TANZANIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	49,982	4	20,269	+ 29,713
HIV/AIDS	2	30,995	1	27,402	+ 3,594
Coronary Heart Disease	3	27,997	9	13,215	+ 14,782
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	26,539	2	26,028	+ 511
Stroke	5	24,630	7	16,894	+ 7,736
Diabetes Mellitus	6	17,659	15	6,247	+ 11,413
Malaria	7	14,833	3	21,758	- 6,925
Road Traffic Accidents	8	14,243	5	18,054	- 3,810
Low Birth Weight	9	13,586	10	12,173	+ 1,414
Liver Disease	10	11,445	13	6,586	+ 4,859
Hypertension	11	11,327	17	5,209	+ 6,118
Kidney Disease	12	10,541	19	4,547	+ 5,994
Birth Trauma	13	9,960	8	15,086	- 5,126
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	8,743	6	17,587	- 8,844
Congenital Anomalies	15	7,840	11	9,791	- 1,951
Lung Disease	16	5,910	22	3,051	+ 2,859
Violence	17	5,048	18	4,713	+ 335
Suicide	18	5,018	24	2,474	+ 2,544
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,163	27	2,048	+ 2,115
Measles	20	4,013	55	295	+ 3,719
Maternal Conditions	21	3,991	12	6,835	- 2,844
Other Injuries	22	3,837	20	4,270	- 433
Meningitis	23	3,106	21	3,188	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,783	38	1,227	+ 1,556
Endocrine Disorders	25	2,695	29	1,778	+ 917
Cervical Cancer	26	2,643	14	6,424	- 3,780
Breast Cancer	27	2,535	37	1,285	+ 1,251
Asthma	28	2,485	30	1,700	+ 785
Lung Cancers	29	2,395	61	159	+ 2,237
Falls	30	2,320	34	1,533	+ 787
Pertussis	31	2,231	23	2,774	- 543
Prostate Cancer	32	2,188	28	1,819	+ 368
Malnutrition	33	2,134	16	5,574	- 3,440
Oral Cancer	34	1,903	31	1,646	+ 257
Liver Cancer	35	1,447	36	1,413	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	36	1,297	45	513	+ 784
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	1,183	33	1,567	- 384
Drownings	38	1,147	32	1,642	- 495
Fires	39	1,060	35	1,424	- 365
Epilepsy	40	1,020	43	707	+ 313
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	1,000	46	462	+ 538
Trypanosomiasis	42	970	72	3	+ 967
Bladder Cancer	43	957	44	667	+ 290
Oesophagus Cancer	44	950	25	2,247	- 1,297
Drug Use	45	930	48	404	+ 526
Skin Cancers	46	928	42	744	+ 184
Syphilis	47	900	26	2,115	- 1,215
Stomach Cancer	48	890	39	1,190	- 300
Lymphomas	49	873	41	805	+ 67
Poisonings	50	767	40	1,170	- 402
Ovary Cancer	51	729	53	337	+ 392
Skin Disease	52	593	52	359	+ 234
Pancreas Cancer	53	567	62	158	+ 409
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	546	50	401	+ 146
Uterin Cancer	55	533	57	218	+ 314
Alcohol	56	531	56	270	+ 261
Leukemia	57	464	47	416	+ 48
Schistosomiasis	58	381	51	371	+ 10
Tetanus	59	232	49	402	- 170
Encephalitis	60	198	59	199	- 0
Appendicitis	61	182	58	218	- 36
Hepatitis B	62	181	60	168	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	171	63	81	+ 90
Other Neoplasms	64	146	64	58	+ 89
War	65	76	67	30	+ 46
Upper Respiratory	66	71	54	299	- 228
Multiple Sclerosis	67	45	68	27	+ 18
Hepatitis C	68	28	66	40	- 11
Diphtheria	69	10	70	11	- 1
Ascariasis	70	10	65	56	- 46
Chlamydia	71	8	71	9	- 1
Otitis Media	72	5	69	17	- 12
Dengue	73	0	73	2	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Gabon

Tanzania

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.