SINGAPORE VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	4,466	40	26	+ 4,441
HIV/AIDS	2	2,770	45	18	+ 2,752
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,502	1	5,292	- 2,790
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,372	2	5,189	- 2,818
Stroke	5	2,201	3	1,559	+ 642
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,578	28	108	+ 1,470
Malaria	7	1,326	75	0	+ 1,326
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,273	26	121	+ 1,152
Low Birth Weight	9	1,214	41	25	+ 1,189
Liver Disease	10	1,023	20	209	+ 813
Hypertension	11	1,012	8	732	+ 280
Kidney Disease	12	942	6	1,028	- 86
Birth Trauma	13	890	55	3	+ 887
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	781	39	28	+ 754
Congenital Anomalies	15	701	31	80	+ 621
Lung Disease	16	528	14	383	+ 145
Violence	17	451	46	15	+ 436
Suicide	18	448	9	650	- 202
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	372	36	32	+ 340
Measles	20	359	72	0	+ 359
Maternal Conditions	21	357	53	3	+ 353
Other Injuries	22	343	32	79	+ 264
Meningitis	23	278	48	8	+ 269
Inflammatory/Heart	24	249	19	215	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	25	241	37	30	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	26	236	30	85	+ 151
Breast Cancer	27	227	10	605	- 379
Asthma	28	222	35	37	+ 185
Lung Cancers	29	214	4	1,540	- 1,326
Falls	30	207	18	218	- 10
Pertussis	31	199	62	0	+ 199
Prostate Cancer	32	195	16	303	- 107
Malnutrition	33	191	63	0	+ 191
Oral Cancer	34	170	15	317	- 147
Liver Cancer	35	129	7	746	- 616
Parkinson's Disease	36	116	29	90	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	106	5	1,203	- 1,097
Drownings	38	103	38	29	+ 74
Fires	39	95	49	7	+ 88
Epilepsy	40	91	42	25	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	89	33	69	+ 20
Trypanosomiasis	42	87	77	0	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	43	85	27	120	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	44	85	24	137	- 52
Drug Use	45	83	44	19	+ 64
Skin Cancers	46	83	34	56	+ 27
Syphilis	47	80	65	0	+ 80
Stomach Cancer	48	80	12	405	- 325
Lymphomas	49	78	13	397	- 319
Poisonings	50	69	60	1	+ 67
Ovary Cancer	51	65	21	204	- 139
Skin Disease	52	53	25	136	- 83
Pancreas Cancer	53	51	11	537	- 486
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	49	43	22	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	55	48	23	147	- 100
Alcohol	56	47	47	10	+ 37
Leukemia	57	41	17	249	- 208
Schistosomiasis	58	34	78	0	+ 34
Tetanus	59	21	73	0	+ 21
Encephalitis	60	18	61	0	+ 18
Appendicitis	61	16	50	6	+ 10
Hepatitis B	62	16	52	4	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	15	58	2	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	64	13	22	195	- 182
War	65	7	59	2	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	6	54	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	57	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	3	56	3	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	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	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Gabon

Singapore

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.