GABON VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,763	3	1,019	+ 3,744
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,025	6	643	+ 2,382
Stroke	3	2,936	5	896	+ 2,040
Kidney Disease	4	1,386	12	384	+ 1,003
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,276	4	966	+ 310
Lung Disease	6	1,016	16	215	+ 801
Suicide	7	792	18	183	+ 609
Hypertension	8	668	11	412	+ 256
Liver Disease	9	584	10	416	+ 168
Lung Cancers	10	565	29	87	+ 478
Drownings	11	425	38	42	+ 383
Breast Cancer	12	419	27	92	+ 326
Asthma	13	392	28	90	+ 302
Low Birth Weight	14	369	9	494	- 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	338	54	20	+ 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	331	14	318	+ 13
Other Injuries	17	328	22	140	+ 188
Congenital Anomalies	18	327	15	285	+ 42
Tuberculosis	19	308	1	1,819	- 1,511
Stomach Cancer	20	289	48	32	+ 257
Birth Trauma	21	267	13	362	- 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	208	37	43	+ 165
Cervical Cancer	23	205	26	96	+ 109
Liver Cancer	24	201	35	53	+ 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	163	41	36	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	161	19	152	+ 9
Falls	27	152	30	84	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	28	149	24	101	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	29	136	32	80	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	30	131	25	98	+ 33
Violence	31	130	17	184	- 54
Leukemia	32	124	57	17	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	33	115	36	47	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	34	90	21	145	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	35	89	53	21	+ 69
Lymphomas	36	89	49	32	+ 57
Pertussis	37	87	31	81	+ 6
Oral Cancer	38	83	34	69	+ 14
Meningitis	39	79	23	113	- 34
Syphilis	40	74	47	33	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	41	71	55	19	+ 51
Skin Disease	42	68	52	22	+ 46
Epilepsy	43	67	40	37	+ 30
Malnutrition	44	65	33	78	- 12
Ovary Cancer	45	57	51	27	+ 30
Alcohol	46	56	56	19	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	47	54	44	35	+ 19
Fires	48	50	39	39	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	49	38	43	35	+ 4
Poisonings	50	25	50	28	- 3
Skin Cancers	51	22	46	34	- 11
Drug Use	52	15	45	34	- 19
Encephalitis	53	15	60	7	+ 7
Appendicitis	54	11	61	7	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	55	9	64	5	+ 4
Measles	56	9	20	146	- 137
Hepatitis B	57	7	62	7	+ 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	4	8	518	- 514
Tetanus	59	4	59	8	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	63	6	- 3
Dengue	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	70	0	+ 0
War	66	0	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	79	0	58	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Micronesia

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.