URUGUAY VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	GABON		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,538	41	81	+ 2,457
HIV/AIDS	2	1,574	28	195	+ 1,379
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,422	1	4,265	- 2,843
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,347	6	1,370	- 23
Stroke	5	1,251	2	2,850	- 1,599
Diabetes Mellitus	6	897	11	747	+ 149
Malaria	7	753	79	0	+ 753
Road Traffic Accidents	8	723	16	512	+ 212
Low Birth Weight	9	690	42	73	+ 616
Liver Disease	10	581	27	206	+ 375
Hypertension	11	575	15	648	- 73
Kidney Disease	12	535	8	1,040	- 505
Birth Trauma	13	506	53	22	+ 484
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	444	35	134	+ 310
Congenital Anomalies	15	398	30	170	+ 228
Lung Disease	16	300	4	1,706	- 1,406
Violence	17	256	23	295	- 39
Suicide	18	255	12	735	- 481
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	211	3	1,899	- 1,687
Measles	20	204	74	0	+ 204
Maternal Conditions	21	203	60	9	+ 194
Other Injuries	22	195	10	774	- 579
Meningitis	23	158	58	10	+ 147
Inflammatory/Heart	24	141	22	314	- 173
Endocrine Disorders	25	137	17	487	- 350
Cervical Cancer	26	134	29	172	- 38
Breast Cancer	27	129	9	848	- 719
Asthma	28	126	37	127	- 1
Lung Cancers	29	122	5	1,463	- 1,341
Falls	30	118	47	55	+ 63
Pertussis	31	113	72	0	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	32	111	13	707	- 596
Malnutrition	33	108	43	73	+ 35
Oral Cancer	34	97	31	167	- 71
Liver Cancer	35	73	34	147	- 74
Parkinson's Disease	36	66	21	320	- 254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	60	7	1,245	- 1,185
Drownings	38	58	45	65	- 6
Fires	39	54	48	54	- 1
Epilepsy	40	52	40	86	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	51	46	57	- 6
Trypanosomiasis	42	49	76	0	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	43	49	26	276	- 228
Oesophagus Cancer	44	48	24	286	- 238
Drug Use	45	47	49	41	+ 7
Skin Cancers	46	47	33	149	- 102
Syphilis	47	46	66	3	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	48	45	18	480	- 435
Lymphomas	49	44	20	457	- 413
Poisonings	50	39	55	17	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	51	37	32	160	- 123
Skin Disease	52	30	36	130	- 100
Pancreas Cancer	53	29	14	656	- 627
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	28	50	39	- 11
Uterin Cancer	55	27	38	115	- 88
Alcohol	56	27	39	104	- 78
Leukemia	57	24	25	280	- 257
Schistosomiasis	58	19	77	0	+ 19
Tetanus	59	12	71	0	+ 11
Encephalitis	60	10	64	4	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	9	59	9	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	9	63	4	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	51	35	- 26
Other Neoplasms	64	7	19	464	- 456
War	65	4	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	5	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	13	- 11
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Leprosy	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	86	0	52	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Gabon

Uruguay

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.