GABON VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,254	2	1,128	+ 4,126
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,543	4	966	+ 2,577
Stroke	3	3,105	5	896	+ 2,208
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,595	14	318	+ 2,276
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,316	3	1,019	+ 1,297
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,204	6	643	+ 1,561
Suicide	7	1,697	18	183	+ 1,514
Tuberculosis	8	1,332	1	1,819	- 487
Lung Disease	9	1,214	16	215	+ 999
Kidney Disease	10	1,118	12	384	+ 735
Hypertension	11	1,091	11	412	+ 679
Low Birth Weight	12	1,055	9	494	+ 560
Violence	13	1,018	17	184	+ 835
Liver Disease	14	873	10	416	+ 456
Birth Trauma	15	791	13	362	+ 428
Road Traffic Accidents	16	748	8	518	+ 229
Asthma	17	747	28	90	+ 657
Other Injuries	18	587	22	140	+ 448
Congenital Anomalies	19	429	15	285	+ 144
Cervical Cancer	20	410	26	96	+ 314
Malnutrition	21	394	33	78	+ 316
Meningitis	22	350	23	113	+ 237
Inflammatory/Heart	23	336	24	101	+ 235
Maternal Conditions	24	322	21	145	+ 177
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	307	41	36	+ 271
Fires	26	296	39	39	+ 258
Endocrine Disorders	27	259	25	98	+ 161
Drownings	28	220	38	42	+ 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	214	19	152	+ 63
Epilepsy	30	158	40	37	+ 121
Falls	31	141	30	84	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	138	54	20	+ 118
Poisonings	33	122	50	28	+ 95
Breast Cancer	34	107	27	92	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	35	89	32	80	+ 9
Lymphomas	36	86	49	32	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	37	81	44	35	+ 46
Alcohol	38	78	56	19	+ 59
Liver Cancer	39	78	35	53	+ 25
Skin Disease	40	77	52	22	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	41	60	36	47	+ 13
Oral Cancer	42	57	34	69	- 12
Lung Cancers	43	56	29	87	- 31
Pertussis	44	56	31	81	- 25
Syphilis	45	56	47	33	+ 23
Skin Cancers	46	51	46	34	+ 17
Tetanus	47	50	59	8	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	44	37	43	+ 1
Leukemia	49	43	57	17	+ 26
Drug Use	50	35	45	34	+ 1
Hepatitis B	51	29	62	7	+ 23
Appendicitis	52	27	61	7	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	53	27	51	27	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	54	26	55	19	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	55	20	66	3	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	20	63	6	+ 14
Encephalitis	57	15	60	7	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	13	53	21	- 7
Measles	59	13	20	146	- 133
Stomach Cancer	60	12	48	32	- 21
Bladder Cancer	61	11	43	35	- 24
Other Neoplasms	62	10	64	5	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	67	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	540	- 540
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Lesotho

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.