GABON VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,041	3	1,019	+ 22
Diabetes Mellitus	2	441	6	643	- 201
Stroke	3	245	5	896	- 651
Road Traffic Accidents	4	198	8	518	- 320
Liver Disease	5	195	10	416	- 222
Kidney Disease	6	172	12	384	- 211
Suicide	7	159	18	183	- 24
Falls	8	124	30	84	+ 39
Other Injuries	9	110	22	140	- 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	104	4	966	- 862
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	80	37	43	+ 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	72	19	152	- 80
Lung Cancers	13	70	29	87	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	14	67	15	285	- 218
Lung Disease	15	66	16	215	- 149
Leukemia	16	55	57	17	+ 38
Breast Cancer	17	51	27	92	- 42
Lymphomas	18	47	49	32	+ 15
Drownings	19	43	38	42	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	20	43	9	494	- 451
Liver Cancer	21	43	35	53	- 10
Fires	22	41	39	39	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	23	40	48	32	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	24	38	25	98	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	25	31	24	101	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	26	27	36	47	- 20
Bladder Cancer	27	26	43	35	- 9
Hypertension	28	25	11	412	- 387
Oral Cancer	29	24	34	69	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	30	24	53	21	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	31	17	32	80	- 63
Ovary Cancer	32	16	51	27	- 10
Skin Disease	33	15	52	22	- 6
Violence	34	13	17	184	- 170
Epilepsy	35	13	40	37	- 24
Cervical Cancer	36	12	26	96	- 84
Oesophagus Cancer	37	12	44	35	- 22
Birth Trauma	38	12	13	362	- 350
Drug Use	39	12	45	34	- 22
Asthma	40	10	28	90	- 81
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	10	14	318	- 309
Poisonings	42	9	50	28	- 19
Skin Cancers	43	8	46	34	- 26
Tuberculosis	44	8	1	1,819	- 1,811
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	54	20	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	7	41	36	- 29
Meningitis	47	7	23	113	- 106
Alcohol	48	7	56	19	- 13
Uterin Cancer	49	6	55	19	- 13
Encephalitis	50	5	60	7	- 2
Other Neoplasms	51	3	64	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	52	2	21	145	- 143
Syphilis	53	2	47	33	- 30
Pertussis	54	2	31	81	- 79
Multiple Sclerosis	55	2	67	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	56	2	62	7	- 5
Appendicitis	57	1	61	7	- 5
Malnutrition	58	1	33	78	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	0	63	6	- 6
Tetanus	60	0	59	8	- 8
War	61	0	65	3	- 2
Dengue	62	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	20	146	- 146
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	58	14	- 14
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
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Qatar

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.