GABON VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,609	3	1,019	+ 1,590
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,668	4	966	+ 702
Stroke	3	1,534	5	896	+ 637
Road Traffic Accidents	4	510	8	518	- 8
Lung Disease	5	471	16	215	+ 256
Kidney Disease	6	471	12	384	+ 87
Liver Disease	7	364	10	416	- 52
Lung Cancers	8	307	29	87	+ 220
Diabetes Mellitus	9	292	6	643	- 351
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	284	19	152	+ 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	272	37	43	+ 229
Breast Cancer	12	218	27	92	+ 126
HIV/AIDS	13	190	2	1,128	- 938
Other Injuries	14	158	22	140	+ 18
Skin Disease	15	147	52	22	+ 125
Liver Cancer	16	141	35	53	+ 88
Oral Cancer	17	132	34	69	+ 63
Falls	18	132	30	84	+ 47
Suicide	19	130	18	183	- 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	126	14	318	- 192
Stomach Cancer	21	102	48	32	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	101	41	36	+ 65
Leukemia	23	100	57	17	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	24	100	15	285	- 186
Lymphomas	25	94	49	32	+ 62
Tuberculosis	26	87	1	1,819	- 1,732
Inflammatory/Heart	27	86	24	101	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	28	79	36	47	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	29	72	9	494	- 422
Asthma	30	72	28	90	- 18
Cervical Cancer	31	72	26	96	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	32	71	53	21	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	33	64	32	80	- 15
Violence	34	62	17	184	- 122
Ovary Cancer	35	59	51	27	+ 32
Drownings	36	58	38	42	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	37	57	25	98	- 41
Hypertension	38	46	11	412	- 366
Bladder Cancer	39	33	43	35	- 2
Encephalitis	40	32	60	7	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	41	31	44	35	- 4
Birth Trauma	42	25	13	362	- 337
Uterin Cancer	43	25	55	19	+ 6
Fires	44	24	39	39	- 15
Drug Use	45	23	45	34	- 11
Meningitis	46	21	23	113	- 92
Dengue	47	20	73	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	48	19	64	5	+ 13
Malnutrition	49	18	33	78	- 60
Skin Cancers	50	18	46	34	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	17	54	20	- 2
Epilepsy	52	16	40	37	- 21
Poisonings	53	15	50	28	- 13
Hepatitis B	54	15	62	7	+ 8
Alcohol	55	13	56	19	- 6
Maternal Conditions	56	12	21	145	- 133
Pertussis	57	6	31	81	- 76
Appendicitis	58	5	61	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	67	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	63	6	- 4
Tetanus	61	2	59	8	- 7
Syphilis	62	1	47	33	- 31
War	63	1	65	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	20	146	- 146
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	42	35	- 35
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Malaysia

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.