GABON VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,991	2	1,128	+ 3,863
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,986	4	966	+ 1,020
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,924	6	643	+ 1,282
Stroke	4	1,727	5	896	+ 830
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,629	3	1,019	+ 610
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,116	14	318	+ 797
Road Traffic Accidents	7	829	8	518	+ 311
Kidney Disease	8	822	12	384	+ 439
Suicide	9	728	18	183	+ 546
Hypertension	10	630	11	412	+ 218
Liver Disease	11	590	10	416	+ 174
Lung Disease	12	571	16	215	+ 355
Tuberculosis	13	552	1	1,819	- 1,267
Low Birth Weight	14	503	9	494	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	15	464	26	96	+ 367
Violence	16	458	17	184	+ 274
Other Injuries	17	410	22	140	+ 270
Birth Trauma	18	359	13	362	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	19	346	15	285	+ 61
Asthma	20	323	28	90	+ 232
Maternal Conditions	21	250	21	145	+ 105
Malnutrition	22	228	33	78	+ 151
Meningitis	23	210	23	113	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	24	202	24	101	+ 101
Drownings	25	188	38	42	+ 146
Fires	26	180	39	39	+ 142
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	165	19	152	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	28	160	25	98	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	110	41	36	+ 73
Epilepsy	30	99	40	37	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	31	97	32	80	+ 17
Falls	32	89	30	84	+ 4
Pertussis	33	84	31	81	+ 2
Poisonings	34	81	50	28	+ 53
Breast Cancer	35	80	27	92	- 13
Lymphomas	36	67	49	32	+ 35
Liver Cancer	37	63	35	53	+ 11
Drug Use	38	58	45	34	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	56	54	20	+ 37
Skin Disease	40	54	52	22	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	41	51	36	47	+ 4
Skin Cancers	42	43	46	34	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	40	37	43	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	40	44	35	+ 5
Syphilis	45	38	47	33	+ 5
Lung Cancers	46	36	29	87	- 51
Leukemia	47	35	57	17	+ 18
Alcohol	48	35	56	19	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	49	28	58	14	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	50	25	55	19	+ 5
Oral Cancer	51	22	34	69	- 47
Ovary Cancer	52	21	51	27	- 5
Stomach Cancer	53	15	48	32	- 18
Appendicitis	54	14	61	7	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	55	13	43	35	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	56	13	53	21	- 8
Hepatitis B	57	13	62	7	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	63	6	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	10	60	7	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	9	66	3	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	61	8	64	5	+ 3
Tetanus	62	8	59	8	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	67	2	+ 2
Measles	64	1	20	146	- 145
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	1	7	540	- 539
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	65	3	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
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
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Swaziland

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.