SOMALIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	9,644	4	10,261	- 617
HIV/AIDS	2	5,981	33	610	+ 5,371
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,402	7	7,233	- 1,831
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,121	1	21,712	- 16,591
Stroke	5	4,752	6	8,595	- 3,843
Diabetes Mellitus	6	3,408	16	2,888	+ 520
Malaria	7	2,862	22	1,942	+ 920
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,748	11	4,231	- 1,483
Low Birth Weight	9	2,622	8	6,250	- 3,629
Liver Disease	10	2,208	13	3,917	- 1,708
Hypertension	11	2,186	18	2,643	- 458
Kidney Disease	12	2,034	21	2,051	- 17
Birth Trauma	13	1,922	5	9,573	- 7,651
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,687	2	15,363	- 13,676
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,513	15	3,410	- 1,897
Lung Disease	16	1,140	19	2,442	- 1,302
Violence	17	974	29	828	+ 146
Suicide	18	968	27	1,219	- 251
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	803	32	647	+ 156
Measles	20	774	3	11,576	- 10,801
Maternal Conditions	21	770	12	4,127	- 3,356
Other Injuries	22	740	14	3,602	- 2,861
Meningitis	23	599	9	5,381	- 4,782
Inflammatory/Heart	24	537	39	521	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	25	520	44	406	+ 114
Cervical Cancer	26	510	28	883	- 373
Breast Cancer	27	489	26	1,232	- 742
Asthma	28	479	23	1,878	- 1,399
Lung Cancers	29	462	54	233	+ 229
Falls	30	448	37	548	- 100
Pertussis	31	430	20	2,054	- 1,624
Prostate Cancer	32	422	52	285	+ 137
Malnutrition	33	412	10	4,825	- 4,413
Oral Cancer	34	367	46	328	+ 39
Liver Cancer	35	279	53	256	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	36	250	56	184	+ 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	228	38	546	- 318
Drownings	38	221	25	1,272	- 1,050
Fires	39	204	30	810	- 606
Epilepsy	40	197	43	419	- 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	193	36	559	- 366
Trypanosomiasis	42	187	78	0	+ 187
Bladder Cancer	43	185	61	149	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	44	183	40	516	- 333
Drug Use	45	179	65	54	+ 125
Skin Cancers	46	179	57	164	+ 15
Syphilis	47	174	45	378	- 204
Stomach Cancer	48	172	49	310	- 138
Lymphomas	49	168	34	605	- 436
Poisonings	50	148	31	758	- 610
Ovary Cancer	51	141	50	295	- 154
Skin Disease	52	114	58	151	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	53	109	62	108	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	105	41	446	- 341
Uterin Cancer	55	103	64	78	+ 25
Alcohol	56	102	59	151	- 49
Leukemia	57	89	35	562	- 472
Schistosomiasis	58	73	42	435	- 362
Tetanus	59	45	17	2,648	- 2,603
Encephalitis	60	38	63	91	- 53
Appendicitis	61	35	55	188	- 153
Hepatitis B	62	35	48	315	- 280
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	33	66	35	- 2
Other Neoplasms	64	28	70	12	+ 16
War	65	15	24	1,318	- 1,304
Upper Respiratory	66	14	47	326	- 312
Multiple Sclerosis	67	9	71	8	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	5	67	34	- 29
Diphtheria	69	2	60	150	- 148
Ascariasis	70	2	69	30	- 28
Chlamydia	71	1	72	5	- 3
Otitis Media	72	1	68	32	- 31
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	290	- 290
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Gabon

Somalia

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.