ZAMBIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	15,410	6	5,941	+ 9,469
HIV/AIDS	2	9,556	1	17,234	- 7,678
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,632	10	4,432	+ 4,200
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,182	2	9,517	- 1,335
Stroke	5	7,594	3	7,948	- 354
Diabetes Mellitus	6	5,445	14	2,395	+ 3,050
Malaria	7	4,573	4	7,882	- 3,309
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,391	11	3,654	+ 737
Low Birth Weight	9	4,189	8	4,857	- 668
Liver Disease	10	3,528	9	4,501	- 972
Hypertension	11	3,492	13	2,616	+ 876
Kidney Disease	12	3,250	18	1,760	+ 1,489
Birth Trauma	13	3,071	7	5,062	- 1,991
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	2,696	5	6,275	- 3,580
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,417	12	3,146	- 729
Lung Disease	16	1,822	21	1,273	+ 550
Violence	17	1,556	23	1,153	+ 403
Suicide	18	1,547	20	1,303	+ 245
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,284	29	590	+ 694
Measles	20	1,237	61	48	+ 1,189
Maternal Conditions	21	1,231	22	1,188	+ 43
Other Injuries	22	1,183	19	1,729	- 546
Meningitis	23	958	16	1,976	- 1,018
Inflammatory/Heart	24	858	33	501	+ 357
Endocrine Disorders	25	831	37	354	+ 477
Cervical Cancer	26	815	17	1,799	- 984
Breast Cancer	27	782	35	366	+ 416
Asthma	28	766	26	741	+ 25
Lung Cancers	29	739	41	226	+ 513
Falls	30	715	28	596	+ 119
Pertussis	31	688	25	743	- 55
Prostate Cancer	32	674	30	561	+ 113
Malnutrition	33	658	15	2,303	- 1,645
Oral Cancer	34	587	48	155	+ 431
Liver Cancer	35	446	46	177	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	36	400	47	164	+ 236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	365	43	203	+ 162
Drownings	38	354	27	689	- 335
Fires	39	327	32	546	- 220
Epilepsy	40	314	38	332	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	308	40	246	+ 63
Trypanosomiasis	42	299	72	3	+ 296
Bladder Cancer	43	295	50	132	+ 163
Oesophagus Cancer	44	293	36	359	- 66
Drug Use	45	287	53	122	+ 164
Skin Cancers	46	286	54	108	+ 178
Syphilis	47	277	24	885	- 607
Stomach Cancer	48	275	42	206	+ 68
Lymphomas	49	269	31	548	- 279
Poisonings	50	237	34	456	- 220
Ovary Cancer	51	225	57	82	+ 142
Skin Disease	52	183	52	126	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	53	175	62	42	+ 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	168	45	190	- 21
Uterin Cancer	55	164	64	30	+ 134
Alcohol	56	164	49	140	+ 24
Leukemia	57	143	39	261	- 118
Schistosomiasis	58	117	51	128	- 11
Tetanus	59	72	44	190	- 118
Encephalitis	60	61	59	70	- 9
Appendicitis	61	56	56	84	- 28
Hepatitis B	62	56	55	104	- 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	53	63	30	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	64	45	65	20	+ 25
War	65	23	69	6	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	66	22	60	68	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	67	14	67	13	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	9	66	18	- 9
Diphtheria	69	3	73	3	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	3	68	9	- 6
Chlamydia	71	2	71	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	70	5	- 3
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	58	72	- 72
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Gabon

Zambia

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.