GABON VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NIGER		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,966	4	966	+ 1,000
Malaria	2	1,586	7	540	+ 1,047
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,494	14	318	+ 1,176
Low Birth Weight	4	891	9	494	+ 397
Stroke	5	812	5	896	- 84
Coronary Heart Disease	6	767	3	1,019	- 252
Birth Trauma	7	748	13	362	+ 386
Road Traffic Accidents	8	554	8	518	+ 36
Meningitis	9	488	23	113	+ 375
Congenital Anomalies	10	405	15	285	+ 120
Liver Disease	11	384	10	416	- 33
Other Injuries	12	357	22	140	+ 217
Tuberculosis	13	345	1	1,819	- 1,474
Maternal Conditions	14	309	21	145	+ 164
Pertussis	15	266	31	81	+ 185
Kidney Disease	16	255	12	384	- 129
Diabetes Mellitus	17	245	6	643	- 398
Measles	18	225	20	146	+ 79
Violence	19	209	17	184	+ 25
Lung Disease	20	202	16	215	- 13
Malnutrition	21	202	33	78	+ 125
Asthma	22	177	28	90	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	23	168	25	98	+ 70
Drownings	24	147	38	42	+ 106
Hypertension	25	126	11	412	- 286
Falls	26	121	30	84	+ 36
Suicide	27	114	18	183	- 68
Fires	28	104	39	39	+ 66
Breast Cancer	29	100	27	92	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	30	98	2	1,128	- 1,030
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	97	41	36	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	80	19	152	- 72
Poisonings	33	72	50	28	+ 44
Inflammatory/Heart	34	72	24	101	- 30
Liver Cancer	35	69	35	53	+ 17
Epilepsy	36	63	40	37	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	49	37	43	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	38	45	26	96	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	44	54	20	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	40	40	51	27	+ 13
War	41	38	65	3	+ 35
Tetanus	42	35	59	8	+ 26
Lymphomas	43	33	49	32	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	44	28	48	32	- 4
Skin Cancers	45	27	46	34	- 7
Hepatitis B	46	26	62	7	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	47	26	36	47	- 22
Leukemia	48	24	57	17	+ 7
Oral Cancer	49	23	34	69	- 47
Schistosomiasis	50	22	58	14	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	51	22	76	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	52	20	52	22	- 2
Bladder Cancer	53	15	43	35	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	54	13	53	21	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	55	12	44	35	- 22
Appendicitis	56	12	61	7	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	57	12	32	80	- 68
Drug Use	58	12	45	34	- 22
Ascariasis	59	12	70	0	+ 11
Alcohol	60	11	56	19	- 8
Encephalitis	61	10	60	7	+ 3
Syphilis	62	10	47	33	- 23
Upper Respiratory	63	9	66	3	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	64	8	55	19	- 11
Diphtheria	65	6	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	4	68	1	+ 3
Lung Cancers	67	4	29	87	- 83
Other Neoplasms	68	2	64	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	67	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	63	6	- 5
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Niger

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.