GABON VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,670	3	1,019	+ 652
Stroke	2	1,245	5	896	+ 349
Lung Disease	3	1,109	16	215	+ 894
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,108	6	643	+ 465
Tuberculosis	5	970	1	1,819	- 849
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	634	4	966	- 332
Malaria	7	598	7	540	+ 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	561	14	318	+ 243
Asthma	9	450	28	90	+ 360
Low Birth Weight	10	406	9	494	- 88
Birth Trauma	11	367	13	362	+ 5
Road Traffic Accidents	12	270	8	518	- 248
Hypertension	13	268	11	412	- 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	262	54	20	+ 242
Violence	15	237	17	184	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	16	232	15	285	- 53
Breast Cancer	17	187	27	92	+ 94
Kidney Disease	18	168	12	384	- 216
Cervical Cancer	19	162	26	96	+ 66
Other Injuries	20	158	22	140	+ 18
Liver Cancer	21	157	35	53	+ 105
Liver Disease	22	153	10	416	- 264
Lung Cancers	23	152	29	87	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	24	149	2	1,128	- 979
Oral Cancer	25	142	34	69	+ 73
Falls	26	123	30	84	+ 38
Fires	27	119	39	39	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	28	109	48	32	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	109	37	43	+ 66
Maternal Conditions	30	103	21	145	- 42
Skin Cancers	31	102	46	34	+ 68
Lymphomas	32	86	49	32	+ 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	84	19	152	- 68
Meningitis	34	79	23	113	- 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	74	41	36	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	36	70	32	80	- 10
Suicide	37	63	18	183	- 119
Leukemia	38	62	57	17	+ 45
Pertussis	39	61	31	81	- 21
Drownings	40	59	38	42	+ 17
Measles	41	58	20	146	- 88
Syphilis	42	57	47	33	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	43	56	24	101	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	44	49	44	35	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	45	45	36	47	- 2
Ovary Cancer	46	44	51	27	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	47	37	25	98	- 61
Malnutrition	48	33	33	78	- 45
Skin Disease	49	31	52	22	+ 9
Poisonings	50	30	50	28	+ 2
Epilepsy	51	27	40	37	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	52	26	53	21	+ 5
Alcohol	53	23	56	19	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	54	20	43	35	- 15
Uterin Cancer	55	20	55	19	+ 0
Tetanus	56	12	59	8	+ 3
Encephalitis	57	7	60	7	+ 0
Hepatitis B	58	7	62	7	+ 0
Appendicitis	59	5	61	7	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	4	64	5	- 2
Drug Use	61	3	45	34	- 31
Hepatitis C	62	2	68	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	2	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	63	6	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	67	2	- 0
Diphtheria	67	1	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	66	3	- 2
War	69	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	58	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	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

New Guinea

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.