GABON VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	997	2	1,128	- 131
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	947	4	966	- 19
Malaria	3	792	7	540	+ 252
Tuberculosis	4	738	1	1,819	- 1,081
Road Traffic Accidents	5	657	8	518	+ 139
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	640	14	318	+ 322
Stroke	7	615	5	896	- 282
Birth Trauma	8	549	13	362	+ 187
Coronary Heart Disease	9	481	3	1,019	- 538
Low Birth Weight	10	443	9	494	- 51
Congenital Anomalies	11	356	15	285	+ 71
Maternal Conditions	12	249	21	145	+ 103
Liver Disease	13	240	10	416	- 177
Cervical Cancer	14	234	26	96	+ 138
Diabetes Mellitus	15	227	6	643	- 415
Malnutrition	16	203	33	78	+ 125
Hypertension	17	190	11	412	- 223
Violence	18	172	17	184	- 12
Kidney Disease	19	165	12	384	- 218
Other Injuries	20	155	22	140	+ 16
Meningitis	21	116	23	113	+ 3
Lung Disease	22	111	16	215	- 104
Pertussis	23	101	31	81	+ 20
Suicide	24	90	18	183	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	25	82	44	35	+ 47
Syphilis	26	77	47	33	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	75	19	152	- 77
Prostate Cancer	28	66	32	80	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	29	65	25	98	- 33
Asthma	30	62	28	90	- 29
Oral Cancer	31	60	34	69	- 9
Drownings	32	60	38	42	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	57	37	43	+ 14
Falls	34	56	30	84	- 29
Fires	35	52	39	39	+ 13
Liver Cancer	36	51	35	53	- 1
Breast Cancer	37	47	27	92	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	38	45	24	101	- 57
Stomach Cancer	39	43	48	32	+ 11
Poisonings	40	43	50	28	+ 15
Lymphomas	41	29	49	32	- 2
Skin Cancers	42	27	46	34	- 7
Epilepsy	43	26	40	37	- 11
Bladder Cancer	44	24	43	35	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	45	19	36	47	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	17	41	36	- 20
Leukemia	47	15	57	17	- 2
Drug Use	48	15	45	34	- 19
Tetanus	49	15	59	8	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	15	54	20	- 5
Schistosomiasis	51	13	58	14	- 0
Skin Disease	52	13	52	22	- 9
Ovary Cancer	53	12	51	27	- 14
Upper Respiratory	54	11	66	3	+ 8
Measles	55	11	20	146	- 135
Alcohol	56	10	56	19	- 9
Uterin Cancer	57	8	55	19	- 11
Appendicitis	58	8	61	7	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	7	60	7	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	6	62	7	- 0
Lung Cancers	61	6	29	87	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	62	6	53	21	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	63	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	64	2	64	5	- 3
Ascariasis	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	68	1	+ 0
War	67	1	65	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	67	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	42	35	- 35
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	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
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Tanzania

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.