GABON VS TRINIDAD/TOB.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TRINIDAD/TOB.		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,571	3	1,019	+ 1,552
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,222	6	643	+ 1,580
Stroke	3	1,433	5	896	+ 537
Violence	4	957	17	184	+ 773
Kidney Disease	5	766	12	384	+ 382
Prostate Cancer	6	575	32	80	+ 495
Breast Cancer	7	450	27	92	+ 358
Lung Cancers	8	379	29	87	+ 291
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	374	19	152	+ 223
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	358	4	966	- 608
Hypertension	11	351	11	412	- 62
HIV/AIDS	12	342	2	1,128	- 786
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	341	37	43	+ 298
Liver Disease	14	237	10	416	- 180
Road Traffic Accidents	15	227	8	518	- 292
Lung Disease	16	225	16	215	+ 10
Suicide	17	211	18	183	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	18	208	25	98	+ 110
Pancreas Cancer	19	198	53	21	+ 178
Lymphomas	20	194	49	32	+ 162
Cervical Cancer	21	169	26	96	+ 73
Congenital Anomalies	22	163	15	285	- 123
Low Birth Weight	23	144	9	494	- 350
Ovary Cancer	24	140	51	27	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	25	126	24	101	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	26	120	48	32	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	27	118	55	19	+ 99
Liver Cancer	28	115	35	53	+ 62
Leukemia	29	109	57	17	+ 92
Other Injuries	30	106	22	140	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	91	41	36	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	32	89	36	47	+ 42
Falls	33	75	30	84	- 9
Bladder Cancer	34	71	43	35	+ 36
Asthma	35	70	28	90	- 20
Skin Disease	36	68	52	22	+ 46
Epilepsy	37	56	40	37	+ 19
Oral Cancer	38	54	34	69	- 15
Drownings	39	54	38	42	+ 12
Birth Trauma	40	44	13	362	- 318
Oesophagus Cancer	41	42	44	35	+ 8
Alcohol	42	40	56	19	+ 21
Tuberculosis	43	38	1	1,819	- 1,781
Drug Use	44	33	45	34	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	31	14	318	- 287
War	46	29	65	3	+ 27
Malnutrition	47	29	33	78	- 49
Fires	48	28	39	39	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	19	54	20	- 0
Maternal Conditions	50	18	21	145	- 127
Other Neoplasms	51	18	64	5	+ 12
Meningitis	52	17	23	113	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	14	63	6	+ 8
Encephalitis	54	11	60	7	+ 3
Dengue	55	9	73	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	56	8	61	7	+ 1
Skin Cancers	57	7	46	34	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	67	2	+ 2
Poisonings	59	3	50	28	- 25
Hepatitis B	60	1	62	7	- 6
Syphilis	61	0	47	33	- 33
Hepatitis C	62	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	63	0	71	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	3	- 2
Tetanus	65	0	59	8	- 8
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	31	81	- 81
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	72	0	7	540	- 540
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	42	35	- 35
Measles	76	0	20	146	- 146
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Trinidad/Tob.

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.