NICARAGUA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,947	37	115	+ 4,832
HIV/AIDS	2	3,068	35	139	+ 2,928
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,771	1	5,843	- 3,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,627	7	1,152	+ 1,475
Stroke	5	2,438	3	2,225	+ 213
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,748	4	2,068	- 320
Malaria	7	1,468	83	0	+ 1,468
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,410	8	1,109	+ 301
Low Birth Weight	9	1,345	13	490	+ 855
Liver Disease	10	1,133	6	1,203	- 70
Hypertension	11	1,121	9	1,103	+ 18
Kidney Disease	12	1,043	2	3,533	- 2,490
Birth Trauma	13	986	25	198	+ 788
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	865	36	122	+ 743
Congenital Anomalies	15	776	11	571	+ 205
Lung Disease	16	585	5	1,570	- 985
Violence	17	500	10	619	- 119
Suicide	18	497	19	285	+ 212
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	412	33	149	+ 263
Measles	20	397	78	0	+ 397
Maternal Conditions	21	395	39	88	+ 307
Other Injuries	22	380	17	358	+ 22
Meningitis	23	307	51	29	+ 278
Inflammatory/Heart	24	275	34	139	+ 136
Endocrine Disorders	25	267	28	164	+ 103
Cervical Cancer	26	262	16	374	- 113
Breast Cancer	27	251	20	283	- 32
Asthma	28	246	38	105	+ 141
Lung Cancers	29	237	23	274	- 37
Falls	30	230	22	276	- 46
Pertussis	31	221	67	3	+ 218
Prostate Cancer	32	217	15	386	- 169
Malnutrition	33	211	30	163	+ 48
Oral Cancer	34	188	43	64	+ 124
Liver Cancer	35	143	12	509	- 365
Parkinson's Disease	36	128	42	67	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	117	18	315	- 198
Drownings	38	114	32	157	- 43
Fires	39	105	57	16	+ 89
Epilepsy	40	101	41	74	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	99	40	85	+ 13
Trypanosomiasis	42	96	82	0	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	43	95	52	28	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	44	94	47	42	+ 52
Drug Use	45	92	46	50	+ 42
Skin Cancers	46	92	45	59	+ 33
Syphilis	47	89	60	9	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	48	88	14	478	- 389
Lymphomas	49	86	29	164	- 77
Poisonings	50	76	55	18	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	51	72	44	61	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	59	31	162	- 103
Pancreas Cancer	53	56	27	178	- 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	54	54	20	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	55	53	48	39	+ 14
Alcohol	56	53	21	279	- 226
Leukemia	57	46	24	227	- 181
Schistosomiasis	58	38	84	0	+ 38
Tetanus	59	23	79	0	+ 23
Encephalitis	60	20	58	10	+ 9
Appendicitis	61	18	49	32	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	18	62	5	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	50	31	- 14
Other Neoplasms	64	14	26	192	- 178
War	65	8	70	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	7	72	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	61	7	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	3	68	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	1	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Leprosy	78	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	82	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	63	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	86	0	59	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Gabon

Nicaragua

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.