GABON VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,099	5	896	+ 1,203
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,806	6	643	+ 1,163
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,501	3	1,019	+ 482
Violence	4	1,291	17	184	+ 1,107
Prostate Cancer	5	768	32	80	+ 688
Kidney Disease	6	689	12	384	+ 306
HIV/AIDS	7	658	2	1,128	- 470
Hypertension	8	566	11	412	+ 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	511	19	152	+ 359
Lung Cancers	10	411	29	87	+ 324
Lung Disease	11	393	16	215	+ 178
Road Traffic Accidents	12	386	8	518	- 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	379	37	43	+ 336
Breast Cancer	14	359	27	92	+ 267
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	342	4	966	- 624
Cervical Cancer	16	311	26	96	+ 215
Lymphomas	17	218	49	32	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	18	209	9	494	- 285
Stomach Cancer	19	200	48	32	+ 168
Endocrine Disorders	20	153	25	98	+ 55
Liver Disease	21	135	10	416	- 282
Skin Disease	22	126	52	22	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	23	121	15	285	- 165
Inflammatory/Heart	24	116	24	101	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	25	115	36	47	+ 68
Leukemia	26	112	57	17	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	27	103	53	21	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	28	92	55	19	+ 73
Liver Cancer	29	88	35	53	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	30	84	51	27	+ 58
Other Injuries	31	79	22	140	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	72	41	36	+ 35
Falls	33	71	30	84	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	34	64	44	35	+ 30
Suicide	35	61	18	183	- 122
Asthma	36	57	28	90	- 34
Birth Trauma	37	57	13	362	- 306
Bladder Cancer	38	52	43	35	+ 17
Oral Cancer	39	51	34	69	- 18
Malnutrition	40	41	33	78	- 36
Epilepsy	41	40	40	37	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	30	14	318	- 288
Maternal Conditions	43	30	21	145	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	23	54	20	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	45	16	64	5	+ 11
Fires	46	14	39	39	- 25
Meningitis	47	14	23	113	- 100
Drug Use	48	11	45	34	- 22
Encephalitis	49	11	60	7	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	63	6	+ 4
Drownings	51	9	38	42	- 33
Skin Cancers	52	9	46	34	- 25
Appendicitis	53	8	61	7	+ 1
Tuberculosis	54	7	1	1,819	- 1,812
Alcohol	55	6	56	19	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	67	2	+ 1
Poisonings	57	2	50	28	- 26
Dengue	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	62	7	- 6
Syphilis	60	1	47	33	- 32
War	61	0	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	62	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	59	8	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	31	81	- 81
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	20	146	- 146
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Jamaica

Gabon

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.