NEW GUINEA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	7,443	5	3,969	+ 3,474
HIV/AIDS	2	4,616	24	611	+ 4,005
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,169	1	6,835	- 2,666
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,952	6	2,595	+ 1,357
Stroke	5	3,668	2	5,095	- 1,427
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,630	4	4,533	- 1,903
Malaria	7	2,209	7	2,446	- 237
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,121	12	1,105	+ 1,016
Low Birth Weight	9	2,023	10	1,661	+ 362
Liver Disease	10	1,704	22	624	+ 1,080
Hypertension	11	1,687	13	1,096	+ 591
Kidney Disease	12	1,570	18	687	+ 883
Birth Trauma	13	1,483	11	1,504	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,302	8	2,295	- 993
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,168	16	951	+ 217
Lung Disease	16	880	3	4,538	- 3,658
Violence	17	752	15	969	- 217
Suicide	18	747	37	259	+ 489
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	620	33	343	+ 277
Measles	20	598	41	238	+ 360
Maternal Conditions	21	594	30	421	+ 174
Other Injuries	22	571	20	647	- 75
Meningitis	23	462	34	324	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	24	414	43	229	+ 186
Endocrine Disorders	25	401	47	153	+ 248
Cervical Cancer	26	394	19	665	- 271
Breast Cancer	27	378	17	764	- 386
Asthma	28	370	9	1,842	- 1,472
Lung Cancers	29	357	23	622	- 265
Falls	30	346	26	502	- 156
Pertussis	31	332	39	248	+ 85
Prostate Cancer	32	326	36	285	+ 41
Malnutrition	33	318	48	134	+ 184
Oral Cancer	34	283	25	580	- 297
Liver Cancer	35	215	21	644	- 429
Parkinson's Disease	36	193	45	185	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	176	29	445	- 269
Drownings	38	171	40	240	- 69
Fires	39	158	27	488	- 330
Epilepsy	40	152	51	111	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	149	35	302	- 153
Trypanosomiasis	42	144	76	0	+ 144
Bladder Cancer	43	142	54	82	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	44	141	44	199	- 58
Drug Use	45	138	61	13	+ 126
Skin Cancers	46	138	31	417	- 278
Syphilis	47	134	42	234	- 100
Stomach Cancer	48	133	28	447	- 314
Lymphomas	49	130	32	353	- 223
Poisonings	50	114	50	121	- 7
Ovary Cancer	51	109	46	179	- 71
Skin Disease	52	88	49	126	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	53	84	52	107	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	81	14	1,072	- 990
Uterin Cancer	55	79	55	81	- 2
Alcohol	56	79	53	93	- 14
Leukemia	57	69	38	253	- 184
Schistosomiasis	58	57	73	0	+ 57
Tetanus	59	35	56	48	- 13
Encephalitis	60	29	57	31	- 1
Appendicitis	61	27	59	20	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	27	58	27	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	26	65	5	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	64	22	60	15	+ 7
War	65	11	69	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	66	11	68	2	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	66	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	4	62	8	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	63	7	- 5
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	64	6	- 6
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	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Gabon

New Guinea

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.