MALAWI VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	16,124	11	2,992	+ 13,132
HIV/AIDS	2	9,999	1	12,839	- 2,840
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,032	7	4,929	+ 4,103
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,561	2	7,739	+ 823
Stroke	5	7,946	5	5,939	+ 2,007
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,697	14	2,267	+ 3,430
Malaria	7	4,785	3	6,308	- 1,523
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,595	4	6,221	- 1,626
Low Birth Weight	9	4,383	8	4,339	+ 44
Liver Disease	10	3,692	10	3,259	+ 433
Hypertension	11	3,654	17	1,797	+ 1,858
Kidney Disease	12	3,401	19	1,567	+ 1,833
Birth Trauma	13	3,213	9	3,563	- 350
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	2,821	6	5,782	- 2,961
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,529	13	2,509	+ 20
Lung Disease	16	1,907	21	1,340	+ 566
Violence	17	1,628	32	406	+ 1,222
Suicide	18	1,619	23	1,007	+ 612
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,343	25	782	+ 561
Measles	20	1,295	67	6	+ 1,289
Maternal Conditions	21	1,288	15	1,854	- 566
Other Injuries	22	1,238	22	1,266	- 29
Meningitis	23	1,002	18	1,792	- 790
Inflammatory/Heart	24	898	35	370	+ 527
Endocrine Disorders	25	869	42	257	+ 613
Cervical Cancer	26	853	12	2,876	- 2,024
Breast Cancer	27	818	27	600	+ 218
Asthma	28	802	26	705	+ 97
Lung Cancers	29	773	51	131	+ 642
Falls	30	749	28	562	+ 187
Pertussis	31	720	31	436	+ 284
Prostate Cancer	32	706	40	271	+ 435
Malnutrition	33	689	20	1,499	- 811
Oral Cancer	34	614	43	251	+ 363
Liver Cancer	35	467	38	317	+ 150
Parkinson's Disease	36	418	46	200	+ 219
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	382	44	234	+ 147
Drownings	38	370	30	458	- 88
Fires	39	342	34	380	- 38
Epilepsy	40	329	41	260	+ 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	323	39	280	+ 43
Trypanosomiasis	42	313	73	0	+ 312
Bladder Cancer	43	309	33	388	- 79
Oesophagus Cancer	44	306	16	1,842	- 1,535
Drug Use	45	300	59	48	+ 252
Skin Cancers	46	299	36	331	- 31
Syphilis	47	290	29	480	- 190
Stomach Cancer	48	287	45	206	+ 81
Lymphomas	49	281	24	839	- 557
Poisonings	50	248	37	325	- 77
Ovary Cancer	51	235	48	158	+ 78
Skin Disease	52	191	53	101	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	53	183	60	38	+ 145
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	176	49	154	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	55	172	62	23	+ 149
Alcohol	56	171	52	114	+ 58
Leukemia	57	150	56	82	+ 68
Schistosomiasis	58	123	50	143	- 20
Tetanus	59	75	47	178	- 103
Encephalitis	60	64	58	48	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	59	54	94	- 35
Hepatitis B	62	58	55	88	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	55	61	29	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	64	47	63	17	+ 31
War	65	24	71	2	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	66	23	57	60	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	67	14	66	9	+ 6
Hepatitis C	68	9	64	15	- 5
Diphtheria	69	3	72	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	3	69	4	- 1
Chlamydia	71	2	70	3	- 0
Otitis Media	72	2	68	5	- 4
Dengue	73	0	65	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	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 MALAWI

Gabon

Malawi

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.