GABON VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,392	3	1,019	+ 2,373
Stroke	2	1,457	5	896	+ 561
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	737	4	966	- 229
Liver Disease	4	487	10	416	+ 71
Hypertension	5	406	11	412	- 6
Diabetes Mellitus	6	382	6	643	- 261
Low Birth Weight	7	369	9	494	- 125
Road Traffic Accidents	8	345	8	518	- 173
Birth Trauma	9	300	13	362	- 62
Lung Disease	10	278	16	215	+ 63
Congenital Anomalies	11	256	15	285	- 29
Stomach Cancer	12	178	48	32	+ 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	173	14	318	- 145
Tuberculosis	14	173	1	1,819	- 1,646
Drownings	15	137	38	42	+ 95
Oesophagus Cancer	16	128	44	35	+ 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	122	19	152	- 29
Epilepsy	18	101	40	37	+ 64
Kidney Disease	19	96	12	384	- 287
Suicide	20	94	18	183	- 88
Falls	21	87	30	84	+ 3
Meningitis	22	80	23	113	- 33
Fires	23	75	39	39	+ 37
Lung Cancers	24	72	29	87	- 15
HIV/AIDS	25	69	2	1,128	- 1,059
Pertussis	26	69	31	81	- 13
Other Injuries	27	68	22	140	- 72
Asthma	28	65	28	90	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	29	60	36	47	+ 13
Liver Cancer	30	56	35	53	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	52	54	20	+ 33
Lymphomas	32	52	49	32	+ 21
Breast Cancer	33	51	27	92	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	34	48	25	98	- 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	48	37	43	+ 5
Violence	36	40	17	184	- 144
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	38	41	36	+ 2
Alcohol	38	30	56	19	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	39	27	26	96	- 69
Uterin Cancer	40	26	55	19	+ 7
Oral Cancer	41	25	34	69	- 44
Leukemia	42	25	57	17	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	43	23	53	21	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	44	19	24	101	- 83
Maternal Conditions	45	15	21	145	- 130
Ovary Cancer	46	14	51	27	- 13
Upper Respiratory	47	13	66	3	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	48	12	43	35	- 23
Hepatitis B	49	10	62	7	+ 3
Poisonings	50	9	50	28	- 19
Skin Cancers	51	9	46	34	- 25
Prostate Cancer	52	8	32	80	- 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	63	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	54	6	60	7	- 1
Drug Use	55	5	45	34	- 29
Syphilis	56	5	47	33	- 28
Tetanus	57	5	59	8	- 4
Appendicitis	58	4	61	7	- 2
Skin Disease	59	2	52	22	- 19
Hepatitis C	60	2	68	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	64	5	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	2	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	1	33	78	- 77
Chlamydia	65	0	71	0	+ 0
War	66	0	65	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	20	146	- 146
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	75	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Tajikistan

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.