SWAZILAND VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	843	13	256	+ 587
HIV/AIDS	2	523	1	2,314	- 1,791
Coronary Heart Disease	3	472	5	755	- 283
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	448	2	921	- 473
Stroke	5	416	4	800	- 385
Diabetes Mellitus	6	298	3	892	- 594
Malaria	7	250	67	0	+ 250
Road Traffic Accidents	8	240	7	384	- 144
Low Birth Weight	9	229	14	233	- 4
Liver Disease	10	193	11	274	- 81
Hypertension	11	191	10	292	- 101
Kidney Disease	12	178	8	381	- 203
Birth Trauma	13	168	18	166	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	147	6	517	- 370
Congenital Anomalies	15	132	19	160	- 28
Lung Disease	16	100	12	264	- 165
Violence	17	85	16	212	- 127
Suicide	18	85	9	338	- 253
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	70	27	77	- 6
Measles	20	68	64	1	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	21	67	21	116	- 48
Other Injuries	22	65	17	190	- 125
Meningitis	23	52	23	97	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	24	47	24	94	- 47
Endocrine Disorders	25	45	28	74	- 29
Cervical Cancer	26	45	15	215	- 170
Breast Cancer	27	43	35	37	+ 6
Asthma	28	42	20	150	- 108
Lung Cancers	29	40	46	17	+ 24
Falls	30	39	32	41	- 2
Pertussis	31	38	33	39	- 1
Prostate Cancer	32	37	31	45	- 8
Malnutrition	33	36	22	106	- 70
Oral Cancer	34	32	51	10	+ 22
Liver Cancer	35	24	37	29	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	36	22	41	24	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	20	43	19	+ 1
Drownings	38	19	25	87	- 68
Fires	39	18	26	84	- 66
Epilepsy	40	17	30	46	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	17	29	51	- 34
Trypanosomiasis	42	16	78	0	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	43	16	55	6	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	44	16	44	18	- 2
Drug Use	45	16	38	27	- 11
Skin Cancers	46	16	42	20	- 4
Syphilis	47	15	45	17	- 2
Stomach Cancer	48	15	53	7	+ 8
Lymphomas	49	15	36	31	- 16
Poisonings	50	13	34	37	- 25
Ovary Cancer	51	12	52	10	+ 2
Skin Disease	52	10	40	25	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	56	6	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	9	39	26	- 17
Uterin Cancer	55	9	50	11	- 2
Alcohol	56	9	48	16	- 7
Leukemia	57	8	47	16	- 8
Schistosomiasis	58	6	49	13	- 6
Tetanus	59	4	62	4	+ 0
Encephalitis	60	3	59	5	- 1
Appendicitis	61	3	54	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	3	57	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	58	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	64	2	61	4	- 1
War	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Gabon

Swaziland

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.