GABON VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,249	1	1,819	- 570
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,216	4	966	+ 250
Measles	3	1,153	20	146	+ 1,007
Malaria	4	1,096	7	540	+ 556
Road Traffic Accidents	5	867	8	518	+ 349
HIV/AIDS	6	867	2	1,128	- 261
Coronary Heart Disease	7	851	3	1,019	- 168
Low Birth Weight	8	746	9	494	+ 251
Birth Trauma	9	723	13	362	+ 361
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	719	14	318	+ 401
Stroke	11	713	5	896	- 184
Maternal Conditions	12	393	21	145	+ 247
Liver Disease	13	388	10	416	- 29
Congenital Anomalies	14	376	15	285	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	15	294	6	643	- 349
Kidney Disease	16	275	12	384	- 109
Meningitis	17	249	23	113	+ 136
Violence	18	215	17	184	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	19	214	26	96	+ 118
Liver Cancer	20	198	35	53	+ 146
Syphilis	21	178	47	33	+ 145
Other Injuries	22	172	22	140	+ 32
Hypertension	23	167	11	412	- 245
Malnutrition	24	160	33	78	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	25	134	32	80	+ 55
Lung Disease	26	133	16	215	- 83
Breast Cancer	27	111	27	92	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	28	111	25	98	+ 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	106	19	152	- 46
Suicide	30	99	18	183	- 83
Asthma	31	90	28	90	- 0
Pertussis	32	89	31	81	+ 8
Falls	33	70	30	84	- 14
Fires	34	69	39	39	+ 31
Drownings	35	57	38	42	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	57	41	36	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	37	55	48	32	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	38	52	24	101	- 49
Lymphomas	39	42	49	32	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	40	37	43	- 3
Poisonings	41	37	50	28	+ 9
Epilepsy	42	37	40	37	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	43	33	36	47	- 15
Lung Cancers	44	30	29	87	- 57
Schistosomiasis	45	23	58	14	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	23	46	34	- 11
Ovary Cancer	47	23	51	27	- 4
Oral Cancer	48	23	34	69	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	23	54	20	+ 3
Drug Use	50	19	45	34	- 15
Skin Disease	51	19	52	22	- 3
Hepatitis B	52	18	62	7	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	53	17	53	21	- 4
Tetanus	54	14	59	8	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	55	13	55	19	- 7
Encephalitis	56	12	60	7	+ 5
Alcohol	57	11	56	19	- 8
Leukemia	58	10	57	17	- 6
Bladder Cancer	59	9	43	35	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	60	7	44	35	- 28
Appendicitis	61	6	61	7	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	3	64	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	67	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	2	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	3	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
War	70	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Liberia

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.