NEW ZEALAND VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	3,824	52	17	+ 3,807
HIV/AIDS	2	2,371	57	10	+ 2,361
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,142	1	5,095	- 2,953
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,030	7	920	+ 1,110
Stroke	5	1,884	3	2,378	- 494
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,351	8	769	+ 582
Malaria	7	1,135	78	0	+ 1,135
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,090	16	458	+ 632
Low Birth Weight	9	1,039	38	78	+ 961
Liver Disease	10	876	32	158	+ 718
Hypertension	11	867	20	327	+ 540
Kidney Disease	12	806	17	432	+ 374
Birth Trauma	13	762	54	15	+ 747
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	669	37	81	+ 588
Congenital Anomalies	15	600	30	176	+ 424
Lung Disease	16	452	5	1,815	- 1,363
Violence	17	386	42	57	+ 329
Suicide	18	384	15	528	- 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	318	2	3,032	- 2,713
Measles	20	307	82	0	+ 307
Maternal Conditions	21	305	63	5	+ 301
Other Injuries	22	294	28	218	+ 75
Meningitis	23	238	59	9	+ 229
Inflammatory/Heart	24	213	23	313	- 100
Endocrine Disorders	25	206	21	325	- 118
Cervical Cancer	26	202	41	61	+ 141
Breast Cancer	27	194	10	737	- 543
Asthma	28	190	36	91	+ 99
Lung Cancers	29	183	4	1,873	- 1,690
Falls	30	178	11	627	- 449
Pertussis	31	171	65	1	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	32	167	9	739	- 571
Malnutrition	33	163	55	14	+ 149
Oral Cancer	34	146	31	164	- 18
Liver Cancer	35	111	24	288	- 177
Parkinson's Disease	36	99	19	353	- 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	91	6	1,495	- 1,404
Drownings	38	88	44	54	+ 33
Fires	39	81	53	17	+ 64
Epilepsy	40	78	43	55	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	76	39	70	+ 6
Trypanosomiasis	42	74	81	0	+ 74
Bladder Cancer	43	73	26	267	- 194
Oesophagus Cancer	44	73	25	279	- 206
Drug Use	45	71	40	69	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	71	12	612	- 541
Syphilis	47	69	70	0	+ 68
Stomach Cancer	48	68	22	323	- 255
Lymphomas	49	67	13	608	- 541
Poisonings	50	59	58	9	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	51	56	29	207	- 151
Skin Disease	52	45	34	118	- 73
Pancreas Cancer	53	43	14	543	- 499
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	42	35	113	- 71
Uterin Cancer	55	41	33	145	- 104
Alcohol	56	41	45	51	- 11
Leukemia	57	35	18	391	- 356
Schistosomiasis	58	29	77	0	+ 29
Tetanus	59	18	69	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	60	15	66	1	+ 14
Appendicitis	61	14	62	6	+ 8
Hepatitis B	62	14	56	14	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	13	46	47	- 34
Other Neoplasms	64	11	27	245	- 234
War	65	6	68	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	47	43	- 40
Hepatitis C	68	2	48	30	- 27
Diphtheria	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	86	0	49	24	- 24
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Gabon

New Zealand

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.