SYRIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	17,682	56	23	+ 17,658
HIV/AIDS	2	10,965	58	15	+ 10,950
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,904	1	28,203	- 18,299
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,388	4	2,958	+ 6,430
Stroke	5	8,713	2	8,088	+ 625
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,247	15	1,534	+ 4,713
Malaria	7	5,247	79	0	+ 5,247
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,039	5	2,550	+ 2,489
Low Birth Weight	9	4,806	12	1,652	+ 3,154
Liver Disease	10	4,049	11	1,720	+ 2,329
Hypertension	11	4,007	23	707	+ 3,300
Kidney Disease	12	3,729	6	2,329	+ 1,400
Birth Trauma	13	3,524	21	744	+ 2,779
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	3,093	7	2,156	+ 937
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,773	8	2,077	+ 696
Lung Disease	16	2,091	13	1,601	+ 490
Violence	17	1,786	25	444	+ 1,342
Suicide	18	1,775	33	333	+ 1,443
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,473	14	1,551	- 78
Measles	20	1,420	70	0	+ 1,419
Maternal Conditions	21	1,412	45	105	+ 1,307
Other Injuries	22	1,357	24	521	+ 836
Meningitis	23	1,099	35	295	+ 804
Inflammatory/Heart	24	985	32	337	+ 647
Endocrine Disorders	25	953	26	418	+ 535
Cervical Cancer	26	935	42	188	+ 747
Breast Cancer	27	897	10	1,953	- 1,056
Asthma	28	879	17	1,052	- 173
Lung Cancers	29	847	9	2,048	- 1,200
Falls	30	821	29	383	+ 438
Pertussis	31	789	37	289	+ 500
Prostate Cancer	32	774	28	404	+ 370
Malnutrition	33	755	51	73	+ 682
Oral Cancer	34	673	36	289	+ 384
Liver Cancer	35	512	31	366	+ 145
Parkinson's Disease	36	459	30	367	+ 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	419	16	1,224	- 805
Drownings	38	406	40	215	+ 191
Fires	39	375	43	179	+ 196
Epilepsy	40	361	48	92	+ 268
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	354	49	79	+ 275
Trypanosomiasis	42	343	77	0	+ 343
Bladder Cancer	43	338	20	757	- 419
Oesophagus Cancer	44	336	47	97	+ 239
Drug Use	45	329	39	249	+ 80
Skin Cancers	46	328	38	276	+ 52
Syphilis	47	318	55	31	+ 288
Stomach Cancer	48	315	22	725	- 410
Lymphomas	49	309	18	827	- 518
Poisonings	50	271	46	98	+ 173
Ovary Cancer	51	258	34	328	- 70
Skin Disease	52	210	61	8	+ 202
Pancreas Cancer	53	200	27	411	- 211
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	193	41	197	- 4
Uterin Cancer	55	188	44	146	+ 43
Alcohol	56	188	53	51	+ 137
Leukemia	57	164	19	796	- 632
Schistosomiasis	58	135	60	11	+ 123
Tetanus	59	82	52	57	+ 25
Encephalitis	60	70	50	77	- 7
Appendicitis	61	64	54	36	+ 28
Hepatitis B	62	64	63	5	+ 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	61	62	7	+ 54
Other Neoplasms	64	52	57	21	+ 31
War	65	27	3	7,760	- 7,734
Upper Respiratory	66	25	66	3	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	67	16	59	14	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	10	68	1	+ 9
Diphtheria	69	3	64	5	- 2
Ascariasis	70	3	67	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	3	69	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	72	2	71	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	5	- 5
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	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	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Gabon

Syria

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.