GABON VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,150	4	966	+ 1,184
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,501	14	318	+ 1,183
Tuberculosis	3	1,320	1	1,819	- 498
Malaria	4	1,047	7	540	+ 507
Birth Trauma	5	1,039	13	362	+ 676
Low Birth Weight	6	995	9	494	+ 501
Coronary Heart Disease	7	636	3	1,019	- 382
Stroke	8	599	5	896	- 298
Congenital Anomalies	9	515	15	285	+ 230
HIV/AIDS	10	458	2	1,128	- 670
Meningitis	11	453	23	113	+ 340
Road Traffic Accidents	12	432	8	518	- 86
Liver Disease	13	397	10	416	- 19
Measles	14	305	20	146	+ 159
Maternal Conditions	15	244	21	145	+ 99
Pertussis	16	241	31	81	+ 160
Other Injuries	17	235	22	140	+ 96
Diabetes Mellitus	18	233	6	643	- 409
Violence	19	191	17	184	+ 7
Kidney Disease	20	189	12	384	- 195
Endocrine Disorders	21	164	25	98	+ 66
Lung Disease	22	130	16	215	- 85
Breast Cancer	23	123	27	92	+ 31
Hypertension	24	111	11	412	- 301
Cervical Cancer	25	110	26	96	+ 13
Tetanus	26	87	59	8	+ 78
Asthma	27	85	28	90	- 5
Falls	28	78	30	84	- 6
Fires	29	74	39	39	+ 35
Suicide	30	73	18	183	- 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	70	19	152	- 81
Drownings	32	68	38	42	+ 27
Poisonings	33	68	50	28	+ 40
Drug Use	34	65	45	34	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	35	61	32	80	- 18
Malnutrition	36	61	33	78	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	61	41	36	+ 24
Syphilis	38	57	47	33	+ 24
Liver Cancer	39	55	35	53	+ 2
Lymphomas	40	54	49	32	+ 22
Epilepsy	41	52	40	37	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	42	50	24	101	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	43	37	43	- 0
Diphtheria	44	39	69	0	+ 39
War	45	34	65	3	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	46	26	36	47	- 22
Leukemia	47	23	57	17	+ 7
Oral Cancer	48	23	34	69	- 46
Ovary Cancer	49	22	51	27	- 4
Stomach Cancer	50	22	48	32	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	51	20	53	21	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	20	54	20	+ 0
Skin Cancers	53	20	46	34	- 14
Schistosomiasis	54	16	58	14	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	15	62	7	+ 9
Skin Disease	56	15	52	22	- 6
Lung Cancers	57	13	29	87	- 74
Alcohol	58	11	56	19	- 9
Encephalitis	59	10	60	7	+ 3
Appendicitis	60	8	61	7	+ 1
Ascariasis	61	7	70	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	62	7	55	19	- 12
Bladder Cancer	63	7	43	35	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	64	6	44	35	- 29
Hepatitis C	65	3	68	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	3	64	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	3	66	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	67	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	2	63	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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

Nigeria

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.