MAURITIUS VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	GABON		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	971	45	17	+ 954
HIV/AIDS	2	602	13	141	+ 461
Coronary Heart Disease	3	544	2	1,805	- 1,261
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	516	7	346	+ 169
Stroke	5	478	3	985	- 507
Diabetes Mellitus	6	343	1	1,873	- 1,530
Malaria	7	288	70	0	+ 288
Road Traffic Accidents	8	277	11	155	+ 121
Low Birth Weight	9	264	35	37	+ 227
Liver Disease	10	222	12	145	+ 77
Hypertension	11	220	6	592	- 372
Kidney Disease	12	205	4	724	- 519
Birth Trauma	13	193	36	37	+ 157
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	170	42	23	+ 147
Congenital Anomalies	15	152	25	57	+ 96
Lung Disease	16	115	5	646	- 532
Violence	17	98	41	30	+ 68
Suicide	18	97	14	120	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	81	34	42	+ 39
Measles	20	78	77	0	+ 78
Maternal Conditions	21	78	48	11	+ 67
Other Injuries	22	75	21	66	+ 9
Meningitis	23	60	57	2	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	24	54	16	108	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	25	52	19	101	- 48
Cervical Cancer	26	51	30	49	+ 2
Breast Cancer	27	49	8	232	- 183
Asthma	28	48	17	107	- 59
Lung Cancers	29	47	9	182	- 136
Falls	30	45	26	57	- 12
Pertussis	31	43	66	0	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	32	42	15	115	- 73
Malnutrition	33	41	54	4	+ 38
Oral Cancer	34	37	23	63	- 26
Liver Cancer	35	28	27	56	- 28
Parkinson's Disease	36	25	47	12	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	23	10	182	- 159
Drownings	38	22	33	43	- 21
Fires	39	21	50	10	+ 10
Epilepsy	40	20	38	35	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	19	43	22	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	42	19	73	0	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	43	19	44	21	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	18	37	35	- 17
Drug Use	45	18	46	16	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	18	53	5	+ 14
Syphilis	47	17	67	0	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	48	17	18	104	- 87
Lymphomas	49	17	24	57	- 40
Poisonings	50	15	49	11	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	51	14	32	46	- 32
Skin Disease	52	12	22	64	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	53	11	28	55	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	11	56	3	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	55	10	40	32	- 21
Alcohol	56	10	29	53	- 43
Leukemia	57	9	31	48	- 39
Schistosomiasis	58	7	69	0	+ 7
Tetanus	59	5	76	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	60	4	61	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	4	59	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	4	65	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	60	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	64	3	20	77	- 74
War	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	51	9	- 8
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	82	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	55	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Gabon

Mauritius

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.