GABON VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,149	3	1,019	+ 1,130
Kidney Disease	2	1,299	12	384	+ 915
Stroke	3	818	5	896	- 78
Diabetes Mellitus	4	760	6	643	+ 118
Lung Disease	5	577	16	215	+ 362
Liver Disease	6	442	10	416	+ 26
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	423	4	966	- 542
Road Traffic Accidents	8	408	8	518	- 111
Hypertension	9	406	11	412	- 7
Violence	10	227	17	184	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	11	210	15	285	- 75
Liver Cancer	12	187	35	53	+ 134
Low Birth Weight	13	180	9	494	- 314
Stomach Cancer	14	176	48	32	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	15	142	32	80	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	16	138	26	96	+ 41
Other Injuries	17	131	22	140	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	116	37	43	+ 73
Suicide	19	105	18	183	- 78
Breast Cancer	20	104	27	92	+ 12
Alcohol	21	102	56	19	+ 83
Falls	22	102	30	84	+ 17
Lung Cancers	23	101	29	87	+ 14
Leukemia	24	83	57	17	+ 67
Birth Trauma	25	73	13	362	- 290
Other Neoplasms	26	71	64	5	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	27	65	53	21	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	28	60	25	98	- 38
Lymphomas	29	60	49	32	+ 28
Malnutrition	30	60	33	78	- 18
Skin Disease	31	59	52	22	+ 38
Drownings	32	58	38	42	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	55	19	152	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	34	51	24	101	- 50
HIV/AIDS	35	51	2	1,128	- 1,077
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	45	14	318	- 273
Tuberculosis	37	42	1	1,819	- 1,777
Asthma	38	39	28	90	- 52
Maternal Conditions	39	32	21	145	- 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	31	41	36	- 5
Epilepsy	41	27	40	37	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	42	25	36	47	- 23
Oral Cancer	43	24	34	69	- 46
Ovary Cancer	44	23	51	27	- 4
Skin Cancers	45	22	46	34	- 12
Drug Use	46	19	45	34	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	47	15	44	35	- 19
Uterin Cancer	48	14	55	19	- 5
Appendicitis	49	12	61	7	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	63	6	+ 5
Meningitis	51	11	23	113	- 102
Bladder Cancer	52	10	43	35	- 25
Anemia	53	10	82	0	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	54	20	- 13
Poisonings	55	6	50	28	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	85	0	+ 6
Fires	57	6	39	39	- 33
Encephalitis	58	4	60	7	- 3
Osteoarthritis	59	4	86	0	+ 4
Syphilis	60	3	47	33	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	67	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	62	7	- 5
Oral conditions	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	31	81	- 80
Hepatitis C	68	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
War	70	0	65	3	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	66	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	20	146	- 146
Tetanus	79	0	59	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	83	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	84	0	58	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Nicaragua

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.