PORTUGAL VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	7,562	38	213	+ 7,349
HIV/AIDS	2	4,690	35	320	+ 4,370
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,236	1	12,878	- 8,642
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,015	4	6,851	- 2,836
Stroke	5	3,727	2	12,339	- 8,613
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,672	8	3,601	- 929
Malaria	7	2,244	78	0	+ 2,244
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,155	27	838	+ 1,317
Low Birth Weight	9	2,056	52	79	+ 1,977
Liver Disease	10	1,732	22	1,126	+ 606
Hypertension	11	1,714	14	1,880	- 166
Kidney Disease	12	1,595	9	2,803	- 1,208
Birth Trauma	13	1,507	60	24	+ 1,483
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,323	36	231	+ 1,092
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,186	40	196	+ 990
Lung Disease	16	894	7	4,286	- 3,392
Violence	17	764	48	96	+ 667
Suicide	18	759	19	1,172	- 413
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	630	3	7,191	- 6,561
Measles	20	607	71	0	+ 607
Maternal Conditions	21	604	63	7	+ 597
Other Injuries	22	580	13	1,937	- 1,357
Meningitis	23	470	56	43	+ 427
Inflammatory/Heart	24	421	26	909	- 488
Endocrine Disorders	25	408	17	1,547	- 1,139
Cervical Cancer	26	400	34	329	+ 71
Breast Cancer	27	384	12	1,997	- 1,613
Asthma	28	376	43	146	+ 230
Lung Cancers	29	362	5	4,406	- 4,044
Falls	30	351	23	1,033	- 682
Pertussis	31	338	72	0	+ 337
Prostate Cancer	32	331	11	2,124	- 1,793
Malnutrition	33	323	53	79	+ 244
Oral Cancer	34	288	25	912	- 624
Liver Cancer	35	219	18	1,270	- 1,052
Parkinson's Disease	36	196	21	1,139	- 943
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	179	6	4,389	- 4,210
Drownings	38	174	51	79	+ 94
Fires	39	160	46	108	+ 52
Epilepsy	40	154	31	415	- 261
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	151	37	229	- 77
Trypanosomiasis	42	147	80	0	+ 147
Bladder Cancer	43	145	20	1,171	- 1,026
Oesophagus Cancer	44	144	29	623	- 479
Drug Use	45	141	44	128	+ 12
Skin Cancers	46	140	30	523	- 383
Syphilis	47	136	64	3	+ 133
Stomach Cancer	48	135	10	2,532	- 2,397
Lymphomas	49	132	16	1,608	- 1,475
Poisonings	50	116	57	29	+ 87
Ovary Cancer	51	110	33	397	- 287
Skin Disease	52	90	39	202	- 113
Pancreas Cancer	53	86	15	1,669	- 1,583
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	83	41	169	- 86
Uterin Cancer	55	81	32	406	- 325
Alcohol	56	80	45	111	- 31
Leukemia	57	70	24	1,015	- 945
Schistosomiasis	58	58	77	0	+ 58
Tetanus	59	35	73	0	+ 35
Encephalitis	60	30	67	1	+ 29
Appendicitis	61	28	61	21	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	27	59	26	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	26	47	99	- 73
Other Neoplasms	64	22	28	652	- 630
War	65	11	69	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	66	11	62	15	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	54	56	- 49
Hepatitis C	68	4	49	87	- 83
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	66	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	49	- 49
Anemia	82	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	65	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Gabon

Portugal

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.