suicide	18	50	13	69	- 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	41	2	298	- 256
Measles	20	40	70	0	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	21	40	63	0	+ 39
Other Injuries	22	38	10	88	- 50
Meningitis	23	31	58	1	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	24	28	23	49	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	25	27	21	53	- 26
Cervical Cancer	26	26	38	10	+ 17
Breast Cancer	27	25	7	113	- 88
Asthma	28	25	45	5	+ 20
Lung Cancers	29	24	3	260	- 236
Falls	30	23	18	61	- 38
Pertussis	31	22	68	0	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	32	22	15	64	- 42
Malnutrition	33	21	32	19	+ 2
Oral Cancer	34	19	33	19	- 0
Liver Cancer	35	14	25	49	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	36	13	16	62	- 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	12	6	131	- 119
Drownings	38	11	54	2	+ 9
Fires	39	11	51	3	+ 8
Epilepsy	40	10	35	17	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	10	41	7	+ 3
Trypanosomiasis	42	10	84	0	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	43	10	26	44	- 34
Oesophagus Cancer	44	9	28	32	- 22
Drug Use	45	9	39	9	- 0
Skin Cancers	46	9	31	22	- 12
Syphilis	47	9	66	0	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	48	9	22	51	- 42
Lymphomas	49	9	14	64	- 56
Poisonings	50	8	56	1	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	51	7	27	35	- 28
Skin Disease	52	6	44	5	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	11	82	- 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	5	34	19	- 13
Uterin Cancer	55	5	36	16	- 10
Alcohol	56	5	29	25	- 20
Leukemia	57	5	20	53	- 48
Schistosomiasis	58	4	80	0	+ 4
Tetanus	59	2	69	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	60	2	65	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	53	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	64	1	24	49	- 47
War	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	46	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	47	4	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	43	6	- 6
Anemia	82	0	40	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	64	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	86	0	50	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Gabon

Luxembourg

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.