GABON VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,564	2	1,128	+ 1,436
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,282	4	966	+ 317
Tuberculosis	3	1,240	1	1,819	- 579
Stroke	4	1,167	5	896	+ 271
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,069	3	1,019	+ 50
Road Traffic Accidents	6	760	8	518	+ 242
Diabetes Mellitus	7	634	6	643	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	565	14	318	+ 246
Low Birth Weight	9	452	9	494	- 43
Lung Disease	10	404	16	215	+ 189
Violence	11	394	17	184	+ 210
Hypertension	12	375	11	412	- 37
Birth Trauma	13	302	13	362	- 61
Liver Disease	14	294	10	416	- 123
Kidney Disease	15	282	12	384	- 102
Congenital Anomalies	16	248	15	285	- 37
Suicide	17	213	18	183	+ 30
Malnutrition	18	196	33	78	+ 118
Other Injuries	19	181	22	140	+ 41
Asthma	20	176	28	90	+ 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	154	19	152	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	22	142	24	101	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	23	116	26	96	+ 20
Breast Cancer	24	106	27	92	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	25	96	21	145	- 49
Drownings	26	96	38	42	+ 54
Meningitis	27	95	23	113	- 18
Fires	28	95	39	39	+ 57
Skin Cancers	29	94	46	34	+ 61
Oral Cancer	30	87	34	69	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	31	83	32	80	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	66	41	36	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	33	64	25	98	- 34
Falls	34	54	30	84	- 30
Lung Cancers	35	51	29	87	- 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	48	37	43	+ 5
Pertussis	37	47	31	81	- 34
Epilepsy	38	43	40	37	+ 6
Poisonings	39	41	50	28	+ 13
Lymphomas	40	40	49	32	+ 8
Liver Cancer	41	39	35	53	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	42	38	36	47	- 9
Syphilis	43	30	47	33	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	29	54	20	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	45	29	48	32	- 4
Drug Use	46	28	45	34	- 6
Skin Disease	47	27	52	22	+ 5
Alcohol	48	25	56	19	+ 5
Leukemia	49	21	57	17	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	50	20	51	27	- 6
Malaria	51	19	7	540	- 521
Oesophagus Cancer	52	18	44	35	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	53	15	53	21	- 5
Bladder Cancer	54	14	43	35	- 21
Schistosomiasis	55	12	58	14	- 2
Uterin Cancer	56	10	55	19	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	8	63	6	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	8	61	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	7	60	7	- 0
Other Neoplasms	60	7	64	5	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	6	66	3	+ 3
Tetanus	62	5	59	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	4	62	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	67	2	+ 0
Measles	65	2	20	146	- 144
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
War	67	0	65	3	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Namibia

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.