UGANDA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	36,513	10	7,255	+ 29,259
HIV/AIDS	2	22,643	1	21,188	+ 1,455
Coronary Heart Disease	3	20,453	9	8,784	+ 11,668
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	19,387	2	18,865	+ 523
Stroke	5	17,993	6	11,181	+ 6,812
Diabetes Mellitus	6	12,901	14	4,794	+ 8,106
Malaria	7	10,836	3	13,576	- 2,740
Road Traffic Accidents	8	10,405	4	13,012	- 2,607
Low Birth Weight	9	9,925	8	9,673	+ 252
Liver Disease	10	8,361	13	5,122	+ 3,239
Hypertension	11	8,275	21	3,120	+ 5,154
Kidney Disease	12	7,700	19	3,168	+ 4,532
Birth Trauma	13	7,276	7	10,405	- 3,129
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	6,387	5	12,103	- 5,716
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,727	11	6,641	- 913
Lung Disease	16	4,318	22	3,051	+ 1,267
Violence	17	3,688	12	6,175	- 2,487
Suicide	18	3,666	24	2,033	+ 1,633
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	3,041	30	1,286	+ 1,755
Measles	20	2,932	51	343	+ 2,588
Maternal Conditions	21	2,916	17	3,641	- 726
Other Injuries	22	2,803	20	3,130	- 327
Meningitis	23	2,269	16	3,718	- 1,449
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,033	37	859	+ 1,174
Endocrine Disorders	25	1,969	38	761	+ 1,208
Cervical Cancer	26	1,931	15	4,378	- 2,447
Breast Cancer	27	1,852	32	1,128	+ 724
Asthma	28	1,815	27	1,745	+ 70
Lung Cancers	29	1,750	46	441	+ 1,309
Falls	30	1,695	33	1,127	+ 569
Pertussis	31	1,630	25	1,909	- 279
Prostate Cancer	32	1,598	34	950	+ 648
Malnutrition	33	1,559	18	3,317	- 1,758
Oral Cancer	34	1,390	40	731	+ 659
Liver Cancer	35	1,057	29	1,522	- 466
Parkinson's Disease	36	947	48	351	+ 596
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	864	35	919	- 54
Drownings	38	838	31	1,238	- 399
Fires	39	774	36	872	- 98
Epilepsy	40	745	43	599	+ 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	730	41	687	+ 44
Trypanosomiasis	42	709	65	50	+ 659
Bladder Cancer	43	699	59	181	+ 518
Oesophagus Cancer	44	694	28	1,674	- 981
Drug Use	45	679	57	233	+ 446
Skin Cancers	46	678	49	349	+ 329
Syphilis	47	657	23	2,235	- 1,578
Stomach Cancer	48	650	45	515	+ 136
Lymphomas	49	637	26	1,762	- 1,124
Poisonings	50	561	39	745	- 185
Ovary Cancer	51	533	44	519	+ 14
Skin Disease	52	433	55	242	+ 191
Pancreas Cancer	53	414	47	358	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	399	50	348	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	55	389	56	234	+ 155
Alcohol	56	388	54	256	+ 132
Leukemia	57	339	42	599	- 260
Schistosomiasis	58	278	52	286	- 7
Tetanus	59	169	53	271	- 101
Encephalitis	60	145	62	122	+ 23
Appendicitis	61	133	58	211	- 78
Hepatitis B	62	132	61	123	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	125	64	55	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	64	107	66	37	+ 70
War	65	55	63	88	- 32
Upper Respiratory	66	52	60	144	- 92
Multiple Sclerosis	67	33	69	16	+ 17
Hepatitis C	68	21	67	30	- 10
Diphtheria	69	7	72	11	- 4
Ascariasis	70	7	70	16	- 9
Chlamydia	71	6	73	6	- 0
Otitis Media	72	4	71	11	- 8
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	68	28	- 28
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	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	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Gabon

Uganda

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.