GABON VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,938	3	1,019	+ 1,919
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,392	6	643	+ 749
Lung Disease	3	1,056	16	215	+ 841
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	775	19	152	+ 623
Kidney Disease	5	766	12	384	+ 382
Stroke	6	760	5	896	- 136
Asthma	7	723	28	90	+ 632
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	571	4	966	- 394
Road Traffic Accidents	9	469	8	518	- 49
Suicide	10	333	18	183	+ 150
Oral Cancer	11	323	34	69	+ 254
Lung Cancers	12	198	29	87	+ 111
Oesophagus Cancer	13	172	44	35	+ 138
Other Injuries	14	171	22	140	+ 31
Breast Cancer	15	154	27	92	+ 62
Stomach Cancer	16	148	48	32	+ 115
Liver Disease	17	146	10	416	- 271
Leukemia	18	129	57	17	+ 112
Liver Cancer	19	122	35	53	+ 69
Hypertension	20	118	11	412	- 294
Lymphomas	21	115	49	32	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	22	110	15	285	- 175
Falls	23	108	30	84	+ 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	102	37	43	+ 59
Tuberculosis	25	86	1	1,819	- 1,733
Cervical Cancer	26	85	26	96	- 11
Drownings	27	82	38	42	+ 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	68	14	318	- 251
Low Birth Weight	29	60	9	494	- 435
Prostate Cancer	30	57	32	80	- 23
Violence	31	56	17	184	- 128
Endocrine Disorders	32	52	25	98	- 46
Anemia	33	50	82	0	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	34	48	43	35	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	35	47	24	101	- 54
Skin Disease	36	33	52	22	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	37	31	51	27	+ 5
War	38	31	65	3	+ 28
Epilepsy	39	30	40	37	- 7
Drug Use	40	29	45	34	- 5
Fires	41	27	39	39	- 12
Uterin Cancer	42	24	55	19	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	43	24	53	21	+ 3
Birth Trauma	44	22	13	362	- 341
Parkinson's Disease	45	19	36	47	- 28
Meningitis	46	16	23	113	- 97
Dengue	47	15	73	0	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	48	11	21	145	- 135
Poisonings	49	10	50	28	- 18
Other Neoplasms	50	10	64	5	+ 4
Alcohol	51	9	56	19	- 10
Skin Cancers	52	7	46	34	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	54	20	- 14
Malnutrition	54	5	33	78	- 73
HIV/AIDS	55	4	2	1,128	- 1,124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	4	41	36	- 32
Tetanus	57	3	59	8	- 5
Syphilis	58	2	47	33	- 31
Pertussis	59	2	31	81	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	63	6	- 5
Encephalitis	61	1	60	7	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	1	62	7	- 6
Leprosy	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	61	7	- 6
Schizophrenia	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	3	- 2
Osteoarthritis	67	0	86	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	67	2	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	81	0	58	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Sri Lanka

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.