GABON VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,752	5	896	+ 1,855
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,173	3	1,019	+ 1,154
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,040	6	643	+ 1,398
Kidney Disease	4	1,164	12	384	+ 781
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	960	4	966	- 6
Prostate Cancer	6	822	32	80	+ 743
Road Traffic Accidents	7	797	8	518	+ 279
Lung Disease	8	772	16	215	+ 557
Hypertension	9	767	11	412	+ 354
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	695	19	152	+ 544
Violence	11	541	17	184	+ 357
Liver Disease	12	509	10	416	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	13	460	24	101	+ 359
Breast Cancer	14	372	27	92	+ 280
Stomach Cancer	15	320	48	32	+ 288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	308	37	43	+ 265
Endocrine Disorders	17	295	25	98	+ 197
Lung Cancers	18	273	29	87	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	19	251	9	494	- 243
Skin Disease	20	236	52	22	+ 215
Other Injuries	21	215	22	140	+ 76
Suicide	22	210	18	183	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	23	203	36	47	+ 155
Lymphomas	24	191	49	32	+ 159
Cervical Cancer	25	173	26	96	+ 77
Falls	26	154	30	84	+ 69
Asthma	27	140	28	90	+ 50
Drownings	28	136	38	42	+ 94
Alcohol	29	135	56	19	+ 116
Congenital Anomalies	30	118	15	285	- 167
Pancreas Cancer	31	118	53	21	+ 97
Epilepsy	32	104	40	37	+ 67
Malnutrition	33	96	33	78	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	78	41	36	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	67	14	318	- 251
Leukemia	36	65	57	17	+ 48
Liver Cancer	37	59	35	53	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	58	54	20	+ 38
Fires	39	48	39	39	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	40	46	44	35	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	41	46	51	27	+ 19
Birth Trauma	42	45	13	362	- 317
Oral Cancer	43	45	34	69	- 24
Tuberculosis	44	43	1	1,819	- 1,776
Uterin Cancer	45	30	55	19	+ 10
Drug Use	46	28	45	34	- 6
Maternal Conditions	47	27	21	145	- 118
Other Neoplasms	48	27	64	5	+ 21
Meningitis	49	21	23	113	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	19	63	6	+ 13
Appendicitis	51	16	61	7	+ 10
Encephalitis	52	16	60	7	+ 9
Dengue	53	9	73	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	67	2	+ 5
Poisonings	55	4	50	28	- 24
Tetanus	56	3	59	8	- 5
Syphilis	57	3	47	33	- 30
War	58	2	65	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	59	2	66	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	62	7	- 6
Schistosomiasis	61	1	58	14	- 13
Chlamydia	62	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	31	81	- 81
Ascariasis	64	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	34	- 34
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	43	35	- 35
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	81	0	7	540	- 540
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Saint Lucia

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.