GABON VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,997	4	966	+ 1,031
Malaria	2	1,837	7	540	+ 1,297
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,420	14	318	+ 1,102
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,084	3	1,019	+ 65
Stroke	5	1,014	5	896	+ 118
Birth Trauma	6	777	13	362	+ 415
Low Birth Weight	7	751	9	494	+ 257
Road Traffic Accidents	8	695	8	518	+ 177
HIV/AIDS	9	685	2	1,128	- 443
Tuberculosis	10	650	1	1,819	- 1,169
Congenital Anomalies	11	412	15	285	+ 127
Meningitis	12	381	23	113	+ 268
Liver Disease	13	353	10	416	- 63
Diabetes Mellitus	14	320	6	643	- 322
Kidney Disease	15	291	12	384	- 92
Other Injuries	16	280	22	140	+ 140
Malnutrition	17	249	33	78	+ 171
Maternal Conditions	18	237	21	145	+ 92
Endocrine Disorders	19	215	25	98	+ 117
Lung Disease	20	213	16	215	- 2
Hypertension	21	168	11	412	- 244
Violence	22	166	17	184	- 17
Breast Cancer	23	166	27	92	+ 73
Asthma	24	165	28	90	+ 75
Suicide	25	140	18	183	- 42
Pertussis	26	126	31	81	+ 45
Liver Cancer	27	108	35	53	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	100	19	152	- 51
Drownings	29	99	38	42	+ 57
Falls	30	87	30	84	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	83	41	36	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	32	78	24	101	- 24
Fires	33	74	39	39	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	34	74	32	80	- 6
Cervical Cancer	35	71	26	96	- 25
Stomach Cancer	36	62	48	32	+ 30
Epilepsy	37	62	40	37	+ 25
Poisonings	38	59	50	28	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	52	37	43	+ 9
Drug Use	40	50	45	34	+ 16
Syphilis	41	48	47	33	+ 16
Lymphomas	42	36	49	32	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	54	20	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	44	31	36	47	- 16
Tetanus	45	28	59	8	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	46	27	58	14	+ 13
Hepatitis B	47	25	62	7	+ 18
Skin Cancers	48	23	46	34	- 11
Lung Cancers	49	23	29	87	- 64
Oral Cancer	50	22	34	69	- 47
Skin Disease	51	22	52	22	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	52	21	43	35	- 14
Ovary Cancer	53	21	51	27	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	54	17	53	21	- 4
Alcohol	55	14	56	19	- 5
Encephalitis	56	14	60	7	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	10	44	35	- 25
Measles	58	10	20	146	- 136
Leukemia	59	10	57	17	- 7
Uterin Cancer	60	8	55	19	- 11
Appendicitis	61	7	61	7	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	4	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	4	68	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	66	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	67	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	3	64	5	- 3
War	67	2	65	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	2	63	6	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Sierra Leone

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.