ZIMBABWE VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	12,706	16	1,999	+ 10,707
HIV/AIDS	2	7,880	1	19,988	- 12,109
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,117	3	8,493	- 1,375
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,747	2	10,779	- 4,033
Stroke	5	6,261	5	5,126	+ 1,135
Diabetes Mellitus	6	4,489	9	3,344	+ 1,146
Malaria	7	3,771	15	2,003	+ 1,768
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,621	4	6,037	- 2,416
Low Birth Weight	9	3,454	7	4,038	- 584
Liver Disease	10	2,909	17	1,941	+ 968
Hypertension	11	2,880	24	1,146	+ 1,734
Kidney Disease	12	2,680	12	2,214	+ 466
Birth Trauma	13	2,532	8	3,405	- 873
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	2,223	6	4,595	- 2,372
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,993	11	2,217	- 224
Lung Disease	16	1,503	23	1,163	+ 339
Violence	17	1,283	18	1,916	- 633
Suicide	18	1,276	13	2,069	- 793
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,058	31	768	+ 291
Measles	20	1,020	63	30	+ 990
Maternal Conditions	21	1,015	19	1,749	- 734
Other Injuries	22	975	20	1,656	- 680
Meningitis	23	790	22	1,325	- 536
Inflammatory/Heart	24	708	25	1,047	- 340
Endocrine Disorders	25	685	34	553	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	26	672	14	2,023	- 1,351
Breast Cancer	27	645	28	839	- 195
Asthma	28	632	21	1,531	- 899
Lung Cancers	29	609	43	286	+ 323
Falls	30	590	41	465	+ 125
Pertussis	31	567	42	419	+ 148
Prostate Cancer	32	556	32	628	- 72
Malnutrition	33	543	10	2,396	- 1,853
Oral Cancer	34	484	49	208	+ 276
Liver Cancer	35	368	38	510	- 142
Parkinson's Disease	36	330	46	226	+ 104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	301	40	505	- 204
Drownings	38	292	27	956	- 664
Fires	39	269	30	793	- 523
Epilepsy	40	259	39	508	- 249
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	254	35	548	- 294
Trypanosomiasis	42	247	71	2	+ 244
Bladder Cancer	43	243	54	125	+ 118
Oesophagus Cancer	44	241	29	801	- 560
Drug Use	45	236	48	213	+ 24
Skin Cancers	46	236	44	264	- 28
Syphilis	47	229	55	124	+ 104
Stomach Cancer	48	226	33	559	- 332
Lymphomas	49	222	26	960	- 738
Poisonings	50	195	37	515	- 320
Ovary Cancer	51	185	51	173	+ 12
Skin Disease	52	151	52	173	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	53	144	47	217	- 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	139	36	542	- 403
Uterin Cancer	55	135	50	182	- 47
Alcohol	56	135	61	48	+ 87
Leukemia	57	118	45	244	- 126
Schistosomiasis	58	97	53	172	- 75
Tetanus	59	59	57	102	- 43
Encephalitis	60	50	56	117	- 67
Appendicitis	61	46	58	66	- 20
Hepatitis B	62	46	60	57	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	44	64	26	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	64	37	62	37	+ 0
War	65	19	65	26	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	18	59	65	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	67	11	67	14	- 3
Hepatitis C	68	7	66	14	- 7
Diphtheria	69	2	72	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	2	70	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	2	69	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	68	3	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Gabon

Zimbabwe

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.