SAUDI ARABIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	27,075	27	752	+ 26,323
HIV/AIDS	2	16,790	47	192	+ 16,598
Coronary Heart Disease	3	15,166	1	39,037	- 23,871
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	14,376	5	6,132	+ 8,244
Stroke	5	13,342	2	16,793	- 3,451
Diabetes Mellitus	6	9,566	9	3,890	+ 5,676
Malaria	7	8,035	75	0	+ 8,035
Road Traffic Accidents	8	7,716	3	12,317	- 4,601
Low Birth Weight	9	7,360	18	989	+ 6,371
Liver Disease	10	6,200	7	4,931	+ 1,268
Hypertension	11	6,136	22	834	+ 5,302
Kidney Disease	12	5,710	4	9,051	- 3,341
Birth Trauma	13	5,395	37	343	+ 5,052
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	4,736	35	457	+ 4,280
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,247	12	2,307	+ 1,940
Lung Disease	16	3,202	10	2,842	+ 359
Violence	17	2,734	30	646	+ 2,089
Suicide	18	2,718	13	2,046	+ 673
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	2,255	11	2,442	- 187
Measles	20	2,174	68	1	+ 2,173
Maternal Conditions	21	2,162	48	172	+ 1,990
Other Injuries	22	2,078	8	4,004	- 1,926
Meningitis	23	1,682	45	227	+ 1,456
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,508	16	1,342	+ 166
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,460	15	1,447	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	26	1,432	49	157	+ 1,275
Breast Cancer	27	1,373	20	908	+ 466
Asthma	28	1,346	17	1,168	+ 179
Lung Cancers	29	1,298	26	775	+ 523
Falls	30	1,257	6	5,340	- 4,083
Pertussis	31	1,208	54	56	+ 1,152
Prostate Cancer	32	1,185	50	148	+ 1,037
Malnutrition	33	1,156	52	79	+ 1,077
Oral Cancer	34	1,031	34	465	+ 566
Liver Cancer	35	784	21	845	- 61
Parkinson's Disease	36	702	25	776	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	641	14	1,630	- 989
Drownings	38	621	24	821	- 200
Fires	39	574	23	825	- 251
Epilepsy	40	552	29	694	- 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	542	41	275	+ 266
Trypanosomiasis	42	525	74	0	+ 525
Bladder Cancer	43	518	46	214	+ 304
Oesophagus Cancer	44	514	44	229	+ 285
Drug Use	45	504	33	491	+ 13
Skin Cancers	46	503	55	55	+ 448
Syphilis	47	487	59	33	+ 455
Stomach Cancer	48	482	36	389	+ 94
Lymphomas	49	473	28	716	- 243
Poisonings	50	416	40	279	+ 136
Ovary Cancer	51	395	42	247	+ 147
Skin Disease	52	321	32	516	- 195
Pancreas Cancer	53	307	31	526	- 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	296	39	280	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	55	289	38	323	- 34
Alcohol	56	288	51	128	+ 159
Leukemia	57	251	19	925	- 674
Schistosomiasis	58	206	60	25	+ 181
Tetanus	59	126	61	16	+ 110
Encephalitis	60	107	43	234	- 127
Appendicitis	61	98	58	35	+ 64
Hepatitis B	62	98	53	57	+ 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	93	62	9	+ 84
Other Neoplasms	64	79	57	40	+ 39
War	65	41	65	3	+ 38
Upper Respiratory	66	38	70	1	+ 38
Multiple Sclerosis	67	24	56	49	- 25
Hepatitis C	68	15	64	7	+ 8
Diphtheria	69	5	69	1	+ 5
Ascariasis	70	5	66	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	71	4	71	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	72	3	72	0	+ 3
Dengue	73	0	63	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Gabon

Saudi Arabia

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.