SENEGAL VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	13,964	9	2,678	+ 11,285
HIV/AIDS	2	8,659	20	1,186	+ 7,473
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,822	2	6,224	+ 1,598
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,414	1	7,184	+ 230
Stroke	5	6,881	4	5,342	+ 1,539
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,934	10	2,395	+ 2,538
Malaria	7	4,144	5	4,595	- 451
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,979	6	3,832	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	9	3,796	7	3,636	+ 159
Liver Disease	10	3,197	13	2,147	+ 1,051
Hypertension	11	3,164	21	1,095	+ 2,069
Kidney Disease	12	2,945	12	2,210	+ 734
Birth Trauma	13	2,783	8	3,448	- 665
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	2,443	3	5,343	- 2,900
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,190	11	2,364	- 174
Lung Disease	16	1,651	18	1,351	+ 300
Violence	17	1,410	19	1,247	+ 164
Suicide	18	1,402	24	978	+ 424
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,163	26	879	+ 284
Measles	20	1,121	49	158	+ 963
Maternal Conditions	21	1,115	14	1,669	- 554
Other Injuries	22	1,072	16	1,512	- 440
Meningitis	23	868	15	1,628	- 761
Inflammatory/Heart	24	778	36	426	+ 352
Endocrine Disorders	25	753	23	1,041	- 288
Cervical Cancer	26	738	17	1,405	- 667
Breast Cancer	27	708	27	861	- 152
Asthma	28	694	25	936	- 242
Lung Cancers	29	669	44	180	+ 489
Falls	30	648	30	622	+ 26
Pertussis	31	623	28	771	- 148
Prostate Cancer	32	611	29	642	- 31
Malnutrition	33	596	32	494	+ 102
Oral Cancer	34	532	43	208	+ 324
Liver Cancer	35	404	22	1,087	- 683
Parkinson's Disease	36	362	41	273	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	331	37	384	- 54
Drownings	38	321	33	494	- 173
Fires	39	296	34	448	- 152
Epilepsy	40	285	38	330	- 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	279	35	433	- 154
Trypanosomiasis	42	271	78	0	+ 271
Bladder Cancer	43	267	50	155	+ 112
Oesophagus Cancer	44	265	55	99	+ 166
Drug Use	45	260	52	138	+ 121
Skin Cancers	46	259	51	147	+ 112
Syphilis	47	251	53	122	+ 129
Stomach Cancer	48	249	31	557	- 308
Lymphomas	49	244	39	315	- 71
Poisonings	50	214	40	315	- 100
Ovary Cancer	51	204	42	220	- 16
Skin Disease	52	166	47	159	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	158	48	159	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	153	46	166	- 13
Uterin Cancer	55	149	56	94	+ 55
Alcohol	56	148	59	74	+ 74
Leukemia	57	129	54	113	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	58	106	45	176	- 69
Tetanus	59	65	58	85	- 20
Encephalitis	60	55	57	85	- 30
Appendicitis	61	51	61	38	+ 12
Hepatitis B	62	51	60	70	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	48	67	15	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	64	41	62	24	+ 17
War	65	21	69	4	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	66	20	66	15	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	12	64	20	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	8	68	11	- 3
Diphtheria	69	3	70	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	3	65	18	- 15
Chlamydia	71	2	71	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	63	21	- 21
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	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 SENEGAL

Gabon

Senegal

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.