NEPAL VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	23,058	3	16,535	+ 6,524
HIV/AIDS	2	14,299	34	737	+ 13,562
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,916	2	19,677	- 6,761
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,243	6	6,237	+ 6,006
Stroke	5	11,363	4	12,909	- 1,546
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,147	14	2,929	+ 5,218
Malaria	7	6,843	72	0	+ 6,843
Road Traffic Accidents	8	6,571	9	4,654	+ 1,916
Low Birth Weight	9	6,268	11	3,822	+ 2,445
Liver Disease	10	5,280	5	6,383	- 1,103
Hypertension	11	5,225	18	2,092	+ 3,134
Kidney Disease	12	4,863	10	4,284	+ 579
Birth Trauma	13	4,595	15	2,676	+ 1,919
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	4,033	7	6,071	- 2,037
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,617	21	1,949	+ 1,668
Lung Disease	16	2,727	1	27,027	- 24,300
Violence	17	2,329	35	704	+ 1,625
Suicide	18	2,315	16	2,571	- 256
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,921	19	2,022	- 101
Measles	20	1,851	59	60	+ 1,791
Maternal Conditions	21	1,841	28	977	+ 864
Other Injuries	22	1,770	22	1,655	+ 115
Meningitis	23	1,433	43	377	+ 1,055
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,284	48	217	+ 1,067
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,243	45	257	+ 986
Cervical Cancer	26	1,219	20	1,969	- 750
Breast Cancer	27	1,170	27	1,038	+ 132
Asthma	28	1,146	8	5,930	- 4,784
Lung Cancers	29	1,105	12	3,586	- 2,481
Falls	30	1,070	13	3,321	- 2,251
Pertussis	31	1,029	40	453	+ 576
Prostate Cancer	32	1,009	58	85	+ 924
Malnutrition	33	985	31	845	+ 140
Oral Cancer	34	878	24	1,389	- 511
Liver Cancer	35	667	46	256	+ 411
Parkinson's Disease	36	598	33	760	- 161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	546	26	1,167	- 621
Drownings	38	529	23	1,505	- 976
Fires	39	489	50	184	+ 305
Epilepsy	40	470	30	874	- 404
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	461	49	191	+ 270
Trypanosomiasis	42	447	75	0	+ 447
Bladder Cancer	43	441	44	325	+ 117
Oesophagus Cancer	44	438	38	491	- 53
Drug Use	45	429	57	93	+ 335
Skin Cancers	46	428	42	400	+ 29
Syphilis	47	415	54	134	+ 281
Stomach Cancer	48	411	25	1,379	- 969
Lymphomas	49	403	32	768	- 365
Poisonings	50	354	39	474	- 120
Ovary Cancer	51	336	37	585	- 248
Skin Disease	52	274	67	17	+ 257
Pancreas Cancer	53	261	41	445	- 184
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	252	17	2,320	- 2,068
Uterin Cancer	55	246	60	56	+ 189
Alcohol	56	245	52	168	+ 77
Leukemia	57	214	36	668	- 454
Schistosomiasis	58	176	73	0	+ 176
Tetanus	59	107	53	134	- 27
Encephalitis	60	91	29	882	- 791
Appendicitis	61	84	47	220	- 137
Hepatitis B	62	84	56	117	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	79	51	173	- 94
Other Neoplasms	64	68	61	50	+ 18
War	65	35	65	24	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	66	33	66	24	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	67	21	63	38	- 18
Hepatitis C	68	13	64	29	- 15
Diphtheria	69	5	71	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	4	69	4	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	4	68	5	- 1
Otitis Media	72	2	70	4	- 2
Dengue	73	0	55	120	- 120
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	62	39	- 39
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Gabon

Nepal

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.