SWITZERLAND VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	6,565	56	21	+ 6,543
HIV/AIDS	2	4,071	54	29	+ 4,042
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,677	1	10,713	- 7,036
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,486	8	1,949	+ 1,536
Stroke	5	3,235	3	3,918	- 683
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,319	17	1,022	+ 1,298
Malaria	7	1,948	77	0	+ 1,948
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,871	34	193	+ 1,678
Low Birth Weight	9	1,784	43	105	+ 1,680
Liver Disease	10	1,503	21	677	+ 826
Hypertension	11	1,488	6	2,471	- 984
Kidney Disease	12	1,384	13	1,261	+ 123
Birth Trauma	13	1,308	52	32	+ 1,276
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	1,148	35	186	+ 963
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,030	31	305	+ 725
Lung Disease	16	776	5	2,902	- 2,126
Violence	17	663	51	42	+ 621
Suicide	18	659	14	1,249	- 590
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	547	2	7,192	- 6,645
Measles	20	527	75	0	+ 527
Maternal Conditions	21	524	64	4	+ 520
Other Injuries	22	504	30	410	+ 94
Meningitis	23	408	57	20	+ 388
Inflammatory/Heart	24	366	16	1,027	- 661
Endocrine Disorders	25	354	25	593	- 239
Cervical Cancer	26	347	42	105	+ 242
Breast Cancer	27	333	11	1,577	- 1,244
Asthma	28	326	46	95	+ 232
Lung Cancers	29	315	4	3,520	- 3,205
Falls	30	305	9	1,919	- 1,615
Pertussis	31	293	73	0	+ 293
Prostate Cancer	32	287	10	1,579	- 1,292
Malnutrition	33	280	47	84	+ 196
Oral Cancer	34	250	26	500	- 251
Liver Cancer	35	190	19	805	- 615
Parkinson's Disease	36	170	18	857	- 687
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	155	7	1,995	- 1,839
Drownings	38	151	50	49	+ 101
Fires	39	139	55	21	+ 118
Epilepsy	40	134	39	159	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	131	41	122	+ 9
Trypanosomiasis	42	127	78	0	+ 127
Bladder Cancer	43	126	23	669	- 544
Oesophagus Cancer	44	125	28	491	- 366
Drug Use	45	122	36	176	- 54
Skin Cancers	46	122	27	493	- 371
Syphilis	47	118	65	2	+ 117
Stomach Cancer	48	117	24	614	- 497
Lymphomas	49	115	15	1,131	- 1,017
Poisonings	50	101	60	13	+ 88
Ovary Cancer	51	96	29	457	- 361
Skin Disease	52	78	40	129	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	53	74	12	1,486	- 1,411
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	72	48	78	- 6
Uterin Cancer	55	70	33	224	- 154
Alcohol	56	70	32	229	- 159
Leukemia	57	61	22	671	- 610
Schistosomiasis	58	50	72	0	+ 50
Tetanus	59	30	70	0	+ 30
Encephalitis	60	26	68	1	+ 25
Appendicitis	61	24	59	15	+ 9
Hepatitis B	62	24	63	5	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	23	49	68	- 45
Other Neoplasms	64	19	20	681	- 662
War	65	10	67	1	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	66	9	61	11	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	38	160	- 154
Hepatitis C	68	4	58	15	- 11
Diphtheria	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	45	96	- 96
Anemia	82	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	86	0	37	170	- 170
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Gabon

Switzerland

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.