TRINIDAD/TOB. VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,044	43	22	+ 1,022
HIV/AIDS	2	647	12	196	+ 451
Coronary Heart Disease	3	585	1	1,476	- 891
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	554	10	205	+ 349
Stroke	5	514	3	822	- 308
Diabetes Mellitus	6	369	2	1,275	- 907
Malaria	7	310	72	0	+ 310
Road Traffic Accidents	8	297	15	130	+ 167
Low Birth Weight	9	284	23	83	+ 201
Liver Disease	10	239	14	136	+ 103
Hypertension	11	237	11	201	+ 35
Kidney Disease	12	220	5	439	- 219
Birth Trauma	13	208	40	25	+ 183
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	183	45	18	+ 165
Congenital Anomalies	15	164	22	93	+ 70
Lung Disease	16	123	16	129	- 6
Violence	17	105	4	549	- 444
Suicide	18	105	17	121	- 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	87	9	215	- 128
Measles	20	84	76	0	+ 84
Maternal Conditions	21	83	50	10	+ 73
Other Injuries	22	80	30	61	+ 19
Meningitis	23	65	52	9	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	24	58	25	72	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	25	56	18	119	- 63
Cervical Cancer	26	55	21	97	- 42
Breast Cancer	27	53	7	258	- 205
Asthma	28	52	35	40	+ 12
Lung Cancers	29	50	8	217	- 167
Falls	30	48	33	43	+ 5
Pertussis	31	47	67	0	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	32	46	6	330	- 284
Malnutrition	33	45	47	17	+ 28
Oral Cancer	34	40	38	31	+ 9
Liver Cancer	35	30	28	66	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	36	27	32	51	- 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	25	13	196	- 171
Drownings	38	24	39	31	- 7
Fires	39	22	48	16	+ 6
Epilepsy	40	21	37	32	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	21	31	52	- 31
Trypanosomiasis	42	20	75	0	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	43	20	34	41	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	44	20	41	24	- 5
Drug Use	45	19	44	19	+ 1
Skin Cancers	46	19	57	4	+ 15
Syphilis	47	19	61	0	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	48	19	26	69	- 50
Lymphomas	49	18	20	111	- 93
Poisonings	50	16	59	1	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	51	15	24	80	- 65
Skin Disease	52	12	36	39	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	19	114	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	11	49	11	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	55	11	27	68	- 57
Alcohol	56	11	42	23	- 12
Leukemia	57	10	29	62	- 53
Schistosomiasis	58	8	71	0	+ 8
Tetanus	59	5	65	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	60	4	54	6	- 2
Appendicitis	61	4	56	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	4	60	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	53	8	- 5
Other Neoplasms	64	3	51	10	- 7
War	65	2	46	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	58	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Gabon

Trinidad/Tob.

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.