NAMIBIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,077	3	1,416	+ 661
HIV/AIDS	2	1,288	1	2,928	- 1,640
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,164	5	1,221	- 57
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,103	2	1,464	- 361
Stroke	5	1,024	4	1,333	- 309
Diabetes Mellitus	6	734	7	724	+ 10
Malaria	7	616	51	22	+ 595
Road Traffic Accidents	8	592	6	868	- 276
Low Birth Weight	9	565	9	516	+ 49
Liver Disease	10	476	14	336	+ 140
Hypertension	11	471	12	428	+ 43
Kidney Disease	12	438	15	322	+ 116
Birth Trauma	13	414	13	345	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	363	8	645	- 281
Congenital Anomalies	15	326	16	283	+ 43
Lung Disease	16	246	10	461	- 216
Violence	17	210	11	450	- 240
Suicide	18	209	17	243	- 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	173	21	176	- 3
Measles	20	167	65	2	+ 165
Maternal Conditions	21	166	25	110	+ 56
Other Injuries	22	159	19	207	- 47
Meningitis	23	129	27	109	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	24	116	22	162	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	25	112	33	73	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	26	110	23	133	- 23
Breast Cancer	27	105	24	121	- 16
Asthma	28	103	20	200	- 97
Lung Cancers	29	100	35	59	+ 41
Falls	30	96	34	62	+ 34
Pertussis	31	93	37	54	+ 39
Prostate Cancer	32	91	31	94	- 3
Malnutrition	33	89	18	224	- 135
Oral Cancer	34	79	30	100	- 21
Liver Cancer	35	60	41	45	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	36	54	42	43	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	49	36	54	- 5
Drownings	38	48	26	110	- 62
Fires	39	44	28	109	- 65
Epilepsy	40	42	38	49	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	32	76	- 34
Trypanosomiasis	42	40	77	0	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	43	40	54	16	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	44	39	52	21	+ 19
Drug Use	45	39	46	32	+ 7
Skin Cancers	46	39	29	108	- 69
Syphilis	47	37	43	35	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	48	37	45	33	+ 4
Lymphomas	49	36	40	46	- 10
Poisonings	50	32	39	46	- 14
Ovary Cancer	51	30	50	23	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	25	47	31	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	24	53	18	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	23	44	33	- 10
Uterin Cancer	55	22	56	11	+ 11
Alcohol	56	22	48	28	- 6
Leukemia	57	19	49	24	- 4
Schistosomiasis	58	16	55	14	+ 2
Tetanus	59	10	62	6	+ 4
Encephalitis	60	8	59	8	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	8	58	9	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	8	63	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	57	9	- 2
Other Neoplasms	64	6	60	8	- 2
War	65	3	67	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	61	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	64	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Gabon

Namibia

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.